http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-12T14:16:00-08:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/1EOzyytIAfo/ For the first time an infant neutron star has been been observed (blue dot in the centre of the image). Science, Space, Regions, North America, United States, Massachusetts ]]> 2009-11-10T13:29:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/nasas_chandra_x_ray_space_observatory_images/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/5J9nUQztJ24/ The Hubble Space Telescope’s new camera is returning incredibly detailed, stunning images of space. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Science, Space, Regions, North America, United States, Maryland ]]> 2009-11-07T13:17:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/hubbles_new_camera_delivers_another_stunner/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/ESwCLuPupds/ A competition has been held in the US to prove that creating an elevator that could be used to send people into space is possible. World, Science, Space, Technology, Regions, North America, United States ]]> 2009-11-06T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/space_lift_competition_takes_place/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/vm3eE9HLGac/ A mission to launch a new satellite which will monitor climate change has got off to a successful start. World, Environment, Climate and Energy, Water, Science, Space, Regions, Europe, France ]]> 2009-11-02T11:46:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/smos_begins_climate_change_mission/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/SLu4LeKAeHs/ NASA has released thousands of high-resolution images of Mars, taken from the Mars Reconaissance Orbiter (MRO). Science, Space, Regions, North America, United States, Texas ]]> 2009-09-04T12:27:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/nasa_releases_detailed_pictures_of_mars/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/Y1EVkrHCkLQ/ A tiny purple bug that has been buried under nearly two miles of ice for 120,000 years has been revived in a lab. Science, Space, Technology, Regions, Europe, Greenland, North America, United States, Pennsylvania ]]> 2009-06-16T10:15:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/microbe_found_two_miles_under_greenland_ice_is_reawakened_from_a_120000_yea/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/HoMSF4KregU/ Sir Richard Branson told Google's Zeitgeist conference Virgin Galactic spaceships will be ready for testing by December 2009 and are on track to be carbon neutral. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, UK Top Stories, Science, Space, Technology, Regions, Europe, United Kingdom, England ]]> 2009-05-30T12:43:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/richard_bransons_virgin_galactic_spaceships_finished_by_december_2009/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/wlos5ItLFmE/ Timothy Peake, a 37-year-old test pilot in the Army Air Corps, has been accepted into the European Space Agency's (Esa) Astronaut Corps. Science, Space, Regions, Europe, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, England ]]> 2009-05-21T11:43:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/europe_unveils_british_astronaut/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/iF1K4CnXQ44/ Astronauts have completed the most critical repair to the Hubble Space Telescope after a long struggle. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Space, Regions, North America, United States, California ]]> 2009-05-18T16:24:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/hubble_gyros_fixed_after_struggle/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/73IpzsWEuEQ/ The Earth Observatory is a website run by NASA's Earth Observing System Project Science Office (EOSPSO). Science, Space, Technology, Regions, North America, United States, Maryland ]]> 2009-01-16T09:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/earth_observed/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/TGt49rQcyhA/ Supersonic jets of water vapour are blasting from Saturn's moon Enceladus, reveal observations from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Science, Space, Regions, North America, United States, Colorado, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories ]]> 2008-11-27T09:24:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/supersonic_water_jets_shoot_from_saturn_moon/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/PWNxvVX4YkY/ Two studies show the first direct images of planets outside our solar system, including a three-planet system. Science, Space, Science Top Stories ]]> 2008-11-13T19:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/exoplanets_finally_come_into_view/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/WQ5w35HyFSk/ The telescope's main camera is back on after being dormant for a month � two other cameras may soon restart their observations Science, Space, Regions, North America, United States, California, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories ]]> 2008-10-28T15:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/hubble_re_opens_an_eye/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/WZxEmtwllyY/ Aiming to redraw lunar maps, India has launched its first moon mission, joining other countries in a new space race. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science, Space, Regions, Indian Sub-Continent, India ]]> 2008-10-23T03:00:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/video_india_heads_to_moon/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/iakumO2-XGA/ WASHINGTON, (AFP) - The US space agency was on Sunday to launch a space probe that will go into orbit high above earth to study the distant edge of the solar system where hot solar winds crash into the cold outer space. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science, Space, Regions, North America, United States, Washington D.C. ]]> 2008-10-19T08:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/nasa_sends_probe_to_study_edge_of_solar_system/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/mSOxwJLR7-Y/ Nasa is sending its Opportunity Mars rover on an 11km, two-year trek to try to reach a huge crater. Science, Space, Regions, North America, United States, California, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories ]]> 2008-09-23T00:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/mars_rover_facing_two_year_trek/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/YekMHWR2CIU/ Astronomers unveil what may be the first picture of an extra-solar planet circling a normal star like our own Sun. Science, Space, Science Top Stories ]]> 2008-09-17T14:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/exoplanet_circles_normal_star/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/fDwEh_8ZMZY/ Europe's Mars Express spacecraft returns some remarkable close-up images of the Red Planet's Phobos moon. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science, Space ]]> 2008-07-30T23:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/europes_mars_express_probe_gets_an_eyeful_of_the_red_planets_major_moon_pho/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/iYNBwQD0YPs/ As early as the end of July 2008, NASA plans to test solar sail technology in orbit with a tiny spacecraft called NanoSail-D Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science, Space ]]> 2008-07-04T13:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/solar_sail_gets_another_chance_for_launch/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/txmi/~3/ol1s9SziNH8/ Our planet will not be sucked into a black hole made in a new European physics facility, a report concludes. Science, Space, Special Interest, General Special Interest, Regions, Europe, France, Switzerland, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories ]]> 2008-06-23T18:02:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/earth_not_at_risk_from_collider/?source=rss