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'Best evidence yet' for dark matter comes from Milky Way centre
Questions remain whether signal has other origins
Astronomers discover most massive neutron star yet known
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have discovered the most massive neutron star yet found, a discovery with strong and wide-ranging impacts across several fields of...
Getting the big picture quickly: Software edits huge images in seconds instead of hours
Computer scientists developed software that quickly edits "extreme resolution imagery" -- huge photographs containing billions to hundreds of billions of pixels or dot-like picture elements. Until now, it took hours...
Solar power too much of a good thing?
BERLIN, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- A boom in solar power in Germany, while good for the environment, could crash the country's aging power grid, experts say.
Spacecraft taking 'pulse' of distant stars
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- A NASA spacecraft taking the "pulse" of distant stars is yielding insights into the size, age and evolution of stars in the universe, U.S....
Ancient asteroid hit New York with tsunamis
A cosmic impact two millennia ago may have sent tsunamis deluging what is now the Big Apple, scientists suggest.
Astronomers Use Hubble Data to Predict the Movement of Stars For the Next 10,000 Years
Just last week we learned that Hubble has glimpsed the most distant object ever recorded, an object so far away that it offered a glimpse of what the universe looked like some...
China announces manned space program
BEIJING, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- China says it has officially inaugurated its manned space station program with the goal of completing construction of a manned space laboratory in 2020.
Space science: The telescope that ate astronomy
NASA's next-generation space observatory promises to open new windows on the Universe — but its cost could close many more.
Spiral galaxies stripped bare
Six spectacular spiral galaxies are seen in a clear new light in images from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. The pictures were taken in...
Scientist predicts AMS discoveries will surprise
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) destined for the International Space Station already is collecting cosmic ray signatures, even as it sits in a work stand at the Space Station Processing...
Webb telescope primary mirror segment completes cryogenic test
Last week a primary mirror milestone was met for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope project as the first gold-coated mirror segment finished testing in the X-ray & Cryogenic Facility at...
Live Video: Watch NASA's Newest Mars Rover Being Built, Piece by Piece
Curiosity Being Built The view isn't quite this good -- as evidenced by the webcam's location -- but still, it's not every day you get to watch spacecraft being born. NASA Okay,...
NASA's Kepler Mission changing how astronomers study distant stars
The quantity and quality of data coming back from NASA's Kepler Mission is changing how astronomers study stars, said Iowa State University's Steve Kawaler...
Japan to test walk-through explosive sniffers during APEC
Japan will test new "walk-through" bomb detectors that can pick up minute traces of explosives when the country hosts an Asia-Pacific summit next month, government officials said Wednesday.
Cosmic Log: Is this election a sure bet?
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The political prediction markets have essentially settled on the outcome of next week's congressional elections — but you can already get in on the action...
Hubble Captures Dazzling Infant Star in Orion Nebula
The Hubble Space Telescope has peered into a vast stellar nursery and snapped a photo of a newly born star.
Teen Sailor Lost at Sea Meets NASA Rescuers
16-year-old Abby Sunderland's rescue was aided by NASA tech.
Dot Earth: On Balance, Hype, Climate and the Media
An exploration of ways to improve news coverage of climate despite tough hurdles in the news room.
Image: Deep inside the Milky Way
This artist's impression shows how the Arches star cluster appears from deep inside the hub of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Argentina reignites environmental debate with Uruguay
Argentina is in discussions with Uruguay about the construction of a pulp plant, and a bi-national committee is studying the case.
Japan Plans Upgrades for H-2A Rocket Workhorse
Japan is planning to upgrade its H-2A rocket workhorse to make it more competitive in the global market.
NASA Chooses Atlas 5 Rocket to Launch New Mars Orbiter
NASA has selected an Atlas 5 rocket to launch a new orbiter to Mars in November 2013.
Planets orbiting a binary system help astrobiologists search for habitable worlds
Astronomers have discovered a planetary system consisting of at least two Jupiter-like planets orbiting pair of binary stars. The findings provide new information about the formation and evolution of planetary...
Arctic in, Gazprom out for Kiev?
KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Kiev ruled out merging its state gas company with Russia's but could work with Moscow on arctic reserves, the Ukrainian prime minister said.
Evidence of an 'active' Venus found
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- New evidence suggests beneath its obscuring cloud cover Venus may be geologically active like the present Earth, not long dead like Mars,...
The Search for the Subatomic "Ghost" Particles
For more than a decade--in the most inhospitable place on Earth-- scientists have been building an observatory to search for a "ghost." The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a massive telescope...
Swedish Satellites Perform a Space Waltz Rendezvous
Two Swedish satellites approached to within a few dozen feet of each other last week, in the most ambitious test yet of new technologies for formation-flying in orbit.