Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2012.  Residents of a large condominium in New Jersey have won their fight against the use of pesticides on the complex’s lawn. The homeowner’s association agreed with residents’ pleas to alter its treatment of lawns, instituting an integrated pest management (IPM) policy to avoid using toxic pesticides.[Read More…]

An image of the Wolf-Rayet star R136a1, the most massive star known. Credit: Wikipedia.  Bonn, Germany-(ENEWSPF)- In 2010 scientists discovered four ‘monster’ sized stars, with the heaviest more than 300 times as massive as our Sun. Despite their incredible luminosity, these exotic objects, located in the giant star cluster R136[Read More…]

The four main pieces of hardware that arrived on Mars with NASA’s Curiosity rover were spotted by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera captured this image about 24 hours after landing. The large, reduced-scale image points out the strewn hardware: the heat shield was[Read More…]

Students discover asteroid-splitting technique in Armageddon would not work University Leicester-(ENEWSPF)- According to the internet hysteria surrounding the ancient Mayan calendar, an asteroid could be on its way to wipe out the world on December 21, 2012. Obviously this is pretty unlikely – but if an asteroid really is on[Read More…]

Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Follow along on a tour of the landing scene of NASA’s Curiosity rover in this video made up of images from two NASA orbiters. The movie begins with a global image from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor, then switches to views from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)[Read More…]

This color thumbnail image was obtained by NASA’s Curiosity rover during its descent to the surface of Mars on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT). The image was obtained by the Mars Descent Imager instrument known as MARDI and shows the 15-foot (4.5-meter) diameter heat shield when it was about[Read More…]