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If Harvard researchers say Pandora exists, who am I to question them? Awesome bit of sci-fi turned reality... - Ian O'Neill

Outstanding trailer by Adrian West (of Newbury AS) for #MeteorWatch... - Ian O'Neill

From the page: A brand new telescope called the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) has started observing the cosmos with astonishing results. Located at the ESO's Paranal Observatory, Chile, VISTA has become the world's largest telescope dedicated to mapping the southern hemisphere's sky in visible and infrared wavelengths. - Ian O'Neill

"Never! Although I quite enjoyed the wormhole theory. If there was a wormhole THAT big, there would be a chance that we could visit Andromeda... alas, no :(" - Ian O'Neill

"Hold on tight to your sanity, because we're about to get uncomfortably close with some of the real-life fears, plans and experiments surrounding mental health in space." --Love it! - Ian O'Neill

""Uranus was involved in some kind of cosmic hit-and-run" -- sounds painful." - Ian O'Neill

"Looks like Neptune stole Triton back. Damn that thieving Saturn..." - Ian O'Neill

Was it a planetary impact or moon wobble? - Ian O'Neill

A stunning image of the Crab Nebula... makes a great wallpaper! - Ian O'Neill

"I wonder what will be in the safety video? "In case of instant decompression... you're on your own"" - Ian O'Neill

Go Painted Ladies! - Ian O'Neill

"Wow, another scam. A scientific write-up about global warming made it onto the front page of Digg. Digg is obviously rigging the votes! Therefore social media is a scam! What fools we've all been. Mashable is behind the whole thing, it's the dawn of a new social media world order. We need to think for ourselves and ignore what the experts think! They are all over-paid, liberals who think they can use "science" to explain stuff. Not me, I'm switching off my laptop in protest. Now, where's my ouija board? I need another way to find articles on the web... now I don't even trust Google. (I need to think of a good slogan too, that will make me correct about every wingnut theory I've ever come up with.)" - Ian O'Neill

We're talking heavy questions and even heavier answers. Perhaps it's understandable that some critics, conspiracy theorists, crackpots and (alleged) time travelers might fear something more substantial than the Higgs boson particle. - Ian O'Neill

From the page: "Discovery News looks at how the H1N1 swine flu virus outbreak became the next big pandemic, how microbes behave and more." - Ian O'Neill

"ATLAS will either find the Higgs, or prove that it's not there and the Standard Model is wrong." --Prof. Butterworth - Ian O'Neill

Robots are better in space than humans, but that doesn't mean we should replace astronauts with robotics... - Ian O'Neill

"Although it would be awesome if we can get her going again, I'm amazed by the science Spirit has carried out just by being stationary! It's a shame that we are against the clock -- as the sun drops low on the horizon during Mars winter, her solar panels could become starved of light... then it would be the final curtain :(" - Ian O'Neill

A photo diary of Spirit's troubles on the Martian surface... Hopefully NASA can stage a rescue! Go little rover, go! - Ian O'Neill

From the page: After almost six years exploring the surface of Mars, NASA's intrepid rover Spirit may have settled in its final resting place. - Ian O'Neill

From the page: The moon has water locked into its polar craters, a finding that raises the prospects that future space travelers could use lunar resources for air and fuel, a key step for eventual human settlements beyond Earth. - Ian O'Neill

From the page: Nothing less than the penetrating power of all three operating NASA Great Observatories was brought to bear on the mysterious galactic core that lies 27,000 light-years away. Their stunning panoramic image released today by NASA combines views taken in mid and near infrared light by the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, and seething X-rays captured by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. - Ian O'Neill

From the page: "The 2012 doomsday hype is spreading like wildfire, flames of myth and rumor fanned by pseudo-science and blockbuster movies. What is the real science behind "2012"? We ask the experts to get to the bottom of this growing phenomenon." - Ian O'Neill

"With him in it?" - Ian O'Neill

From the page: "Mars is just around the corner" - Ian O'Neill

I got ate. - Ian O'Neill

"A tire company works toward a design for the extremes of space that doesn't need inflating" - Ian O'Neill

A nice review of the current state of UK science funding in light of the recent LHC funding dispute... - Ian O'Neill

Stunning research by Lowell Observatory, a joy to write :) - Ian O'Neill

Sounds scary though... add a bit of mystery and you've got yourself a scary mysterious weapon (whether it's real or not!). - Ian O'Neill

I've fallen in love with Saturn all over again... - Ian O'Neill