An experimental aircraft using 12,000 solar panels and 210 foot wings flew for 26 hours under its own power. The single seat plane averaged 26 miles per hour. When sunlight is available, the many solar panels produce electricity, which is stored in lithium batteries. The batteries power the plane at night so it can fly continuously [...]
July 6, 2010
The first image of the entire universe taken from Europe’s Planck telescope has been published. The satellite, costing 600m euros, was launched last year by the European Space Agency to survey the oldest light in the cosmos. It was sent nearly a million miles into space to record the origins of the universe. The Planck observatory’s job [...]
July 3, 2010
“Subjects.” That’s what Thomas Jefferson first wrote in an early draft of the Declaration of Independence to describe the people of the 13 colonies. But in a moment when history took a sharp turn, Jefferson sought quite methodically to expunge the word, to wipe it out of existence and write over it. Many words were [...]
June 25, 2010
For the first time the dark side of the moon has been captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s LOLA instruments. The rainbow colors correspond to the elevation of the terrain, going from 20,000 feet (red) to -20,000 feet (blue). The beautiful coloring highlights the unique sharp views of some of the largest impact craters in [...]
June 6, 2010
It may look like some sort of cute alien robot, but it was created here on Earth, launched to the Moon in 1970, and now reflects laser light in a scientifically useful way. On November 17, 1970 the Soviet Luna 17 spacecraft landed the first roving remote-controlled robot on the Moon. Known as Lunokhod 1, it weighed just [...]
May 31, 2010
NEW YORK — It all started with an octopus and a skin disease. Many addicts eventually admit to having a monkey on their back. Julia Gnuse actually has two chimpanzees. They’re embracing on her left shoulder, just above a vintage rendering of the Three Stooges along with an image of the famous chocolate factory scene [...]
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