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March 05, 2011
A pedal station at your desk can turn a sedentary job into a work out.
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March 05, 2011
In this view of the solar dynamo mechanism, we examine the evolution of the toroidal magnetic field, intensities represented by color on the right-hand cross-section, and the radial magnetic ...
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March 05, 2011
This sequence gives a close-up view of the spiral galaxy NGC 247 and its rich backdrop. This picture was taken using the Wide Field Imager (WFI) at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. NGC 247 is ...
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March 05, 2011
This sequence starts with a view of a rather empty part of the southern sky, far from the Milky Way. As we zoom in we can see the spiral galaxy NGC 247, lying about 11 million light-years from us ...
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March 03, 2011
A Southern Delta Aquarid fireball streaks over one of the network cameras in July 2010.  credit: NASA
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March 01, 2011
At 1:15 p.m. EST Saturday, space shuttle Discovery began the nine-minute Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, or "backflip." With Commander Steve Lindsey at the helm, Discovery rotated 360 degrees backward ...
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February 25, 2011
This is the short-version video of the launch of space shuttle Discovery’s final launch into space on February 24, 2010.  credit: NASA
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February 25, 2011
This is the long-version video of the launch of space shuttle Discovery’s final launch into space on February 24, 2010.  credit: NASA
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February 25, 2011
This video shows the STS-133 crew getting into position and ready for launch on space shuttle Discovery’s final voyage.  credit: NASA
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February 25, 2011
This video is coverage of the STS-133 crew as they suit up to launch on space shuttle Discovery’s final voyage in space.  credit: NASA
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February 25, 2011
This zoom sequence starts with a wide-field view of the spectacular southern Milky Way. We gradually zoom in on the faint star T Cha in the little-known constellation of Chamaeleon. A disc ...
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February 25, 2011
This video takes us on a fly-through of the disc around the young star T Cha. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope this disc has been found to be in two parts, a narrow ring close to the star and the ...
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February 25, 2011
Since its launch on 16 February, Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is being monitored by the Mission Control Centre situated in Toulouse France. Of all the space freighters serving the ...
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February 24, 2011
A retrospective look at space shuttle Discovery on the eve of its final flight.  credit: NASA
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February 24, 2011
Women are twice as likely than men to benefit from a combination pacemaker and defibrillator device to treat heart failure.
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February 21, 2011
EPFL Professor José del R. Millan, explains how difficult it can be for BCI users to send constant control commands. While 'shared control' offers one solution, his team has ...
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February 18, 2011
Star formation is one of the most important processes in shaping the Universe; it plays a pivotal role in the evolution of galaxies and it is also in the earliest stages of star formation that ...
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February 18, 2011
The video clip of the large X2 flare seen by Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in extreme ultraviolet light on February 15, 2011, has been enlarged and superimposed on a video of SOHO’s C2 ...
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February 18, 2011
Star formation is one of the most important processes in shaping the Universe; it plays a pivotal role in the evolution of galaxies and it is also in the earliest stages of star formation that ...
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February 17, 2011
Travel to space! The amazing pictures that have scientists seeing Saturn in a whole new light.  credit: Ivanhoe
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