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Antimatter belt surrounds Earth
A belt of antimatter particles wraps around our home planet, despite the huge amount of matter nearby that would normally annihilate them, scientists have discovered.
NASA satellites saw Tropical Depression Emily struggle over the weekend
Former Tropical Storm Emily made a brief comeback this weekend after degenerating over the mountains of Hispaniola late last week, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of Emily just...
Dramatic images show martian water cycle
PARIS, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Images from the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter show changes in the planet's north pole as the martian summer begins, astronomers say.
NASA sees warmer cloud tops in infrared imagery of Tropical Storm Eugene
Warmer cloud top temperatures mean that cloud heights in a tropical cyclone are dropping and the storm doesn't have as much power to push them higher in the atmosphere. That's...
Space travel: Finding the technology to traverse the stars
The research-and-development arm of the U.S. military is launching a 100-Year Starship Study to find the technologies necessary for interstellar travel.What will it take to build a spaceship capable of...
Satellite Grappler Snags Top Space Business Prize
Altius' "Sticky Boom" could grab satellites at a distance and reel them in.
How Smart Are Planet's Apes? 7 Intelligence Milestones
They're not Rise of the Planet of the Apes smart, but they're no dummies. See how apes use their heads—possibly better than humans sometimes.
How Planets Can Survive a Supernova
Putting a twist on fundamental physics, a new study predicts what happens to planets when a star explodes.
Podcast: Basketball Math, Vampire Bats, and Earth's Two Moons
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
Hellfire Sisters: Sun Blasts Twin Flares
A double whammy of coronal mass ejections occurred on our star, less than 2 hours apart, on August 3rd. Solar winds may carry these super-heated particles towards Earth; a glancing...
Boeing pilots to make space trip
Boeing says two of its own employees will crew the first manned mission of its new astronaut capsule the CST-100 in 2015.
Video: Salt water on Mars could mean presence of life
A NASA satellite has detected evidence of salt water on Mars, which could possibly indicate the presence of life on the red planet. Terrell Brown reports.
Space Test Program to launch trio of NRL space science and technology experiments
The Naval Research Laboratory and the Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP) finalized a Memorandum of Agreement, May 30, 2011, to integrate and launch science and technology experiments to...
Earth from Space: Madagascar jellyfish
The Betsiboka estuary in northwest Madagascar is pictured in this image from Japan’s ALOS observation satellite.
Researchers prove existence of antiproton radiation belt around Earth
Italian researchers using data from the satellite PAMELA have proven that theories showing there ought to be a ring of antiprotons encircling the Earth due to cosmic rays colliding with...
The Greatest Mysteries of Jupiter's Moons
Europa, Io, Callisto and Ganymede harbor some of the most mysterious environments in the solar system, from surprise magnetospheres to oozing molten cores.
Satellites in the developing world
Within 24 hours of the catastrophic 2010 earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, space agencies and companies around the world tasked satellites with providing free images of the earthquakes aftermath. Experts quickly...
Evidence of liquid flowing water on Mars?
TUCSON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A NASA probe orbiting Mars has captured images suggesting the possibility of flowing water on the red planet during its warmest months, the space...
Hints of Water Spark Fresh Hope for Life on Mars
Scientists are newly excited about the possibility of Martian life.
FAQ: Significance of Liquid Water On Mars
NASA scientists have just announced that there might be liquid water on the surface of Mars. Here's why they think so, and why it matters.
Dark chocolate tested for sunburn protection
Researchers at Laval University in Quebec City are testing to see whether regular consumption of dark chocolate helps fend off sunburns.
Oblique View of Warm Season Flows in Newton Crater
An image combining orbital imagery with 3-D modeling shows flows that appear in spring and summer on a slope inside Mars' Newton crater.
Is Mars Weeping Salty Tears?
Dark streaks that come and go with the seasons point strongly to water currently flowing on Mars
Wichita State Physics Faculty, Students Take Part in International Cosmic Ray Research Project
Wichita State University is the lead Kansas institution participating in the development of the $127 million northern test site of the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory, a major international effort...
Space Pictures This Week: Star Valley, Sun Waves, More
Stars flow over Nepal, the moon skims Earth, towering jets sway on the sun, and more in the week's best space pictures.
One box of Girl Scout Cookies worth $15 billion
Scientists can make graphene out of just about anything with carbon -- even Girl Scout Cookies.
Trojan Asteroid Found Sharing Earth's Orbit—A First
A tiny space rock that's partially tethered to Earth by a gravitational leash is our planet's first known Trojan asteroid, astronomers say.
"Spectacular" Double Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
A celestial traffic jam may be on tap Friday as two meteor showers combine forces to put on a brilliant sky show.