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Indian Neutrino Observatory Will House the World's Biggest Magnet
India's Ministry of Environment and Forests just approved the building of the Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) in the Bodi West Hills, located in Tamil Nadu. The INO is a ridiculously ambitious project that...
Star, not so bright
In a galaxy far away, an exceptionally massive black hole is travelling around a massive star in an unusually tight orbit. Also odd, the star is not as bright as...
Clearing the cosmic fog
A European team of astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has measured the distance to the most remote galaxy so far. By carefully analysing the very faint glow of...
New space research settles years of scientific debate
New space research published this week (Thursday 21 October) in the journal Nature, has settled decades of scientific debate. Researchers from the University of California (UCLA) and British Antarctic Survey...
Energy revolution key to complex life
The evolution of complex life is strictly dependent on mitochondria, the tiny power stations found in all complex cells, according to a new study by Dr Nick Lane, from UCL...
Wernher Von Braun: The Original (U.S.) Rocket Scientist
From Rockets to Rocket Ships, the Name of this Controversial Genius Dominates the Conversation
How Comets Cause Meteor Showers
Shooting stars from spectacular meteor showers are actually sometimes caused by comets.
Pyrocumulonimbus: Fire-Breathing dragon of the clouds
Pyrocumulonimbus is the fire-breathing dragon of clouds. A cumulonimbus without the "pyre" part is imposing enough -- a massive, anvil-shaped tower of power reaching five miles (8 km) high, hurling...
New search method tracks down influential ideas: Computer scientists have developed a new way of tracing the origins and spread of ideas
Princeton computer scientists have developed a new way of tracing the origins and spread of ideas, a technique that could make it easier to gauge the influence of notable scholarly...
Desert tortoises could delay solar project
PRIMM, Nev., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Environmentalists have asked the California Energy Commission to block a solar energy project in the Mojave Desert.
Cassini dances with nine Saturn moons
PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft spent a busy three days capturing images of nine of Saturn's moons, space agency officials said.
Scientists simulate hurricane-force winds in the lab (w/ Video)
Researchers used more than 100 giant fans to create hurricane-force winds in an experiment Tuesday that crumpled an ordinary home within minutes but left a better-built home standing at its...
NASA and DARPA Plan ‘Hundred-Year Starship' To Bring Humans to Other Worlds And Leave Them There Forever
Mars Mining This Mars miner will probably never go home again. NASA If NASA ever gets a clear directive for interplanetary exploration, a new Hundred-Year Starship could be their version of the Mayflower....
Paris plans science in the suburbs
Euros flow in to boost French goal of creating critical mass of cross-agency researchers.
New Record! Ancient Galaxy is Most Distant Thing in Space
An ancient galaxy has been discovered to be the farthest thing in space yet seen.
New airborne multiangle polarizing imager checked out by NASA ER-2
A team of Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers and their collaborators at the University of Arizonas College of Optical Sciences in Tucson are developing a new prototype science instrument for a...
Europe's spaceport awaiting Hylas-1 satellite launch
The Hylas-1 telecommunications satellite has arrived at Europes Spaceport in French Guiana. Its next journey will be to space, on an Ariane 5 launcher towards its operational orbit nearly 36...
Neutron Stars Are Doomed if Vacuum Energy Goes Wild
Weird vacuum energy could trigger neutron stars to collapse or explode, a new study suggests.
One-way Martian colonization missions: Proposal would cut costs dramatically, ensure long-term commitment
Would you sign on for a one-way flight to Mars? It's a question that gives pause to even a physicist and cosmologist who argue for precisely such a one-way manned...
Cosmic Log: The 'why' of a leopard's spots
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Researchers follow up on Rudyard Kipling's classic tale to investigate why some leopards got their spots — and why others are spotless.
Bigelow Aerospace Soars with Private Space Station Deals
The space company Bigelow Aerospace has found a set of early clients for its private space stations.
Etna mapped by radar satellites
Two German radar satellites flying in tight formation above the Earth have returned their first combined images, including a 3D view of Italy's Mt Etna.
NASA urged to consider planet 'defense'
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- NASA should establish a Planetary Defense Coordination Office to lead efforts should the Earth be threatened by asteroids and comets, a U.S. report says.
NASA's Monkey Radiation Experiment Faces Unclear Future
PETA has obtained heavily redacted documents discussing plans to expose monkeys to radiation to study its potential effects on astronauts.
Professors urge one-way Martian colonization missions
For the chance to watch the sun rise over Olympus Mons, or maybe take a stroll across the vast plains of the Vastitas Borealis, would you sign on for a...
Lockheed, Lawmakers Urge NASA to Maintain Funding for Orion Space Capsule
The company behind NASA's new Orion space capsule has teamed up with lawmakers for funding support.
As NASA launches new vision, chief is criticized for absence
GOP lawmakers are critical of Charles Bolden for leaving last week on a trip to China just as the agency he leads begins pursuing an ambitious new agenda. It is...
Where Did 'Separation of Church and State' Come From?
Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell asked, "Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?" during a Tuesday night debate.