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The press realises that mainstream science is really in the dark. SPACE.com begins their… Continue

10,000 galaxies from the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.

The Hubble Space Telescope has suffered a failure in the Control Unit/Science Formatter. This device stores and transmits all telescope data. This will almost certainly delay Servicing Mission STS-125 scheduled for next month. The astronaut's training in Houston has already been impacted by Hurricane Ike. In turn STS-126 to the Space Station will be delayed, for which Endeavour is sitting on Pad 39-B for Launch On Need rescue.… Continue

Go, Hot Dog, go! On its fourth test flight, SpaceX's Falcon 1 has finally reached orbit. The 5-second delay after Main Engine Cutoff (MECO) made a big difference. On the last attempt the first stage kept burning and bumped into the second stage. Next up is the larger Falcon 9, which uses the same Merlin regeneratively cooled engine. Elon Musk will shortly approach the US government about COTS D, a capability to send humans to ISS. SpaceX is currently the best poised to take th… Continue

Cassini data and computer simulations have led scientists to conclude that Saturn's Rings are ancient, perhaps billions of years old. Previously they thought the Rings could not survive more than about 100 million years. We would then face the anthropic question of why the Rings are around at just the right time for humans to enjoy them, just like Earth is the centre of the Universe. The Rings are also much more massive than previously thought. More about this soon.

According to Space.com, astronomers have discovered a mysterious… Continue