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Russian Capsule Docks At Space Station
Russian Capsule Carrying 3 Docks At Space Station, NASA Eyeing 3 Pieces Of Close Orbiting Junk
Plot Of The Week - A SUSY Higgs At 150 GeV ?
The CDF Collaboration has recently produced results of a search for Supersymmetric Higgs bosons in events with three or more bottom-quark jets. Here I wish to give just the highlights...
Energy Comes to the Oval Office
President Obama weighs in on the ongoing Gulf of Mexico disaster and his plans for America's energy future.
GOES-15 solar X-Ray Imager makes a miraculous first light
The Solar X-Ray Imager instrument aboard the GOES-15 satellite has just provided its first light image of the sun, but it required a lot of experts to make it happen.
NASA: Water on moon underestimated
WASHINGTON, June 15 (UPI) -- A NASA-funded study suggests previous research might have underestimated the amount of water that's locked beneath the moon's surface.
NASA tests tsunami prediction system
NASA says a research team has demonstrated a prototype for an improved tsunami prediction system. NASA - Space - Technology - Education - Earth
Ancient Mars Had Vast Ocean, New Evidence Shows
A vast ocean chock-full of microbes may have once covered more than a third of Mars's surface, according to a new analysis of river deltas on the red planet. ...
Border wait times now on Twitter
Travellers crossing the Canada-U.S. border can now find out how long the wait is at a given crossing by subscribing to a Twitter feed.
NASA Dryden Hosts Radar Tests for Next Mars Landing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., are running diverse trials with a test version of the radar system that will enable NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission...
Study: Aircraft can produce precipitation
BOULDER, Colo., June 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. study has shown aircraft climbing or descending under certain conditions can cause snow or rain to develop and fall to the...
Oddball Alien Planets Discovered Among Newfound Worlds
Six new and diverse alien planets - including a world twice as massive as Jupiter orbiting a rapidly spinning star - have been discovered by a planet-hunting space observatory.
Use of paramilitary emblems ‘flagging’ in Northern Ireland
New research from Queen’s University Belfast shows the number of paramilitary flags now flown on arterial routes in Northern Ireland during July has more than halved. The figure is down...
Ultra-precise optical systems for space
For space research as well as climate observation and weather forecasting satellites need increasingly powerful optical measurement and recording devices. They often consist of several aspherically...
Sun's Strange Behavior Baffles Astronomers
The sun's temper ebbs and flows on what scientists had thought was a pretty predictable cycle, but lately our closest star has been acting up..
Starwatch with Alan Pickup
Comet McNaughtHad I been consulted about where and when the next bright comet should appear, I would not have chosen to put it low in the north at the height of summer....
Astronomers' doubts about the dark side: Errors in Big Bang data larger than thought?
New research by astronomers suggests that the conventional wisdom about the content of the universe may be wrong. Researchers looked at observations from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite...
LOFAR: A New Era In Radio Astronomy
With the press of a button, yesterday Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands activated LOFAR and started the recording of its first official image. LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) is a big...
Calif. firm tests runway debris detector
CARLSBAD, Calif., June 12 (UPI) -- A San Diego company says it has begun field testing a system that will detect potentially dangerous rocks and other debris on airport...
Downpours + Steep Hills + Sleeping Campers = Horror
Potent rain and steep terrain led to devastating flash floods in Arkansas.
NASA's Aqua Satellite saw oil slick in sunglint on June 10
NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, June 10 at 19:05 UTC (3:05 p.m. EDT) and the satellite's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument captured an...
Knighthood for UK chief scientist
The UK chief scientist John Beddington receives a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
Podcast: Mongoose Culture, Mosquito Slobber, Black Hole Jets, and More
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from the week
ScienceShot: Mars's Frozen Water Cycle
New model details how water could have cycled on ancient Mars despite subzero temperatures
Jupiter Impact: Mystery of the Missing Debris
On June 3rd, amateur astronomers were startled by a bright flash of light on Jupiter. It appeared to be an impact event--a comet or asteroid hitting the planet's cloudtops. Curiously,...
Amateurs and Professionals Mix at New York Stargazing Event
With a full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope in the backdrop, amateur astronomers equipped with personal telescopes, gathered last Saturday in New York City's Battery Park for a...
Comets may start in other galaxies: report
Some of the comets that streak across the night sky may not originate from our sun, but from one of its far-flung stellar siblings.
NASA plans 'RockOn!' rocket workshop
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., June 11 (UPI) -- NASA says it expects 80 college students and professors from across the nation and Puerto Rico to attend a workshop to learn...
NASA Pressed for Specifics on Orion Astronaut Lifeboat
The U.S. House Science and Technology Committee has given NASA one week to flesh out cost and schedule estimates for a slimmed-down version of the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle.