Category Archives: Universe

Microwave Haze in Milky Way

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

A European spacecraft ,Planck ,has snapped new images of our Milky Way galaxy, confirming the puzzling presence of a shroud of microwave fog around the galactic core.The image showed the odd microwave haze during a survey that also turned up previously … Continue reading →

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Historic Handshake Between Man and Machine

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

A NASA robot built to ease the daily lives of astronaut in space greeted its human commander with a hearty handshake Wednesday (Feb. 15,2012), along with a silent message: “Hello, World.” The historic handshake between man and machine —a first … Continue reading →

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Magma Can Undergo Phase Changes Inside Planets:Study

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Just as graphite can transform intodiamond under high pressure, liquid magmas may similarly undergo major transformations at the pressures and temperatures that exist deep inside Earth-like planets.  Using high-powered lasers, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and collaborators discovered that … Continue reading →

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Dark Energy and the Universe

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Dark energy has the cosmoslogists scratching their heads. Observations taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and future space telescopes will be needed in order to determine the properties of dark energy, which makes up about 70 percent of the universe. … Continue reading →

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