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NASA's Hubble celebrates 20th anniversary
WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope's two decades in orbit with several online educational activities.
Spacecraft Skims Venus Atmosphere for Science
Venus Express probe performs drag maneuver to test density of planet's atmosphere.
Iceland volcano: Pitt researcher compiles first high-res images; plume receding but internal heat up
PITTSBURGH -- High-resolution visible and thermal infrared images captured by a joint NASA-Japanese satellite sensor and compiled by University of Pittsburgh volcanologist Michael Ramsey provide the...
Lufthansa invites iPhone 'loser' to Germany
Lufthansa said on Friday that it has invited the Apple software engineer who left an iPhone prototype in a German-style beer garden in California a free trip to "pick up...
How to See the Best Meteor Showers of 2010: Tools, Tips and 'Save the Dates'
(PhysOrg.com) -- There are seven major meteor showers remaining in 2010 (the Quadrantids occurred in early January 2010), with some more active than others. For example, April's Lyrids are...
Counting Titan's Craters
Impact craters found on Titan could help scientists determine the age of this Earth-like moon and its potential for life.
ScienceShot: Asteroid Sampling Spacecraft Will Return
Hayabusa may bring back first fragments sampled directly from an asteroid
NASA picks space health research projects
HOUSTON, April 22 (UPI) -- NASA and its National Space Biomedical Research Institute have selected 11 space health research projects from 10 institutions in eight states.
How to Celebrate Earth Day's 40th Anniversary With NASA
NASA centers across the nation mark Earth Day by inviting all to learn about the agency's contributions to exploring and protecting our home planet.
Bacardi using wind energy in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, April 21 (UPI) -- Rum distiller Bacardi Corp. announced the launch Wednesday of the largest wind turbine installation in Puerto Rico at its facility near...
Hidden Galaxy Photographed by Peeping Space Telescope
A spiral galaxy that is usually shrouded behind our own Milky Way has come out of hiding in a new photo.
Largest airborne telescope nears 1st flight
A NASA Boeing 747 carrying a huge German-made infrared telescope is on the verge of scanning the skies for the first time after years of development.
The Moon's Great, Straight Wall Gets Solar Spotlight
The Straight Wall, one of the moon's most spectacular features, is well placed Thursday, April 22, for amateur astronomers.
Study: Bomb's Shock Waves May Electrify the Brain
Shock waves from a large explosion can jolt the skull into generating electricity.
Recipes for Health: Soft Tacos With Sautéed Winter Squash and Chipotles
Winter squash contrasts nicely with spicy chipotles in these nutrient-rich tacos.
Tubey The Satellite Kit
I just received edition 1.1 of the "TubeSat Personal Satellite Kit Assembly Guide". Rather than reprinting the entire 50-page instruction set, I decided to rewrite it as "Building Tubey, the...
Space Photos This Week: Star Lagoon, Iceland Ash, More
Newborn stars swim in a lagoon, satellites spy Iceland's ash, a webcam catches a fiery meteor, and more in the week's best space pictures.
NASA Observatory Sees 500th Huge Explosion in Deep Space
NASA's Swift satellite detected its 500th gamma-ray burst on April 13, in an explosion in the Cassiopeia constellation.
Agilent Technologies and UC San Diego Collaborate on Chip-Scale Photonic Systems Testing Facility
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and the University of California, San Diego today announced they have established a new chip-scale micro- and nanophotonic systems testing facility on the campus that...
What Will NASA Do With the Retired Space Shuttles?
When NASA's three aging space shuttles retire in September 2010, what happens next? Many museums want to know too.
Lightning Creates Particle Accelerators Above Earth
Intense lightning bolts can make natural particle accelerators in the sky, although human-made colliders are more powerful, experts say.
Neutrinos: Clues to the Most Energetic Cosmic Rays
(PhysOrg.com) -- ARIANNA, a proposed array of detectors for capturing the most energetic cosmic rays, is being tested in Antarctica with a prototype station built last December on the Ross...
MTI Satellite Continues to Serve After 10 Years in Orbit
For engineers and scientists at Sandia, the evening of Friday, March 12, marked a proud moment in exceptional service to the nation. Hundreds of miles above the Earth, the Multispectral...
Let There Be Gravity
I got caught with the Gravity the day I was introduced to it. It has been around 45 years and that’s like a fraction of a second and also like...
NRL researchers study galaxy mergers
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have solved a long-standing dilemma about the mass of infrared bright merging galaxies. Because galaxies are the largest directly observable objects in the...
Source of Night Sky's Mysterious Zodiacal Glow Explained
The origin of the mysterious zodiacal glow in the night sky is explained in a new study.
Finding a Way to Give a Saturn Explorer 7 More Years
Scientists have a plan to extend the life, on relatively little fuel, of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, now in its sixth year of studying Saturn.
JPL worker sues over intelligent design demotion
(AP) -- A Jet Propulsion Laboratory worker who passed out religious DVDs on the job is suing the JPL for discrimination after he was demoted.