Spaceship Shields Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 - Anuradha Menon BORED on their six-month journey to Mars? Not a bit of it. Whenever the astronauts look out of the window, they find...
Celestial Fireworks Monday, July 12th, 2010 - Anuradha Menon Like an Independence Day fireworks display, a young, glittering collection of stars looks like an aerial burst. The cluster...
A Mini Black Hole Created Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at Southeast University in Nanjing, China have created a device that traps and absorbs electromagnetic waves...
100 Billion Galaxies Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 - Anuradha Menon Stars are cosmic energy engines that produce heat, light, ultraviolet rays, x-rays, and other forms of radiation. They are...
JAXA's First Spacecraft Saturday, June 5th, 2010 - Anuradha Menon The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has launched the first spacecraft that will speed across the solar system...
A New Dimension In Cancer Therapy Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 - Anuradha Menon HIT is the world's first heavy ion therapy facility with a movable radiation source (gantry). The beam head can be rotated...
The Indian government is scrambling to tighten rules on scientists' use of radioactive materials, following the death of a metal dealer who handled a...
Swirling Clouds of Carina Nebula Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Composed of gas and dust, the pictured pillar resides in a tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, located...
Big Bang Cosmology: Planck Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Planck was selected as the third Medium-Sized Mission (M3) of ESA's Horizon 2000 Scientific Programme, and is today part of...
