A prototype for the European Mars rover, dubbed Bryan by its creators, has been unveiled at the “Mars Yard” testing ground in Hertfordshire.
Astronomers have spotted a new dwarf planet, named 2012 VP113, orbiting at the edge of the solar system, far beyond Pluto, which they have nicknamed Biden, after US Vice President (VP) Joe Biden.
When schoolchildren conjure up an image of Saturn, it is the rings that make it stand out, but Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune have also been observed to be surrounded by rings. New observations of a distant asteroid orbiting beyond Saturn, however, have shown that this too is surrounded by two fine, dense rings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAtnBzDZvsk Nasa have created a dramatic 360 degree portrait of the Milky Way, offering astronomers a new look at the…
Scientists believe that they have found the signal left in the sky from the ultra-rapid expansion of space in the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang, the first direct evidence of the theory yet discovered.