NASA has launched three smartphones into orbit as part of a low-budget, experimental satellite program to prove that a satellite can be built for less than $1,000 using off the shelf equipment.
Ig Nobel Prizes are given to serious scientists where result of research is to make people laugh, then make them think. Now they have just announced winners for 2012.
You probably heard about the alleged end of the world that could occur on December 21 2012 and about Mayan calendar predicting the apocalyptic events. Where did all this come from?
On Friday, a solar plasma the size of a couple of Earths was unleashed from the Sun and the amazing display was captured by one of the NASA's sun observing spacecrafts.
Scientists have found that the largest animal in the world performs underwater acrobatics to successfully catch the huge amounts of their prey which really is amazing considering its size.
