View of the OPERA detector in Gran Sasso, Italy. Neutrino beams from CERN in Switzerland are sent over 700km through the Earth’s crust to the laboratory in Italy. Image Source: http://public.web.cern.ch/public/

During experiments conducted during the last few months at CERN, otherwise known as the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Switzerland and an Italian laboratory, physicists have been studying tiny sub-atomic particles called neutrinos. continue reading...

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One of the northern hemisphere’s most prolific meteor showers is the Perseid meteor shower. continue reading...

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Happy World UFO Day! continue reading...

16th century woodcut of the Zodiac Signs, Image Source: Wikipedia

Yesterday, the internet world flew into a panic with when an online article stated that people who subscribe to astrology might have been identifying themselves with the wrong sign all along. continue reading...

Scientific American has created a very cool interactive article that looks at 12 ways the world will be altered forever as we know it.  Some are super cool, some are super scary, but all are fascinating. Below is the list of events, but be sure to click through to the article for a lot more information and interactivity.  continue reading...

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SciFi films can be pretty scary, but it always helps to know that you’re watching fiction. Here are frightening facts from space that are anything but fictional. continue reading...

In this video WatchMojo.com speaks with Louie Bernstein about Galileo’s first discoveries and how it changed our understanding of the sky. continue reading...

A common misconception about telescopes is that their main purpose is to magnify objects. This is false: in fact what a telescope does is capture more light than is possible by the naked eye. The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the world’s most important telescopes. Situated in orbit around Earth, but outside of its atmosphere, the Hubble gets a clearer view of the Universe and what lies within than any ground-based instrument. In this video, WatchMojo.com learns how the Hubble works. continue reading...

Good call Buzz.  From The Tech Herald:

Legendary Moon walker and NASA spaceman Buzz Aldrin has said the race to establish a permanent Moon base should be the result of international cooperation with the real focus on a manned mission to Mars. continue reading...