Featured objet d'art |
A horga'hn is a statuette that symbolizes fertility on Risa.
It comes in many sizes, from small carvings to statues to a hotel with
a giant horga'hn built into it. Carrying one indicates that one is...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:11:00 GMT |
Featured Character: B-4 |
"Dr. Soong's penchant for whimsical names seems to have no end." --Jean-Luc Picard
B-4 (2379)
B-4 was a prototype android constructed by Doctor Noonien Soong on Omicron Theta in the 2330s. He ...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:09:00 GMT |
Featured technology |
The "planet killer" was an automated, self-propelled doomsday machine capable of destroying entire planets. It was encountered in 2267 by the Federation starships USS Constellation and USS Enterprise...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:08:00 GMT |
Spitzer Discovers Saturn's Largest Ring |
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered
an enormous and previously unknown infrared ring around Saturn.
"This
is one supersized rin...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:06:00 GMT |
FEATURE Microwaving Water from Moondust |
NASA is figuring out how to make water from
moondust. Sounds like magic?
"No
magic--" says Ed Ethridge of NASA's Marshall Space Flight
...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:04:00 GMT |
Cosmic Rays Hit Space Age High |
Planning a trip to Mars? Take plenty of
shielding. According to sensors on NASA's ACE (Advanced Composition
Explorer) spacecraft, galactic cosmic rays have ...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:02:00 GMT |
Data |
"I chose to believe that I was a person, that I had the potential to become more than a collection of circuits and subprocessors." (TNG: "Rightful Heir")
Lieutenant Commander Data was a Soong-type ...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:41:00 GMT |
Space Station Room With a View |
The crew of the International Space Station
(ISS) is about to get a new "eye-pod." The Tranquility
node headed for the space station early in 2010 will feat...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:40:00 GMT |
Mystery of the Missing Sunspots, Solved? |
The
sun is in the pits of a century-class solar minimum, and sunspots
have been puzzlingly scarce for more than two years. Now,
for th...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:39:00 GMT |
Return of the Mars Hoax |
Just when you thought it was safe to check
your email...
For
the sixth year in a row, a message about the Red Planet is
...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:38:00 GMT |
