Articles in the Category: Astrobiology
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Featured Articles, Space, Video on 05 7th, 2009 | No Comments
Mission to Fix Hubble Set to Launch
A man from Seattle will be at the controls when Space Shuttle Atlantis blasts off on a mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope next week. Astronaut Greg Johnson will dodge space debris, shoot and IMAX movie and repair the aging telescope.
KING 5′s Lori Matsukawa spoke with his parents as they...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Featured Articles, RawAudio, Space on 03 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Our Crowded Universe: Astronomer Alan Boss on Extrasolar Planets
The Crowded Universe: The Search for Living Planets
Astronomer Alan Boss raced through Seattle the other day, like a life-bringing comet in search of a new planet. He stopped by Town Hall and shared the last ten years of planet hunting with a packed house.
Highlights:
Since 1996, over 340 new planets...
Cosmic Rock Star
Dr. Donald Brownlee, photo by Mary Levin
Donald Brownlee is a rock star in every sense of the word. The University of Washington astronomer has been studying cosmic dust for 40 years.
He is a leading expert on comets and recently led a team studying particles captured beyond the orbit of Mars.
Now,...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Science of..., Space on 05 27th, 2008 | No Comments
Phoenix Begins Scientific Mission
Crater showing carbon dioxide frost, courtesy of NASA
After all the anticipation about the landing, the real work begins now that the Phoenix Lander is safely planted on Mars.
The three-month mission gets underway this week and will search for clues to the red planet’s watery past. A robotic...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astrobiology, Biology, Geology, New Species, Physics and Chemistry, Podcast, Politics, SciClips on 07 12th, 2007 | 1 Comment
Soiled Again
courtesy of NSF
Washington state will not be the home to the world’s deepest underground science lab. That distinction is going to South Dakota where scientists in the not too distant future will conduct research on dark energy, earthquakes and micro organisms.
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