Could alien life exist in the form of DNA-shaped dust?
(Aug 11, 2007)Could alien life exist in the form of dancing specks of dust? According to a new simulation, electrically charged dust can organise itself into DNA-like double helixes that behave in many ways like living organisms, reproducing and passing on information to one another. Read more. Source: New Scientist Largest swarm of giant stars is a ‘supernova factory’ (Aug 10, 2007) The largest known swarm of red supergiant stars has been found near the central bulge of our galaxy. It offers a rare glimpse of massive stars on the verge of exploding. Red supergiants are among the largest stars in the universe – and in fact are second in size only to rare hypergiant stars such Eta Carinae. Read more. Source: New Scientist Endeavour heads for space station (Aug 9, 2007) The space shuttle Endeavour has begun an 11 to 14 day assembly mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle blasted off as planned at 2336 BST (1836 EDT) on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. T
