Category Archives: inventions

Rapid Supernova Could Be New Class Of Exploding Star

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

An unusual supernova rediscovered in seven-year-old data may be the first example of a new type of exploding star, possibly from a binary star system where helium flows from one white dwarf onto another and detonates in a thermonuclear explosion.In … Continue reading →

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Seeing again:Artificial Retina

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

An artificial retina could give sight to the blind, according to new research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The device can be plugged directly into the optic nerve and is based on widely used cochlear implants.The artificial retina is designed … Continue reading →

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New Ring of Saturn Discovered

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

NASA has discovered a new ring of  Saturn. The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered  it around the planet — by far the largest of the giant planet’s many rings.The new ring is far from the planet with an orbit tilted … Continue reading →

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Water on the Moon

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Shattering a long-held belief that Earth’s moon is a dead and dry world, a trio of spacecraft uncovered clear evidence of water and hydrogen-oxygen molecules throughout the lunar surface.Aside from scientific interest, finding water on the moon could impact plans … Continue reading →

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