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Image: A solar system family portrait, from the inside out

12 years ago from Physorg

NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has constructed the first portrait of our solar system by combining 34 images taken by the spacecraft’s Wide Angle Camera on Nov. 3 and 16, 2010.

Japan Mulls Plan to Send Humanoid Robot to Space Station

12 years ago from CBSNews - Science

The Humanoid Robot Would Help With Daily Chores - Even Tweeting to Earth

Bolden to announce fate of shuttles

12 years ago from UPI

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden says he will decide by this spring where the agency's three shuttle orbiters will be housed in their...

Solar storm creates auroral show

12 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

A blast of plasma from the sun hit the Earth overnight, creating a brilliant display of lights across the skies of northern Canada.

NASA infrared satellite data see an intensifying Tropical Storm Dianne

12 years ago from Science Blog

Infrared satellite data from NASA's Aqua satellite reveal that Tropical Storm Dianne is getting organized off the coast of Western Australia today. NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) infrared...

Reflected glory

12 years ago from

Messier 78 is a fine example of a reflection nebula. The ultraviolet radiation from the stars that illuminate it is not intense enough to ionise the gas to make it...

Herschel finds less dark matter but more stars

12 years ago from

ESA's Herschel space observatory has discovered a population of dust-enshrouded galaxies that do not need as much dark matter as previously thought to collect gas and burst into star formation...

Image: Blue on Mars

12 years ago from Physorg

This image shows part of the floor of Rabe Crater, a large impact crater in Mars' southern highlands.

Space tech smooths steps

12 years ago from European Space Agency

It won’t be quite like walking on the Moon, but one French company is hoping to bring some bounce to your step with the help of ESA. .myLink { text-decoration:none; color:#0000ff...

Dot Earth: A Harder Rain's Gonna Fall (and Already Is)

12 years ago from NY Times Science

Scientists using weather records and climate models describe a definitive human fingerprint in patterns of heavy precipitation.

VIDEO: Space Station loses item in orbit

12 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Footage of a routine Russian space walk shows an unidentifiable object drifting away from the international space station

February's Full Moon Friday Is a Wolf

12 years ago from Space.com

The full moon of February is known as the Wolf Moon to some Native Americans.

Violent storms on alien planets

12 years ago from Physorg

Hundreds of planets have now been detected outside our solar system. So far, very little is known about the physical conditions on these fascinating objects. Kevin Heng from the Institute...

Spectacular Photo Spotlights Reflecting Nebula M78

12 years ago from Space.com

An exquisite, shimmering nebula draped in a veil of interstellar dust is the focus of an image from the European Southern Observatory.

Secrets of the High-Flying Bar-Headed Goose

12 years ago from Live Science

Jessica Meir studies how bar-headed geese fly, leading flight training sessions with goslings.

Foreign Scientists Will Move to Front of U.K. Visa Line

12 years ago from Science NOW

Fleshing out the details of its controversial new immigration cap, the UK Border Agency...

The Sun Woke Up on Valentine’s Day

12 years ago from Space.com

Our local star blasted its first X-class flare in more than four years on February 14, 2011 at 8:56 p.m. EST. These most powerful of solar events can trigger...

Potential treatment for Chikungunya discovered by Vivalis and A*STAR’s SIgN

12 years ago from Science Blog

Singapore - Nantes (France) -- February 15, 2011 (SGT) - The Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), an institute of the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and VIVALIS (NYSE...

International Year of Chemistry launches across the world

12 years ago from Chemistry World

Luminaries from the world of chemistry highlight the project goals at the Paris launch event

Quiz-playing computer system could revolutionize research

12 years ago from News @ Nature

TV star Watson is a step towards a new kind of search engine.

Watch the launch of ATV Johannes Kepler live

12 years ago from European Space Agency

Following a measurement anomaly in the liquid oxygen propellant tank of the cryogenic main stage for Flight 200's Ariane 5 launcher, yesterday's countdown was stopped. The new launch time has...

Rare Daytime Fireball Lights Up Sky Over Eastern U.S.

12 years ago from Space.com

A fireball lit up the daytime sky over much of the eastern United States yesterday (Feb. 14), causing necks to crane and jaws to drop from Maryland to Massachusetts.

Galaxy's 'bulge' offers creation clues

12 years ago from UPI

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. astronomer studying the Andromeda galaxy says a thick stellar disk of older stars offers clues to how large spiral galaxies like...

Spacewatch: The next mission to Mars

12 years ago from The Guardian - Science

After rounding the Sun's far side 12 days ago, Mars stays hidden in our pre-dawn twilight until June. This time next year, though, it will be the brightest object in our midnight...

Post-Game Analysis: How Watson Did in Round 1 of 'Jeopardy!'

12 years ago from Live Science

Here is some of the play-by-play, with commentary from the experts, in preparation for tonight's second round.

Solar System 'Nemesis': Nearby Stars Could Pose Threat

12 years ago from Space.com

Astronomical detectives have assembled a stellar lineup, identifying nearby stars that may come close enough to disrupt our solar system in the next billion years or so.

Why Photos From Deep Space Take So Long to Get to Earth

12 years ago from Space.com

Why did it take almost four hours for the images of comet Tempel to be beamed to Earth from space? Life's Little Mysteries explains how weather and a computer glitch...

Mission Lifetimes

12 years ago from

All space missions end-- some with a whimper, some with a 'fwoosh' of reentry.  For longevity, it's hard to surpass the twin Voyager probes.  They have been flying steadily for...