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Over Earth: East Coast Light Show From Space
The crew from the International Space Station captured eastern seaboard of the United States at night on January 29th, 2012.
Proposed NASA Budget Cuts Draw Curtain at Wrong Time
Jonathan Lunine, Cornell University professor of astronomy, adviser to NASA, and principal investigator for a mission to sail one of the three great seas of Titan, comments on the proposed...
Advanced communications testbed for Space Station
(PhysOrg.com) -- New and improved ways for future space travelers to communicate will be tested on the International Space Station. The SCaN Testbed, or Space Communications and Navigation Testbed -...
Space telescope makes Milky Way finds
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A European space mission has seen previously undiscovered islands of star formation and mysterious microwave emissions in our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers say.
NASA Space Shuttle-Carrying Jumbo Jet Retires After One Last Flight
The final voyage of one of NASA's shuttle carrying jets lasted just 20 minutes.
Antarctica's Lake Vostok is Test Case for Exploring Icy Jupiter Moon
A hidden lake beneath an icy shelf could provide clues for how to explore Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa.
Leading the Quest to Crack Cosmological Mysteries
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics launches national collaboration on deepest questions of dark energy, dark matter and cosmic inflation.
Energized Sunspot - Keeps On Going and Going...
The home of the largest X-flare in years, known as AR1402, has completed its transit around the far side of the Sun and is now Earth-facing again. It has been...
Writing a new code for life?
On "Star Trek, the aliens often look so human that crew members fall in love with them. But in real life, scientists in the field known as astrobiology can't be...
Gearing up for data deluge from world's biggest radio telescope
The amount of computer data generated by the entire world in a whole year will need to be stored in a single day for the world's most powerful telescope −...
Snow-bound Italy
ESA’s Envisat satellite has captured some unusual views of Italy after much the country suffered heavy snowfall a for second time in a week.
Italian "Disco Ball" Probe to Test Einstein's Relativity
Italy's LARES spacecraft, launched today, will test an effect of general relativity with unprecedented accuracy, mission managers say.
A continent ablaze in auroral and manmade light
The North American continent is literally set ablaze in a confluence of Auroral and Manmade light captured in spectacular new videos snapped by the astronauts serving aboard the International Space...
Earth-facing sunspot doubles in size
The latest sunspot region to traverse the face of the Sun has nearly doubled in size as it aims Earthward, as seen in the animation above from NASAs Solar Dynamics...
Transforming galaxies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many of the Universe's galaxies are like our own, displaying beautiful spiral arms wrapping around a bright nucleus. Examples in this stunning image, taken with the Wide Field...
Starwatch: Mars approaches opposition
Mars rises at our ENE horizon by about 19:30 tonight and is conspicuous and unmistakable with its reddish hue as it climbs high into the SE by midnight. Look back at our...
News Analysis: Messages to E.T.
A new scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence raises fundamental questions about what to say and expect.
Europe stakes billion-dollar bet on new rocket
A pencil-slim rocket is scheduled to lift into space from South America on Monday, carrying a billion-dollar bet that Europe can grab a juicy slice of the market to place...
India launches defense missile
NEW DELHI, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- India says it has successfully test fired an interceptor missile designed to destroy incoming enemy ballistic missiles.
Space tourism pioneer Robert Citron dies
BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Robert A. Citron, a space visionary who helped commercialize space, had died in Washington, his family announced.
April new date for SpaceX capsule launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Private space company SpaceX says late April is its new target for a launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and a Dragon...
Dwarf Galaxy Found Secretly Feasting on Smaller Dwarf
For the first time astronomers have captured highly detailed pictures of a dwarf galaxy consuming a smaller companion, a new study says.
NASA Invites Twitter Fans to 2013 Space Budget Announcement
20 NASA 'tweeps' will be on hand when Charlie Bolden unveils the space agency's 2013 budget.
Space Pictures This Week: Sun Storm, Mars Lander, More
A star nursery shines, a sun storm erupts, a Mars orbiter spies its cousin, and more in the week's best space pictures.
The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, February 6-10, 2012
Cyber Woman With Corn Max Read over at Gawker turned us on to this amazing Shutterstock series, mysteriously titled "Cyber Woman With a Corn." What could you use this photo...
New Mexico's Spaceport America Aims High to Woo Space Age Tourists
Tourists at Spaceport America can have a thrilling experience without leaving the ground.
What If Earth's Magnetic Poles Flip?
What will happen if or when the direction of Earth's magnetic field reverses, so that compasses point south?
Review: Netflix and Hulu's new scripted originals
Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming.