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NASA's final shuttle flight slips to November
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's last space shuttle mission will be delayed until November so scientists can adapt a $2 billion particle detector for an extended life aboard the...
Winged Robotic Spacecraft Launched
Unmanned Reusable Spacecraft That Resembles Small Space Shuttle
Searching for Intelligent Life Out There
Astronomers Seek Signs of Life Beyond Our Solar System, and New Planetary Discoveries Are Expanding Their View
Lunar Poles May Be Electrified, Study Finds
A new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research suggest that solar wind may charge polar lunar craters to hundreds of volts as it flows over natural obstructions on the...
Moscow considers gas discount for Kiev
MOSCOW, April 19 (UPI) -- Moscow is considering a gas discount for Ukraine in exchange for a larger role in national energy projects, Russia's deputy prime minister said.
Novel Experiment Prepares to Join Dark Energy Hunt
An experiment is gearing up in Texas to take on one of the universe's biggest mysteries by compiling a three-dimensional map of the early cosmos. The hope is that the...
This Chip Can Sift Martian Soil For Alien DNA
DNA-testing Martian soil could lead us to life on another planet Someday, microfluidics chips like this one might suss out life on Mars. The chip, developed by Gary Ruvkun, a professor of...
Mysterious New Object Discovered in Space
A strange and mysterious new object in space may the brightest and long-lasting "micro-quasar" seen thus far, a miniature version of the brightest objects in the universe.
Russian sun probe lost: official
Russian scientists acknowledged Monday that solar research satellite Koronas-Foton has been lost due to technical problems, barely a year after its launch.
Circling Saturn: Carolyn Porco on her Celestial Trip
(PhysOrg.com) -- Carolyn Porco is on a mission. As she explained to an audience of several hundred gathered at the Radcliffe Gymnasium earlier this month, in a lecture titled `At...
First detailed look at young dusty discs around aging stars
Astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile to discover discs of dust around aging stars.
Dusty experiments aim to solve interstellar water mystery
Dust may be a nuisance around the house but it plays a vital role in the formation of the key ingredient for life on Earth -- water. A pioneering experiment...
Research hopes to shed light on link between space travel, sickness
This is the flu in microgravity. Astronauts tend to get sick -- 15 of the 29 astronauts who flew on Apollo missions in the 1960s and '70s came down with...
Video: Scientists Find Potential Meteorite
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin are examining a possible fragment from a meteor that was visible from Wisconsin to Iowa. It weighs about a third of a pound and...
Team Plans To Row To The North Pole - Media Claims
Team Plans To Row To The North Pole - Media Claims A team plans to row to the magnetic pole next year. Proving once more, if proof be needed, that the media...
Soyuz Rocket Launches Russian Military Satellite
A Soyuz rocket launched a Russian military payload Friday on a secret mission, but observers believe the satellite carries a high-resolution camera to spy on other countries.
Helicopter helps test radar for 2012 Mars landing
This spring, engineers are testing a radar system that will serve during the next landing on Mars.
Ithaca College Dorms Deemed Energy Efficient
Two residence halls at the college in upstate New York earned Energy Star labels as part of campus efforts to be environmentally friendly.
NASA's New Asteroid Mission Could Save the Planet
President Barack Obama set a lofty next goal this week for Americans in space: Visiting an asteroid by 2025 - a daunting mission that may carry the fate of the...
GOES-13 is America's new GOES-EAST satellite
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite known as GOES-13 became the official GOES-EAST satellite on April 14, 2010. GOES-13 was moved from on-orbit storage and into active duty. It is...
Researchers Solve the Mystery of the Zodiacal Light
Disintegrating comets generate the solar system’s disk of microscopic debris
Space Photos This Week: Mars Gullies, Odd Galaxy, More
"Monster" stars get exposed, an ice-watching satellite gets a fiery start, Hubble snaps an oddball galaxy, and more in the week's best space pictures.
Earth Day Facts: When It Is, How It Began, What to Do
From not-so-humble beginnings in 1970, when 20 million participated, Earth Day has grown into a global tradition. Find out when it is, how it started, how it's evolved,...
NASA Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Earth Day
JPL and other NASA centers across the nation invite the public to see and hear about the agency's contributions to understanding and protecting Earth.
NASA Sets Payload Record as Part of Parachute Development Test
(PhysOrg.com) -- Under a brilliant early morning Arizona sky, NASA conducted a successful, record-breaking test of a drogue parachute being designed to return next-generation space vehicles safely to Earth.
A sunset hike two days before a full moon
It’s when the light is just right. ...
Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks April 22
The April Lyrid meteor shower is a reliable one. Watch for the meteors in the pre-dawn hours.
Fluid clue to Saturn's hexagon (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual hexagonal structure found in Saturn's atmosphere has been recreated in an Oxford laboratory.