Ask The Science Guru

The Moa Telescope - Lake Tekapo NZ

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:59:52 +0000

In this second interview I discuss the History, current projects and the future for NZ’s #1 research telescope “the Moa” on Mt John. I am speaking with Alan Gilmore, the resident superintendent at the Mt John Observatory. Alan is a prolific co-discoverer of Asteroids with his partner Pamela Kilmartin, having over 40 asteroids to his name, just to mention one of his many achievements.

We also cover progress in the search for dark matter through to the latest successful discovery of Exo-planets by the Gravity Micro Lensing surveys, being conducted by the Moa team ….

Titan and its Hydrocarbon Lakes

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:08:26 +0000

It has been ages since I have posted and I apologize for the break in transmission ! I have been very busy moving and setting up house, a bit of a lifestyle change !

Well back to the science and this little segment on the findings on the origins of the hydrocarbon lakes on Saturn’s Moon Titan. Some very interesting research has been done, on why they are there ……

Lagrangain Asteriods - Lurking in our orbit ?

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:15:03 +0000

There are some strange objects in deep space, but if these probes find what space scientists hope, it will be one of the strangest discoveries of all, and will go a long way to proving a long held theory about the creation of our moon ….

Record Breaking Gamma Ray Burst

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:55:20 +0000

Records in science come along quite often, but this record breaking gamma ray burst leaves all the others in the dust ……

Chinese in Space - First Spacewalk

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:31:51 +0000

In another space travel milestone, the Chinese have performed their first spacewalk. NASA had better get on with getting back to the moon, the Chinese might beat them to it !

Space X - First Private Rocket in Orbit

admin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:38:24 +0000

Another milestone has been achieved in space travel, with the first successful launch of a rocket into orbit by a private company. The Space X corporation has put its Falcon 1 rocket into orbit ……. to boldly go

Messenger Probe Discovering Mercury Again

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:56:38 +0000

The Messenger probe is uncovering new information on our little sunbaked planetary neighbor for the first time since the 1970’s …..

Dark Matter - Abundant in our Solar System

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:42:18 +0000

The latest research has show just how abundant Dark Matter is in our Solar System. 16,000 x more so that in the surrounding intergalactic medium. So what does this mean for our Solar System ? ……..

Mars Soil - Capable of supporting life !

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:38:07 +0000

The Pheonix lander is proving its worth. The first tests have shown the soil is capable of supporting life! This of course is not the same as finding life, but it does put us one step closer. Listen as I reveal the latest breakthroughs from the Mars Phoenix team …….

Black Holes and the CERN LHC

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:06:00 +0000

The CERN Large Hadron Collider is due to come online soon and is set to deliver critical insights into the forces at work in the first moments of the Universe. The are some popular misconceptions about the risks associated with these experiments, we will have a look at those risks and just how likely they are …….