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Astronaut Captures Perseid Meteor Shower From His Perch on the ISS
Perseid Meteor Shower, From Space Click here to get a bigger view of this amazing image. Ron Garan It was tricky to shoot the Perseid Meteor Shower this weekend, even with...
NASA Prepares Next Mars Rover for November Launch
The car-size Curiosity rover is being prepped to fly to the Red Planet.
Aerospace engineer proposes arm-equipped satellite to affix propellant kits to space junk to send it back home
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past several years, many scientists and armchair enthusiasts alike have offered up a possible solution to the ever growing cloud of space junk circling the Earth;...
Escaping gravity’s clutches: The black hole breakout
New research by scientists at the University of York gives a fresh perspective on the physics of black holes. Black holes are objects in space that are so massive and...
Puffy Spiral Galaxy Finally Gets Its Close-Up
Europe's Very Large Telescope recently captured amazing imagery of galaxy NGC 3521. Discovered in 1784 by William Herschel, this Leo Constellation resident's star infused "fluffy" spiral arms are brought...
Meteorites contain chemicals linked to life
Space rocks could have delivered DNA building blocks to Earth
Putting it all together on Titan
Three of Titan's major surface features -- dunes, craters and the enigmatic Xanadu -- appear in this radar image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The hazy, bright area at the left...
Death of star too near black hole recorded
SYDNEY, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A team including a University of Sydney researcher observed a star being torn apart after getting to close to a massive black hole, the...
This Is What the Moon Looks Like From Space
On Sunday, July 31, 2011, when Expedition 28 astronaut Ron Garan aboard the International Space Station looked out his window, this is what he saw: the moon.
Hints of Water Spark Fresh Hope for Life on Mars
Scientists are newly excited about the possibility of Martian life.
Fallen Stars: A Gallery of Famous Meteorites
Earth gets alien visitors all the time, in the form of space debris that makes it through our atmosphere.
Nemesis No More? Comet-Hurling 'Death Star' Most Likely a Myth
The so-called 'Nemesis' star has not been flinging dangerous comets at Earth.
Japan Tsunami Broke Huge Icebergs Off Antarctica
NASA satellites captured images and video of event.
NASA Invests in Far-Out Space Tech for Future Missions
A futuristic spacesuit, plans for a lunar colony and "printable spacecraft" are just some of the far-out ideas NASA is funding.
NASA's NPP satellite completes comprehensive testing
The NASA National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project has successfully completed its most comprehensive end-to-end compatibility test of the actual satellite and all five scientific instruments. NPP contains...
The Fate of the First Black Hole
Or what do the band Rush, Stephen Hawking, and a bright source of x-rays have in common?
The race to the bottom of the ocean
Why are Richard Branson and James Cameron, among others, so obsessed with the Mariana trench?For the average billionaire, the trouble with the world these days is that it's just too small. After all,...
Hollywood catches alien fever for good reason
Scientific discoveries making the existence of life beyond Earth seem more and more plausible
Even science Nobel laureates find acceptance isn’t a given
The path of success for Nobel Prize laureatesin the sciences isn’t a straight shot from obscurity to never-ending scientific superstardom, a new study reveals. Instead, many laureates see their...
Brain’s map of space falls flat when it comes to altitude
Animal’s brains are only roughly aware of how high-up they are in space, meaning that in terms of altitude the brain’s ‘map’ of space is surprisingly flat, according to new...
A photon`s point of view
From a photons point of view, it is emitted and then instantaneously reabsorbed. This is true for a photon emitted in the core of the Sun, which might be reabsorbed...
Two more kepler planets confirmed
Hot on the heels of confirming one Kepler planet, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope announces the confirmation of another planet. Another observatory, the Nordic Optical Telescope, confirms its first Kepler planet as...
Coming to a solar system near you… super-Earth!
It is our general understanding of solar system composition that planets fall into two categories: gas giants like Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus and rocky bodies that support some type...
End of Days in 2012? NASA Scientist Says No
Will the "prophesized" Niburu slam into the Earth? Is the Mayan calendar truly coming to an end in 2012? Jet Prepulsion Laboratory's Donald Yeomans dispels the myths and relays the...
Hubble successor in trouble
For years, astronomers have set their sights on launching a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope-one with 100 times its power-that could peer back to the earliest light of the...
Ariane 5’s fourth launch of 2011
Early this morning, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Astra-1N and BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R, into their planned transfer...
Power companies prepare as solar storms set to hit Earth
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three large explosions from the Sun over the past few days have prompted U.S. government scientists to caution users of satellite, telecommunications and electric equipment to...
Best Space Photos of the Week - Aug. 6, 2011
Check out a two-headed constellation, a unique view of the Juno launch and 96 hidden stars.