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Alien matter in the solar system: A galactic mismatch
This just in: The Solar System is different from the space just outside it.
Grass to gas: Genome map speeds biofuel development
Researchers have taken a major step in the ongoing effort to find sources of cleaner, renewable energy by mapping the genomes of two originator cells of Miscanthus x giganteus, a...
Spacecraft sees slowing of Venus rotation
PARIS, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A spacecraft orbiting Venus has discovered the cloud-covered planet is rotating a little slower that previously measured, European Space Agency officials said.
NASA fixes computer glitch on Mars craft
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Engineers say they've found the cause of a computer reset that occurred two months ago on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory bound for Mars.
NASA sees wide-eyed cyclone Jasmine
Cyclone Jasmine's eye has opened wider on NASA satellite imagery, as it moves through the Southern Pacific Ocean.
Red Sea: Sounding Radar Buoys Evidence Mars Once Had an Ocean
In the eyes of many planetary scientists, the surface of Mars's northern hemisphere has long looked like it once contained an ocean. Now it is "sounding" that way, too. [More]
FOR KIDS: Moon twinkles
Flashes of light on the moon’s surface come from cooling, superhot liquid
Accounting for missing meson particles
Measurements from high-energy collision experiments lead to a better understanding of why meson particles disappear.
Two Earth-Size Planets Born of Battered "Jupiter"?
A pair of Earth-size worlds orbiting a dying star may be the fractured remnants of a single Jupiter-like gas giant, a new study says.
Watery Alien Planets Might Be Stripped Dry by Gravity
Some otherwise habitable planets might have their water stripped away by gravity, scientists say.
Russia sounds alarm over spiralling teenage suicides
Top Russian psychiatrists on Friday called for urgent measures to battle the soaring teenage suicide rate, one of the world's highest.
The turbulent birth of super star clusters in galaxy mergers
By combining two of the most advanced telescopes in the world -- the new Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of ESO -- a team...
Searching for planets in clouds of dust
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UA astronomy research team was awarded a $600,000 grant for technology development under NASAs Explorer mission program. The mission would send a space telescope high above Earth's...
Rockot to launch two Sentinel satellites
ESA and Eurockot today signed contracts for launching two ESA satellites: Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-3A will fly in 2013 on Rockot vehicles from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia for Europes...
Gallery: Visions of Deep Space Stations for Exploration
See artist's illustrations of potential gateway stations for deep space exploration.
Watch ‘Mountains of snow’ 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...
Hubble image captures puzzling star group
GREENBELT, Md., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. astronomers say a distant galaxy puzzles them because it contains a high number of stars younger than their neighbors, which goes against...
How'd that meteorite get here? Now we know
With a weight that rivals a baby elephant, a meteorite that fell from space some 30,000 years ago is likely Britain's largest space rock. And after much sleuthing, researchers think...
VIDEO: Northern Lights captured from space
The first 'moving' images of the Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, as seen from Space have been released by NASA, after they harnessed a new time-lapse photographic technique.
Deconstructing a mystery: What caused Snowmaggedon?
Scientists are using computer models to help unravel the mystery of a record-setting snowfall in the Washington, DC area in early 2010.
Dead Spacecraft on Mars Spotted in New Photos
The remains of two defunct spacecraft on the surface of Mars can be seen in the new color images.
Nike Launching Space Sneakers for NBA Stars
Nike's new space shoes are inspired by NASA spacesuits and supernova explosions.
Mobile launcher tests confirm designs, NASA analysis concludes
The 355-foot-tall mobile launcher, or ML, behaved as expected during its move to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in November 2011, an analysis of multiple...
Top Quark Production Studied In Detail
A new result by the CMS collaboration has been produced today on top quark physics. For those of you who only get triggered by the search of new particles or...
Tidal forces could squeeze out planetary water
Alien planets might experience tidal forces powerful enough to remove all their water, leaving behind hot, dry worlds like Venus, researchers said.
Young stars at home in ancient cluster
(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking like a hoard of gems fit for an emperor's collection, this deep sky object called NGC 6752 is in fact far more worthy of admiration. It is...
NASA showcases ‘spinoff` technologies
Contrary to popular belief, Tang, Velcro and Teflon (along with the zero-gravity space pen) arent derived from NASA technology. NASA has, however, developed numerous technologies over the years, which are...
Infrared sounder on NASA's suomi NPP starts its mission
(PhysOrg.com) -- A powerful new infrared instrument, flying on NASA's newest polar-orbiting satellite, designed to give scientists more refined information about Earth's atmosphere and improve weather forecasts and our understanding...