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What Does the Milky Way Galaxy Look Like?
Our Milky Way galaxy looks like a huge milky haze in the night sky, which is where its name comes from.
Observatory: Moths Traveled Far for Taste of Italian Grapevines
A new study reports that a moth that recently began infesting the leaves of grapevines in Italy originated in North America.
Best Space Photos of the Week - Feb. 25, 2012
See amazing views of auroras, galaxies, rocket launches and more in our top space photos for the week of Feb. 25, 2012.
Zero-Gravity Roller Coaster Could Bring Weightless Thrills to Earth
A proposed roller coaster will give passengers the sensation of about eight seconds of microgravity.
Astronaut Builds LEGO Space Station Inside Real-Life Space Station
It took one astronaut two hours to build the LEGO space toy in space.
The Many Moods of Titan
A set of recent papers, many of which draw on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, reveal new details in the emerging picture of how Saturn's moon Titan shifts with the...
Extending the habitable zone for red dwarf stars
Scientists have long thought that planets had to orbit very close to small and dim red dwarf stars in order to be warm enough for life. New research challenges that...
Watch 'Rügen on the rocks' on the Earth from Space programme
Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites. Watch...
Solid 'buckyball' carbon found in space
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope say they've discovered buckyballs in a solid form in space for the first time.
Chemical clues on formation of planetary systems: Earth 'siblings' can be different
Astronomers have discovered that the chemical structure of Earth-like planets can be very different from the bulk composition of Earth. This may have a dramatic effect on the existence and...
Scientists Decry Cuts That Would Doom ExoMars Missions
Next week, planetary scientists building instruments for a 2016 Mars mission called Trace Gas...
The Blueprint Of Cosmic Structure
Previously undiscovered islands of cold gas and a mysterious haze of microwaves could bring us closer to revealing the blueprint of cosmic structure.The results include the first map of carbon...
Interview with lead spacewalker on Endeavour's final mission
In an exclusive interview with Physics World, astronaut Drew Feustel gives a vivid account of his two missions into space and recalls his determination to make his childhood ambition ...
Tiny 'Soccer Ball' Space Molecules Could Equal 10,000 Mount Everests
The carbon buckyballs circle a pair of stars 6,500 light-years from Earth.
Malta signs Cooperation Agreement
Malta signed a Cooperation Agreement with ESA on 20 February 2012. The objective of this agreement is to allow Malta and ESA to create the framework for more-intensive cooperation in...
The Dragon clash
NGC 5907 is a spiral galaxy lying in the Dragon constellation, showing extraordinary large loops and currents of stars in its surrounding halo. According to researchers, it could have been...
Space image: Expedition 30 cosmonauts perform spacewalk
(PhysOrg.com) -- This image of Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov, both Expedition 30 flight engineers, was taken during a spacewalk on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.
Space image: Dawn on Vesta
(PhysOrg.com) -- This Dawn FC (framing camera) image shows the sun illuminating the landscape of Vesta during a Vestan sunrise. When this image was obtained the sun had a low...
From V-2 rocket to moon landing
He was a handsome, charismatic, brilliant, onetime member of Adolf Hitlers Nazi Party and SS paramilitary force. He also was a hero in the United States hailed for helping to...
Flaw found in fast neutrino story
Researchers who reported surprising finding faster-than-light neutrinos in 2011 now say they have found two potential sources of error in their experiment.
AUDIO: Can science see into the future?
Simon Ings, editor of Arc and science fiction writer, and a former Tomorrow's World presenter and BBC science presenter Maggie Philbin discuss the science of futurology.
New Ultradense Planet Found; Astronomers Baffled
An odd Jupiter-like world is so compact that it defies established theory—and may even represent a new class of planet, astronomers say.
Skywatcher Photos Catch Stunning Northern Lights Display
Skywatcher Shawn Malone snapped some stunning views of a weekend northern lights show on Feb. 18.
Shifting Ocean Current Made Earth Spin Faster?
A slower Antarctic current, possibly linked to El Niño, made our planet spin slightly faster in November 2009, a new study suggests.
FOR KIDS: Worlds beyond the solar system
Planet hunters have found hundreds of exoplanets, but none just like Earth
Extreme Scientific Imaging: Best of 2011 Named
An underwater city in 3-D and the sharpest picture of an atom yet are among winners of the 2011 Australian Extreme Imaging competition.
NASA video flies you through cracking glacier
A new video takes viewers on a stunning ride through a giant and ever-growing canyon of Antarctic ice that marks the birth of an enormous iceberg.
Pluto Stamp Watch: Stamp Petition Gains Nearly 6,000 Signatures
NASA's New Horizons Pluto mission team is hoping for 100,000 signatures by March 13.