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The Biggest Mysteries of Mars
Mars' two faces, its mysterious methane, and the question of water top the list.
Tropical Storm Don analyzed in 3 NASA satellite images
NASA is analyzing Tropical Storm Don from all angles, inside and out, using three different satellites. Don is expected to make landfall in southeastern Texas tonight or early Saturday.
Minor Meteor Showers to Not Miss This Summer
There are no fewer than six summer meteor showers visible for northern skywatchers.
NASA's Dawn's Spacecraft Views Dark Side of Vesta
NASA's Dawn mission, in orbit around Vesta, captures a new image from a distance of 3,200 miles (5,200) kilometers from the giant asteroid.
Plans ready for visit to solar system's largest planet
Unmanned craft set to launch next week in what will be a five-year voyage to the planet Jupiter
New uses for Space Station
For more than a decade, the International Space Station has been a busy orbiting research lab. But it could soon take on a new role as a testbed for ambitious...
Universe's expansion speed updated
A new measurement of the universe's expansion speed has been made by measuring the Hubble constant.
"Soccer Ball" Nebula Discovered by Amateur Astronomer
Found by an amateur astronomer, the sporty stellar remnant may shed light on how so-called planetary nebulae form, scientists say.
Rensselaer Appoints NASA Research Leader as Associate Vice President for Research
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced that it has hired Jon Morse, director of the astrophysics division at NASA, as associate vice president for research/physical and engineering sciences. Morse brings experience...
Saturn's water comes from one of its moons
PARIS, July 26 (UPI) -- European astronomers say finding that water expelled from the moon Enceladus rains down on Saturn solves the mystery of water in the planet's upper...
News in Brief: Atom & Cosmos
A solar sneeze, a superhot planet, the death of a comet and more in this week’s news
Belgium UFO that puzzled NASA was polystyrene fake
An unidentified flying object photographed high in the Belgian sky that puzzled even NASA scientists turns out to have been a fake made out of foam, the man behind the...
Little crayfish is big glutton in Arctic waters
For years, the copepod Metridia has managed to remain hidden from science. However, this spring, during fieldwork at the Arctic Station, for the very first time researchers succeeded in filming...
Mystery "creation" particle evades scientists: CERN
GENEVA, July 25 (Reuters) - The mysterious "creation" particle believed to have turned flying debris into stars and planets at the dawn of the universe has evaded capture in a...
Microsoft paper proposes using 'cloud' servers to heat homes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has published a research paper that proposes installing servers used for cloud computing into homes and businesses, instead of in vast data centers. The idea being, that...
Elliptical galaxies are not dead
Initial results from research carried out as part of the Atlas3D project on two elliptical galaxies could, if they are confirmed, call into question the current model of the formation...
X-Ray Astronomy Uncovers A Pretty Cosmic Anomaly
Order In Chaos Click here to get a bigger view of this amazing x-ray. Courtesy Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center
Are We Alone In the Universe? New Analysis Says Maybe
A new statistical analysis finds that the existence of life on Earth says nothing about its likelihood elsewhere in the universe. Extraterrestrials could be extremely rare.
6 Questions with the Man Who Had Sex on the Moon
Thad Roberts went to prison for seven years for stealing moon rocks from NASA. We asked him about his crazy stunt and his bold new physics theory that came out...
Gyroscope's unexplained acceleration may be due to modified inertia
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a spinning laser gyroscope is placed near a super-cooled rotating ring, the gyroscope accelerates a bit in the same direction as the ring, and scientists arent sure...
NASA - How A Girdle Made The Moon Landing Possible
With the end of the space shuttle, we may also be seeing an end to manned space travel as a science endeavor. I am not saying we shouldn't send men...
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.
The Hilbert Book Model
AbstractThis paper introduces a new modelof physics. It is based on logic. It uses the congruence between the logic ofquantum physics and a mathematical construct that got its name from...
SwRI suborbital payload specialists move to flight planning phase, release mission patch
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced in February that it had contracted multiple suborbital flights for its own astronaut payload specialists as part of a larger effort to promote the development...
Dot Earth: Varied Views of Obama's Environmental Record
How would you grade President Obama's approach to environmental and energy issues?
Bizarre Dwarf Planet Wrapped in Water Ice
Researchers were surprised to find the dwarf planet Haumea and at least one of its moons covered with crystalline water ice.
'Another Earth' Film Grounded In Cutting-Edge Physics
The new sci-fi film discusses topics on the minds of many astronomers today.
Cosmic bullseye: Auriga's wheel
One of the strangest types of galaxies are those known as ring galaxies. Examples of these include Hoags Object (shown above), the Cartwheel Galaxy, and AM 0644-741. These unusual shapes...