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What Is The Worst Possible Disaster That Could Befall Earth?
Interplanetary Dust ParticleNASANo question is too dire for our experts Texas-size asteroids make for exciting summer blockbusters, but when it comes to long-term damage, they're not the most menacing...
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RIP, Orbiting Carbon Observatory
Brief Moment of GloryNASAA promising new climate-monitoring satellite is snuffed out before it reaches orbit Early this morning, thousands of scientists had their hearts broken as a NASA satellite...
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Flying Up to Meet Asteroids
Asteroid Ida and Its Moon, DactylNASAA proposed NASA mission to intercept an ill-omened rock in the sky Partly to help explain solar eclipses, the ancient Egyptians had a story about the serpent god...
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Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)
The Baguette IncidentRe-enacted according to eyewitness accounts.CERN; Bird via Foxypar4/FlickrThe Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break....
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Undersea Cables Could Be Used as an Early Tsunami Detection System
Tsunami IncomingThe 2004 tsunami as seen in Ao Nang, Krabi Province, Thailand.Wikimedia Commons/David RydevikExisting infrastructure could enhance the current tsunami warning system Monstrous tsunami...
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Giant Floating Crane Searching For Clues to Korean Maritime Disaster
Preparing To Lift:The massive crane prepares to haul up a 1,322 ton South Korean warship.Getty ImagesA floating crane prepares to raise from the depths a South Korean navy combat corvette that...
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Newly Discovered Underwater Oil Plume Paints a Complex Picture of Gulf Leak...
Scientists have yet to agree on the scope of the disaster Oceanographers announced today the discovery of a wispy oil plume at least 22 miles long and 1.2 miles wide floating beneath the surface of the...
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NASA's Experience With Survival In Isolation Will Help Trapped Chilean Miners
Inside the ISSThe cramped, isolated quarters inside the ISS provide a good model for the conditions experienced by the miners trapped in Chile. NASA is advising the Chilean government on how to keep...
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As Cooling Efforts Continue, Japanese Officials Consider Burying Fukushima Plant
Fukushima Daiichi March 17Damage is visible at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as seen March 17 from DigitalGlobe's satellite fleet.DigitalGlobeJapanese officials conceded today they might...
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Workers at Japanese Nuclear Plant Finally Get A Robot Assistant
MoniroboAsahi ShimbunMonirobo can withstand radiation that humans cannot handle Finally, some news that Japan is actually using its rescue robots. The red Wall-E-esque ‘bot seen here is on the scene at...
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Japanese Authorities Consider Harvesting Backup Bone Marrow Before Sending...
Radiation Protection SuitsThis photo was taken at a U.S. Navy exercise in Italy.Wikimedia CommonsJapanese authorities are considering harvesting bone marrow from workers at the stricken Fukushima...
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When The Sun Unleashed Its Recent Plasma Blast, Earth Got Lucky
CMENASAWhat a predicted 2013 blast from the sun could mean for the U.S.On Tuesday, the biggest solar flare in four years erupted from the sun, sending a mass of charged particles hurtling towards...
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Video: Rescuing Disaster Victims With Snake Robots Deployed By Dogs
SnakebotCMU via YouTubeDogs and robots are both known for their search and rescue abilities, but each has its own flaws. Robots can't sniff, and other than barking, dogs can't relay specific...
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A Model Disaster
Sinking of TitanicPushArtHave engineers learned anything from the loss of the unsinkable Titanic? Will they ever? The hundredth anniversary of the wreck of the Titanic on April 15 provides a welcome...
View ArticleRemembering The Brightest Lessons From NASA's Darkest Days
NASA's three worst tragedies all happened this week--46, 27 and 10 years ago. The days between January 27 and February 1 are the most difficult week of the year for NASA. The annual space program...
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RIP, Orbiting Carbon Observatory
Brief Moment of Glory NASA Early this morning, thousands of scientists had their hearts broken as a NASA satellite crucial to studying climate change suffered a critical failure during launch and...
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Flying Up to Meet Asteroids
Asteroid Ida and Its Moon, Dactyl NASA Partly to help explain solar eclipses, the ancient Egyptians had a story about the serpent god Apep, the Uncreator, who tried to swallow the sun god Ra as he...
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Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)
The Baguette Incident Re-enacted according to eyewitness accounts. CERN; Bird via Foxypar4/FlickrThe Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break....
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Undersea Cables Could Be Used as an Early Tsunami Detection System
Tsunami Incoming The 2004 tsunami as seen in Ao Nang, Krabi Province, Thailand. Wikimedia Commons/David Rydevik Monstrous tsunami waves, like the one that killed over 200,000 people in the Indian...
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Giant Floating Crane Searching For Clues to Korean Maritime Disaster
Preparing To Lift: The massive crane prepares to haul up a 1,322 ton South Korean warship. Getty Images A floating crane prepares to raise from the depths a South Korean navy combat corvette that...
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