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NASA’s Aqua Satellite sees TD5’s remnants stretched out in US south
NASA's Aqua satellite noticed that the showers and thunderstorms from the remnants of Tropical Depression 5 (TD5) extended from Louisiana northeast into southwest Alabama. Infrared imagery indicated...
Astronauts Say Tricky Space Station Repair a Success
Astronauts living on the International Space Station said Thursday that their orbiting lab is finally back in action after recent repairs.
Cassini Spacecraft Photographs Three Saturn Moons
NASA's Cassini spacecraft swung by three Saturn moons in a cosmic triple play and beamed new photos of the satellites home to Earth.
ScienceShot: Titan's Shrinkage Raises Mountains
Cassini radar mapping reveals signs of the moon's "pruning"
Asteroid found in gravitational 'dead zone'
There are places in space where the gravitational tug between a planet and the Sun balance out, allowing other smaller bodies to remain stable. These places are called Lagrangian points....
Citizen scientists discover rotating pulsar
Idle computers are the astronomers' playground: Three citizen scientists - an American couple and a German - have discovered a new radio pulsar hidden in data gathered by the Arecibo...
Fermi detects 'shocking' surprise from supernova's little cousin
Astronomers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected gamma-rays from a nova for the first time, a finding that stunned observers and theorists alike. The discovery overturns the notion...
Video: Astronaut Fixes Jammed Connector
Astronaut Douglas Wheelock used brute force to yank a connector off a failed ammonia pump on the International Space Station.
ScienceShot : Odd Galaxy Raises Many Questions
Features suggest a collision, but astronomers aren't sure
Baby Stars Sparkle in New Photo of Tarantula Nebula
The violet sparkles of baby stars lighten the dark field of the Tarantula Nebula, a yellow-tinged cloud of gas in a nearby galaxy, in a new photo released this week.
NGC 4696: Why Is It Shaped Like A Cosmic Question Mark?
The odd shape of NGC 4696, the largest galaxy in the Centaurus Cluster (galaxy cluster Abell 3526), leads to fundamental science questions. First, why is it such a strange shape?...
Ambitious survey spots stellar nurseries
The leader of the survey team, Maria-Rosa Cioni (University of Hertfordshire, UK) explains: 'This view is of one of the most important regions of star formation in the local Universe...
Making sense of space dust: Researchers explore solar system's origins
The chemical breakdown of minerals that may be lurking in space dust soon will be available to scientists around the world...
NASA's Aqua Satellite sees Dianmu enter the Sea of Japan
NASA captured infrared imagery of Dianmu entering the Sea of Japan today, August 11. Tropical Storm Dianmu made a quick track over South Korea and has already emerged in the...
Seattle museum campaigns for space shuttle
SEATTLE, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- An aviation museum in Seattle wants one of the iconic space shuttles when NASA retires the three-orbiter fleet -- and says it will have...
'Dark matter' search to go underground
CHICAGO, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. physicists say they'll take their search to find and identify the universe's "dark matter" to new depths -- into a Canadian mine almost...
Giant ultraviolet rings found in resurrected galaxies
Astronomers have found mysterious, giant loops of ultraviolet light in aged, massive galaxies, which seem to have a second lease on life. Somehow these "over-the-hill galaxies" have been infused with...
Star Birth Frenzy Revealed in New Photo
A frenzy of star birth has been captured in a new photo of a distant — but extremely bright — galaxy.
NASA`s FASTSAT Satellite Arrives at Kodiak, Alaska, Launch Complex
NASA's first microsatellite designed to create a capability that increases opportunities for secondary, scientific and technology payloads, or rideshares, to be flown at lower cost than before has arrived at...
WISE spacecraft warming up
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is warming up. Team members say the spacecraft is running out of the frozen coolant needed to keep its heat-sensitive instrument chilled.
Flash Dance: Saturnian Auroras Ebb and Flow in Sync with the Planet's Radio Pulses
Interplanetary sleuthing by a tag team of spacecraft has revealed a new link between the glowing ultraviolet auroras at Saturn's poles and the planet's mysterious radio emissions. [More] ...
NASA and Israel space agency sign statement of intent for future cooperation
(PhysOrg.com) -- During a meeting Tuesday at NASA Headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Israel Space Agency Director General Zvi Kaplan signed a joint statement of intent to...
Rain contributes to cycling patterns of clouds: Researchers demonstrate how honeycomb clouds exhibit self-organization
Like shifting sand dunes, some clouds disappear in one place and reappear in another. New research shows why: Air movement due to rain forms patterns in low clouds that remain...
Google to move Waterloo office to Kitchener
Google is moving its Waterloo, Ont., office to nearby Kitchener to match growth in its engineering team.
Planet Triangle, Moon, Asteroid Sky Show Thursday
In a spectacle visible to the naked eye, four planets, an asteroid, and the moon will huddle together in the western sky Thursday, astronomers say. ...
VISTA Telescope Reveals Tarantula Nebula in Brilliant Detail
Tarantula Nebula ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit The ESO's VISTA telescope has released a magnificent picture of the Tarantula Nebula in our neighboring galaxy,...
Call for Media: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer arrives at launch site
ESA PR 2010-18 European media are invited to Florida on 26 August to view the next experiment to fly to the Space Station. One of the most exciting scientific instruments...
Solar Projects Envisioned on Dry California Farmland
Land taken out of farm production for lack of water is being proposed for solar projects. Utilities and farmers are interested.