Fifty new exoplanets discovered by HARPS

Astronomers using ESO's leading exoplanet hunter HARPS have today announced more than fifty newly discovered planets around other stars. Among these are many rocky planets not much heavier than the Earth. One of them in particular seems to orbit in the habitable zone around its star. In this video news release we look at how astronomers discover these distant worlds and what the future may hold for finding rocky worlds like the Earth that may support life.

NASA human space flight: a look ahead

A quick look set to music of current and future NASA human space flight activities.

Mars mission 'returns' to earth

Astronauts bravely say they are ready to go on another spaceship as their 520-day simulated mission to Mars ends. .

A journey into a Black Hole

http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Many Space Fans have been asking for more information about black holes, specifically, what would it be like to go inside one? Andrew Hamilton of the University of Colorado made this amazing animation and I wrote a script around it.

Saturn's largest moon Titan: a world much like Earth

Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM) is a joint NASA/ESA proposal for an exploration of Saturn and its moons Titan and Enceladus, where many complex phenomena have been revealed by the recent Cassini Huygens mission.

Voyager 1 & 2 - mission status 2011

Feb. 2015 update - distance to sun - Voyager 1: 131 AU, Voyager 2: 108 AU.

Kepler-10b Earth-size "VULCAN" exoplanet confirmed by Kepler mission 2011 in HD

Kepler-10b is an Earth-size exoplanet Please visit http://www.SpaceChronology.com Video and narration: Credit: NASA/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry NASA's Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar system. The discovery of this so-called exoplanet is based on more than eight months of data collected by the spacecraft from May 2009 to early January 2010. This video is narrated by Kepler Deputy Science Team Lead Natalie Batalha.

Clearest picture yet of dark matter points the way to better understanding of dark energy

Scientists have independently made the largest direct measurements of the invisible scaffolding of the universe, using the gravitational lensing effect known as

First hint of the Higgs Boson particle

The answer to one of the most exciting questions in particle physics seems almost close enough to touch: Scientists have observed first signs of the Higgs boson and now believe that they will soon be able to prove the existence of the elementary particle they have been trying so hard to isolate.

Dubai launches solar park to boost sustainability

PV - Dubai launches solar park to boost sustainability - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

51% of German renewables owned by citizens

Panorama - 51% of German renewables owned by citizens - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

Sequencing a human genome in one day for $1,000

Life Technologies Corporation announced Tuesday that it is taking orders for its new benchtop Ion Proton Sequencer, designed to sequence the entire human

NEC demonstrates first terabit/s superchannel transmission over 10,000 km

NEC Corporation (NEC) has demonstrated 1.15 terabits/s (trillion bits per second) ultra-long-haul optical transmission over 10,000 kilometers using optical

World’s largest quantum computation uses 84 qubits

D-Wave Systems has carried out  a calculation involving 84 qubits on its D-Wave One quantum computing system, Technology Review Physics arXiv blog