Hydrogen : Discovery News

World's Most Powerful Laser Fires Most Powerful Blast

Posted Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:06 AM ET | 0

The pulse of energy lasted for just 23 billionths of a second, yet it generated 411 trillion watts of power. Read more

Jellyfish-Inspired Robot Runs on Hydrogen

Posted by Jessica Marshall Wed Mar 21, 2012 09:42 AM ET | 0

"Robojelly" could be used to track oil spills or conduct military surveillance. Read more

Strange Life Found in Underwater Caves

Posted Tue Feb 7, 2012 07:50 AM ET | 0

Clues to how life evolved, not only on this planet but also possibly on alien worlds, might be found in underwater caves in the Bahamas. Read more

We're Living in a Space Cloud

Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Feb 1, 2012 02:14 PM ET | 0

Our solar system is traveling slowly through an interstellar cloud of gases. Read more

Fracking Alternative? Or Just Hot Air?

Posted by Alyssa Danigelis Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:00 AM ET | 0

A tech company is developing an alternative to fracking that uses sunlight to produce natural gas. Read more

Voyager Probes Give Us ET's View

Posted by Irene Klotz Thu Dec 1, 2011 02:05 PM ET | 0

The spacecraft are so far away that they can now measure previously obscured radiation from the Milky Way. Read more

Galaxies That Don't Recycle Live Hard, Die Young

Posted by Ian O'Neill Thu Nov 17, 2011 02:14 PM ET | 0

Some galaxies recycle stellar waste to birth new stars, others don't bother and blow it all in a star burst frenzy. Read more

Pristine Big Bang Gas Found

Posted by Irene Klotz Thu Nov 10, 2011 02:00 PM ET | 0

Two newly found pockets of gas contain only original elements created minutes after the universe's birth. Read more

Cold Fusion Experiment: Major Success or Big Hoax?

Posted Wed Nov 2, 2011 05:22 PM ET | 0

Theoretically, this type of power would provide radiation-free, cheap and virtually unlimited energy. Read more

Did Ocean Water Originate From Comets?

Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Oct 5, 2011 01:49 PM ET | 0

A once off-the-wall idea gets back up as astronomers report on ocean-like water in a comet. Read more

Record Smashed: Antimatter Trapped for 16 Minutes

Posted Mon Jun 6, 2011 03:02 PM ET | 0

Super-chilled antihydrogen atoms have been collected and stored 5,000 times longer than any previous attempt. Read more

Workers Enter No. 1 Reactor Building At Japan Nuclear Plant

Posted Thu May 5, 2011 02:40 PM ET | 0

Workers entered a reactor building at Japan's stricken nuclear plant Thursday for the first time since an explosion hit the facility a day after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Read more

Japan Raises Nuclear Disaster to Chernobyl Level

Posted Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:24 AM ET | 0

Japan upgraded its month-old nuclear crisis to a maximum seven on the international scale of atomic disasters Tuesday, placing it on a par with Chernobyl. Read more

Using Fusion to Propel an Interstellar Probe

Posted Tue Apr 5, 2011 06:07 PM ET | 0

Guest contributor Richard Obousy describes how a starship might harness the awesome power of nuclear fusion to travel to interstellar destinations. Read more