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Giant solar flares may light aurora
Blasts of charged particles from the sun, including the largest solar flare in over four years, may colour the sky with northern lights Thursday.
Catching space weather in the act
Close to the globe, Earth's magnetic field wraps around the planet like a gigantic spherical web, curving in to touch Earth at the poles. But this isn't true as you...
NASA sees heavy rains in Tropical Storm Bingiza, possibly headed for second landfall
NASA satellite data indicates that Bingiza is still maintaining tropical storm intensity and carrying heavy rainfall over the Mozambique Channel as it prepares for its second landfall in Madagascar....
Scientists Monitor Killer Mice … From Space
Disease-carrying mouse populations tracked with NASA satellite
Astronauts (Virtually) Land on Mars
Mock Mission To Mars Simulates Landing On Red Planet After 257 Days In Locked Capsule
Commercial Spaceflight a Priority Under NASA's Proposed Budget
Despite a spending freeze for NASA in the White House's new 2012 budget proposal, the space agency plans to prioritize commercial spaceflight.
Europe's Heaviest Robot Spaceship to Launch Today
The European Space Agency will launch its heaviest spaceship ever, the ATV-2 Johannes Kepler, today.
Happy Valentine's Day from Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- An image taken by the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a heart-shaped feature that the camera's team at Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, wants...
HARPS-N instrument will help confirm Kepler's planet finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- The search for planets outside our solar system continues to heat up. NASA's Kepler spacecraft has located more than 1,200 planetary candidates, however confirming them remains a challenge....
NASA's Nautilus-X: Reusable deep manned spacecraft
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is currently examining several key technologies that can advance space exploration. Dubbed Nautilus-X this tubular spacecraft can be used as a reusable vehicle for lunar and deep-space...
Recipes for Health: Brussels Sprouts and Roasted Winter Squash Hash
Cooked black rice brings a chewy texture and earthy flavor to this squash hash.
A month in space: Organic fingerprints, a ghostly green blob and a stellar bullet
Our pick of last month's best space images includes a ghostly green blob, the mysterious molecular fingerprints of large organic molecules, and a star blasting a path through space at...
Missile Defense Demo Satellites Ready for Testing
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is merging a satellite demo mission with ground and sea missile tests.
NASA chief: Giffords welcome at husband's launch
(AP) -- NASA's chief says it would be tremendous for the space shuttle crew and the nation if Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can watch her astronaut husband launch from Cape...
The mystery of the discolored Van Goghs
In some of the artist's works, the once-vibrant yellows are turning brown. European scientists have figured out why. It's hard to imagine some of Vincent van Gogh's signature works without...
Mich. students win satellite competition
DETROIT, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- A team of Michigan college students has won a competition to have the U.S. Department of Defense launch their custom-built satellite into orbit, officials...
Nasa budget boosts private space
US President Barack Obama wants more money to go towards developing commercial rockets and capsules to take American astronauts into orbit.
Ultracold atoms could reveal the dark sector
Nobel laureate plans experiment to probe 'dark content of the vacuum'
Water floods cosmos, but where's the reservoir?
Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to be used by alien life. Yet.
Energy Science: Obama's Darling, Congress's Target
It's a comforting idea for many scientists but may prove to be only a...
Astronauts Walk on "Mars," Start Experiments
After months of simulated space travel, three astronauts have ventured into a darkened, sand-filed room designed to look like Mars.
Green: Obama's Shout-Out for Energy
If the administration had its way, budgets for solar, geothermal, biomass and wind energy would rise sharply.
Life on Mars? European Space Agency crewmen simulate landing in sandpit
Mars500 project examines psychological toll on humans heading for MarsTwo spacesuited crew members on a mission from the European Space Agency clambered into a large sandpit and planted flags in the ground.For an...
Whale tracked in 5,300-mile ocean voyage
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a 13-year-old gray whale dubbed "Flex" has been tracked by satellite in a migration that's covered more than 5,300...
Russia says foreign power may have caused spy satellite loss
The Russian space agency suggested Monday that a foreign power may have been behind the space accident that disabled one of the country's most modern military satellites earlier this month.
Hazards of Space Would Make Sex Up There Tricky, Say NASA Researchers
It's not the space agency's official line, however Here's some futurey Valentine's Day news: Future space colonists would likely be unable to procreate because of the ionizing radiation that permeates the solar system,...
NASA Brings Alien Planet Search Down to Earth for Twitter Fans
NASA gave Twitter-using space fans a glimpse behind the scenes of its alien planet hunt Friday (Feb. 11).
A visual feast of galaxies
A unique new atlas of 35 galaxies has been compiled by Swinburne astronomer Dr. Glen Mackie.