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Space Photos This Week: Star Blob, Perseids, More
Plankton swirl, stars cluster, a meteor streaks, and Earth shines in our selection of the week's best space pictures. ...
U.S. Air Force Launches Advanced New Military Communications Satellite
A sophisticated satellite was launched into space today to improve the preeminent path of communications between the president, military commanders and troops on the battlefield.
Blending wind and solar meets peak energy demands
In parts of Texas and California, a good match between renewable energy production and peak energy demands could be obtained by combining wind power with solar power, according to a...
NGC 4696: A cosmic question mark
This picture, taken by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, is not just a beautiful snapshot of NGC 4696, the largest galaxy in the Centaurus Cluster (galaxy cluster Abell 3526). It...
Video: Elevator to Outer Space
Engineering students from around the world gathered in Tokyo to compete to invent a space elevator that they hope would eventually transport people and goods into space. (Credit: Japan Space...
Solar Sails Could Allow New Orbits for Satellites
The use of solar sails could open up a host of new orbits appropriate for satellites, clearing up crowded areas above the Earth's equator, a new study finds.
Questions not answers from asteroid image
PARIS, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A European space probe has captured stunning images of a space rock that raise more questions about asteroids than they answer, scientists say. ...
Mobile apps help Muslims observe prayers
Numerous software applications are now available on cellphones and PDAs for Muslims observing the holy month of Ramadan, which began Wednesday.
Scientists See Links From Asian Floods to Russian Heat
Climate experts chart air patterns that relate extreme Asian rains and Russian heat.
Send in the Clouds
Clouds, our fluffy friends in the sky, are essential to life on Earth. They're also not unique to our planet. Scientists ponder the role of clouds in our universe.
Dark matter is held together by 'attractors'
The universe consists of a large amount of invisible matter - dark matter. We do not know what it is, but we know that it is there and that without...
Pictures: Huge Solar Storm Triggers Unusual Auroras
See some of the colorful auroras triggered by last week's huge coronal mass ejection, which brought the sky show farther south than normal. ...
Top Quark Asymmetry - Something Else To Watch
CDF and DZERO, the two experiments at the Fermillab Tevatron collider, have studied top quark production since their own discovery of the heavy particle in 1995 (see here, here, and...
Arctic satellite station opens in Inuvik
The opening of a new satellite communications station in Inuvik, N.W.T., is expected to boost satellite observation of the Arctic region.
Why send astronauts to asteroids?
Astronomer Dr Heather Couper explains why Nasa are hoping to send astronauts to asteroids.
New sensor technology to make it easier and safer for spacecraft to rendezvous and dock to International Space Station
It was a perfect STORRM. On Tuesday, July 20, NASA and its industry partners, Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., successfully demonstrated a new sensor technology...
Millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region -- by flying
Every day, millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region -- by flying. Louis Pasteur demonstrated back in 1861 that germs can move through the...
Planet rover stretches its legs
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A six-legged robot that may one day walk on the surface of the moon or Mars stretched it legs during a test stroll...
Dazzling Show of Northern Lights Isn't Over
Another powerful solar flare may trigger more spectacular aurora views for lucky skywatchers.
U.S. Army Wants Nanomissiles to Launch Small Satellites
The U.S. Army wants to build nanomissiles, souped-up small rockets, to launch the smallest satellites more affordably.
Fresh insight into the origins of Planet Earth
For the first time, an international team of researchers has incorporated extensive geochemical data on the formation of Earth into a model -- with surprising results: more models can be...
What Causes Mudslides?
Heavy rains off mudslides in China set, but downpours aren't the only thing that can trigger a mudslide, according to experts.
Europe's Next Weather Satellite Passes Vacuum Test
A new European weather satellite passed a vacuum test to prove it is fit for the rigors of space, officials announced.
Carnegie Mellon researchers turn up brightness on fluorescent probes
PITTSBURGH -- Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center (MBIC) are turning up the brightness on a group of fluorescent probes called fluoromodules that are...
Books of The Times: In Mary Roach’s ‘Packing for Mars,’ the Gross Stuff
Mary Roach’s book “Packing for Mars” delights in the fringe material associated with astronauts’ life in space.
It From Bit - The Whole Shebang
In the It-From-Bit series I have reported extensively on Verlinde's 'entropic gravity' concept. I have also provided you with an illustrative 'mikado universe' picture of entropic gravity. This got topped...
James Baker's conquest of space – by ladder
In the Foyer Fringe foyer, James Baker is making an unforgettable journey to space - by climbing up and down stepladderEvery little boy wants to be an astronaut when he grows up,...
Mimicking the moon's surface in the basement
A team of scientists used an ion beam in a basement room at Los Alamos National Laboratory to simulate solar winds on the surface of the Moon. The table-top simulation...