One of the giant booster rockets intended to power the first stage of flight on Nasa’s next rocket has been tested in the US.
Miesiąc: Sierpień 2010
Clue to ancient Antarctic seaway
Scientists have found evidence for an ancient sea passage linking currently isolated areas of Antarctica.
Big rocket booster in second test
A further test ignition takes place on the giant booster intended to power Nasa’s next big rocket.
How flat is flat?
Surveying the world’s first 1,000mph race track
Mammoth-killing space blast ‚off the hook’
The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.
Killer space blast ‚off the hook’
The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.
UK biofuels ‚fail on green goals’
The vast majority of biofuels sold on UK forecourts are imported and do not conform to environmental standards, figures show.
Uzyskano widmo młodej planety pozasłonecznej
Astronomowie z Uniwersytetu Hawajskiego otrzymali widmo planety pozasłonecznej i określili jej temperaturę. Do obserwacji użyli 10-metrowego teleskopu Keck II.
Glass of milk stops garlic breath
Drinking a glass of milk can stop garlic breath, scientists discover.
Garlic breath? Beat it with a glass of milk, say experts
Drinking a glass of milk can stop garlic breath, scientists discover.
Beefy dino sported fearsome claws
Fossils from a new type of dinosaur which looks like a beefy version of the predatory Velociraptor has been unearthed in Romania.
Cairo zoo puts lions on the pill
Vets at Cairo’s Giza Zoo are experimenting with the human birth control pill in an attempt to slow their rapidly expanding population of lions.
Stricter checks for climate body
The UN’s climate science body needs stricter checks to prevent damage to the organisation’s credibility.
Gotowy projekt nowej rosyjskiej rakiety nośnej Rus-M
Po ponad roku prac projektanci nowej rosyjskiej rakiety kolejnej generacji przedstawili jej projekt do oceny przez agencję kosmiczną Roskosmos. Nowa rakieta nośna nazywa się Rus-M.
Rosja wybuduje nowy kosmodrom
Rosja planuje w 2011 roku rozpocząć budowę nowego kosmodromu. Powstanie w południowo-wschodniej Rosji i ma zastąpić dotychczasowy kosmodrom Bajkonur w Kazachstanie.
UN climate body ‚needs reforms’
The UN’s climate science body needs fundamental reforms to the way it is managed, an international review has concluded.
Geneticists crack apple genome
A team of 86 global scientists sequence the genetic code of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time.
Geneticists crack the apple code
A team of 86 global scientists sequence the genetic code of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time.
Geneticists discover apple code
A team of 86 global scientists sequence the genetic code of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time.
Sheep turn shearers to clear land
A council in southern France has found a novel way of controlling the creeping advance of nature. It employs sheep.
Go with the flow
Swarms of turbines could tap energy from Gulf Stream
Dry weather reveals archaeology
Hundreds of ancient sites have been discovered by aerial surveys, thanks to a dry start to the summer.