NASA | X-ray Satellites Monitor the Clashing Winds of a Colossal Binary – Video




12-10-2012 09:00 O-type stars are among the most massive and hottest known, pounding their surroundings with intense ultraviolet light and powerful outflows called stellar winds. NASA’s Swift and ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatories took part in a 2011 campaign to monitor the interaction of two O stars bound together in the same binary system: Cygnus OB2 #9. Continue reading

Beaches closed after two more sharks are tagged off Chatham Harbor

By Sarah N. Mattero, Globe Correspondent Two more great white sharks have been tagged off Chatham Harbor, prompting the closure of Lighthouse Beach and several other beaches along the coast, the Chatham harbormaster said Thursday Continue reading

Shark sightings close beaches along eastern shores

CHATHAM, Mass. Shark sightings off the eastern coast have beachgoers dealing with some disappointment this holiday weekend. Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston All of Orleans’ Atlantic Oceans beaches, an area on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, coast will remain closed to swimming throughout the Labor Day weekend, CapeCodTimes.com reports Continue reading

Artificial intelligence app helps blind people

A team of university students from the University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology have created a smartphone app which uses artificial intelligence to help blind people make better visual sense of the world. The app, which has been designed for Windows phones, allows visually impaired users to take a photo of their surroundings, for example, a piece of clothing, and the app verbally describes the item to the user Continue reading

NASA Releases New Mars Rover Pictures During Martain Winter [PHOTOS]

By IBTimes Staff Reporter | Jul 09, 2012 10:40 AM EDT NASA released new photos on Thursday from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity with panoramic pictures showing the terrain over four months during the most recent Martian winter. The pictures from the Pancam are a full-circle scene comprised of 817 images depicting the terrain where the rover was stationary over a four month period at a northward sloped outcrop called “Greeley Haven” between December 21, 2011 and May 8, 2012. Continue reading