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NM spaceport sets stage for commercial space race

14 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- British tycoon Richard Branson has dreamed of going to space since he was a teenager. He'll get his wish when Virgin Galactic begins taking tourists into suborbital...

Indian Neutrino Observatory Will House the World's Biggest Magnet

14 years ago from PopSci

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...

Scientists find evidence for widespread water ice on the moon

14 years ago from

Scientists from NASA's Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment team have detected the widespread presence of water ice in large areas of the moon's south pole...

White House Hosts A Science Fair

14 years ago from C&EN

Winners: Exhibit of student projects emphasizes importance of science education.

Star, not so bright

14 years ago from

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...

Collateral Data: NASA's Planned Moon Crash Churned Up Water, Lots of Mercury and More

14 years ago from Scientific American

An spent rocket stage that NASA sent hurtling into the moon last year in hopes of kicking up water from a polar crater delivered on that mission, revealing that at...

New space research settles years of scientific debate

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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

14 years ago from

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...

Infographic: Which Asteroids Are Swinging Closest to Earth?

14 years ago from PopSci

Near Earth Objects Visualized via Power of Visualization Perhaps the most unsettling thing about a planet-killing asteroid is that we might never see it coming. But this infographic by Mechanicsville,...

Mars meteorite controversy continues

14 years ago from Physorg

The most illustrious meteorite in history continues to inspire heated debate. Does it carry microbial fossils from Mars or are its strange features just the product of some unique geochemistry?...

Video: Father, Son Send Homemade iPhone Satellite to Space

14 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Katie Couric reports on how a father and son from New York explored space using a video camera, an iPhone and a weather balloon.

Wernher Von Braun: The Original (U.S.) Rocket Scientist

14 years ago from CBSNews - Science

From Rockets to Rocket Ships, the Name of this Controversial Genius Dominates the Conversation

NASA Blast Reveals Lots of Water on Moon

14 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Moonshot Last Year Displaced 41 Gallons of Water, Offering Hope for Future Astronaut Outpost

Subaru telescope photographed 103P/Hartley

14 years ago from Physorg

Scientists used Suprime-Cam at Subaru Telescope to catch the comet 103P/Hartley after long shut down of the telescope.

How Comets Cause Meteor Showers

14 years ago from Space.com

Shooting stars from spectacular meteor showers are actually sometimes caused by comets.

As the Asteroid Turns: Hubble Records New Video of 2nd Biggest Space Rock

14 years ago from Space.com

A new video of the second biggest asteroid in the solar system are giving astronomers a better sense of how the object spins.

The physics of how wet animals dry themselves (w/ Video)

14 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using slow-motion movie cameras have been trying to discover the physics behind the "wet dog shake."

Sex On Mars

14 years ago from

I enjoy a good romp in the hay as much as the next space scientist, and I'd love to go to Mars, so it's nice to see that researchers are...

Lunar Impact May Impact Lunar Science For Years To Come

The JPL-built Diviner instrument had a front-row seat to the lunar impact of NASA's LCROSS spacecraft

Moon Crater's Icy Character

14 years ago from C&EN

Astrochemistry: Lunar impactor may have struck a site of previous comet impacts..

Watch construction of Nasa's new Mars rover live on the web

14 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly installed webcam is giving the public an opportunity to watch technicians assemble and test the next NASA Mars rover, one of the most technologically challenging interplanetary...

Researcher prompted by summer swims probes unusual intelligence

14 years ago from Physorg

If you were an octopus, would you view the world from eight different points of view? Nine?

Life on earth could be transformed by NASA space technology

14 years ago from Physorg

For years, NASA has been developing technology to establish long-duration human presence in space. As part of this ongoing effort, NASA developed a closed-loop system that recycles urine and gray...

Mars or Bust! One-Way Trip to the Red Planet Could Kick-start Colonization

14 years ago from Space.com

Mars may be the most promising place beyond Earth for human colonization, but is it enough for a one-way trip to the red planet?

New search method tracks down influential ideas: Computer scientists have developed a new way of tracing the origins and spread of ideas

14 years ago from Science Daily

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

14 years ago from UPI

PRIMM, Nev., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Environmentalists have asked the California Energy Commission to block a solar energy project in the Mojave Desert.

NASA and DARPA Plan ‘Hundred-Year Starship' To Bring Humans to Other Worlds And Leave Them There Forever

14 years ago from PopSci

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

14 years ago from News @ Nature

Euros flow in to boost French goal of creating critical mass of cross-agency researchers.