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'Blinded' Satellite Gains Ground in Radio Interference Battle
A beleaguered European satellite that has been beset by patchy "blindness" from radio interference appears to be recovering after painstaking efforts to reduce signal contamination.
Mars Rover Gets Up-Close and Personal With Meteorite
A new photo yields an up-close view of a meteorite the Mars rover Opportunity found on the Red Planet last month.
New Space Art: Massive Young Stars
This infrared view shows an active stellar nursery hidden within a huge, dark cloud.
Study sheds new light on how the sun affects the Earth's climate
The Sun's activity has recently affected the Earth's atmosphere and climate in unexpected ways, according to a new study published today in the journal Nature. The study, by researchers from...
UD researcher on project team for NASA's first visit to the sun
A University of Delaware researcher is helping to design instruments for a robotic space probe that will go where no other has gone before: the sun...
Psychologist finds 'shocking' impact on name recall
It's an experience shared by everyone: You run into someone you know, but his or her name escapes you...
Ice "Tsunamis" Detected in Saturn Ring
The gravitational pull of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may be causing monster waves in one of the planet's rings, astronomers say.
Nobel Prizes: Chemistry and Literature
Here's who took home Nobel Prizes for chemicals and words.
Solar physics installation to get upgrade
NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- An array of radio antennas in California will be upgraded to help answer questions about solar flares and their impact on Earth, researchers...
Sun's Impact on Climate Change Overestimated?
A decline in the sun's activity may warm, not cool Earth—suggesting sun's role in climate change is more complicated than thought, scientists say.
One Star Birth Scenario Debunked By 'Fossil' Galaxies
Star birth may cause cosmic turbulence in galaxies throughout the universe, a new study finds.
Comet 103P/Hartley 2 probed in Preparation for DIXI/EPOXI Flyby
Hubble Space Telescope observations of comet 103P/Hartley 2, taken on September 25, are helping in the planning for a November 4 flyby of the comet by NASA's Deep Impact eXtended...
Sun's role in warming the planet may be overestimated, study finds
The discovery could help explain why Europe can have cold winters while the world as a whole is heating upResearchers have found that the waxing and waning of the sun affects our...
Neptune: Don't Blame Me For The Kuiper Belt
New research is challenging the belief that the planet Neptune knocked a collection of planetoids known as the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt to its current location at the edge of...
NASA Partnership Sends Earth Science Data to Africa
A unique partnership between NASA and agencies in Africa and Europe has sent a massive amount of free NASA Earth science satellite data to South African researchers.
Scientists need a shorter path to research freedom
Francis Collins explains why the NIH is launching a bid to help some doctoral students dramatically reduce the time required to start an independent career.
First Solar Power Projects Approved to be Built on U.S. Public Lands
Energy from the Sun Parabolic solar troughs harvest sunlight at a solar thermal power installation in California. kjkolb via The The U.S. may be years behind some European nations and China when...
Skywatching Tips: Observing Venus Without Staring at the Sun
Venus is currently a prime observing target, but skywatchers should be careful while it appears close to the sun.
Feature: Our cannibal galaxy
Julian Cribb writes about the findings of ‘galactic archaeology’ – how our Milky Way draws in and ‘devours’ stars from other galaxies.
In pictures: Satellite eye on Earth - September 2010
Plankton blooms, Atlantic hurricanes and dust plumes were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
Japan space probe may have brought home space dust: reports
Japan's space agency has found particles that may be extra-terrestrial in the capsule of the space probe Hayabusa that returned home in June after a seven-year journey to an asteroid,...
Doppler radars help increase monsoon rainfall prediction accuracy
Doppler weather radar will significantly improve forecasting models used to track monsoon systems influencing the monsoon in and around India, according to a research collaboration including Purdue University, the National...
NASA mission 'E-Minus' one month to comet flyby
Fans of space exploration are familiar with the term T-minus, which NASA uses as a countdown to a rocket launch. But what of those noteworthy mission events where you already...
Chinese Eat Our Moon Lunch
The Chinese Chang series is taking over the moon. For lunch, NASA people in Florida are heading to bread lines, while meanwhile the Chinese are microwaving the entire moon for...
SOFIA Observatory Prepares For Early Science Flights
(PhysOrg.com) -- Testing of the entire integrated observatory system and individual subsystems on NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP is slated to occur during October during a series of...
Earth's rotation affects flows in submarine channels
Coriolis forces due to Earth's rotation deflect winds and ocean flows to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. In sinuous submarine channels,...
Pushing the envelope
(PhysOrg.com) -- G327.1-1.1 is the aftermath of a massive star that exploded as a supernova in the Milky Way galaxy.
A MORE RATIONAL WAY TO PROGRAM STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION OF OBJECTS
Software uses many kinds of data. Sometimes it concerns worksheet data and sometimes it is data that is retrieved or generated in some way or it are results of actions....