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New Asteroid Expected to Zip Past Earth
Encounter with 71-Foot Wide Rock Scheduled for 7:06 p.m. EDT
Planet-like object found circling a brown dwarf
As our telescopes grow more powerful, astronomers are uncovering objects that defy conventional wisdom. The latest example is the discovery of a planet-like object circling a brown dwarf. It's the...
Successful launch for ESA's CryoSat-2 ice satellite
Europe's first mission dedicated to studying the Earth's ice was launched today from Kazakhstan. From its polar orbit, CryoSat-2 will send back data leading to new insights into how ice...
Record-setting spacewoman asked about career, hair
(AP) -- Discovery's space station visit took a sudden pop-cultural turn Thursday when one of the four record-breaking female astronauts went on talk radio from orbit to chat about...
Cyborg Astronaut Space Race Heats Up
Who should explore space: robots or humans? Cyborg technology could allow humans to make greater strides into the final frontier.
NASA Begins Building New Spacecraft to Visit Jupiter
NASA has begun assembling its Juno spacecraft in preparation for a mission to Jupiter that will help scientists understand the origin and evolution of the ringed planet.
Did a Theoretical Physicist Already Predicts the End of LOST?
Let's play a game in which we all consider for a moment a question posed today by Science Daily: "Could our universe be located within the interior of a wormhole which itself...
Swiss Test Round-the-World Solar Plane
Swiss Team Makes 1st Test Flight Of Prototype For Round-the-World Solar Flight
NASA extends Russian space agency contract
WASHINGTON, April 7 (UPI) -- NASA says it has signed a $335 million contract extension-modification with the Russian Federal Space Agency for various International Space Station services.
Early Earth absorbed more sunlight - no extreme greenhouse needed to keep water wet
Four billion years ago, our then stripling sun radiated only 70 to 75 percent as much energy as it does today. Other things on Earth being equal, with so little...
Students Bring Fresh Perspective and New Technology to Webb Telescope
(PhysOrg.com) -- Deep inside Building 5 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., graduate students are on the front lines of technology development adjusting lasers and mirrors and...
Earth's orbit tied with climate changes
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. geologist says she's discovered a pattern that connects regular changes in the Earth's orbital cycle to changes in the planet's...
Shuttle Astronauts Cheer NCAA Basketball Champions
Space shuttle astronauts cheered Duke's NCAA championship win in men's basketball on Tuesday as they headed for the space station.
Scientists Discover New Element
A team of Russians and Americans produced six atoms of the massive element, as yet unnamed, in a particle accelerator just north of Moscow.
STAR TRAK for April: Mercury makes best evening appearance
(PhysOrg.com) -- For observers at mid-northern latitudes, Mercury will make its best evening appearance of the year during the first half of April. During those two weeks, the elusive planet...
Top Ten Space Pictures: Best of 2009
NoneA silvery meteor, a cosmic "butterfly," and a rare green comet feature among the most beautiful, dramatic, or surprising space news pictures of the year, as chosen by National Geographic...
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Tiny Galaxy, Sun's Iron, More
NoneA tiny galaxy helps uncover the secret life of dust, a stellar "autopsy" reveals something exotic, a stream runs through our galactic neighborhood, and more in our selection of the...
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Star Blasts, Titan Shadow, More
NoneSunlight turns Italian waters to liquid gold, supernovae get in shape, Saturn's largest moon casts a long shadow, and more in our selection of the week's best space pictures.
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Geminids, Two-Faced Moon, More
NoneA superbright meteor pierces the California sky, Hubble unveils its ''holiday wreath,'' dust helps solve a Saturn moon mystery, and more in our selection of the week's best space pictures.
Space: Virgin Galactic Debut and More
NoneSee the world's first commercial spaceship, the first direct picture of a planet orbiting a sunlike star, the deepest known image of the universe, and more in our selection of...
Anti-Spacejunk-Satellite
In the midst of ordering PCB boards for my satellite, I read about a neat UK "CubeSail" satellite. It's a sweeper for space, to clear out all the space junk...
Mars Needs Better Space Storm Forecasts
NASA is investing in a new space weather forecast system that could give days of warning for space storms headed for Mars and Earth.
NASA Gives Frozen Mars Lander Last Chance to Phone Home
NASA begins third and final campaign to listen for signs of life from Phoenix Mars lander.
Rare Sight: Asteroid to Hide Easily Spotted Star Tuesday
Asteroid 824 Anastasia will occult, or block, bright star Zeta Ophiuchi from observers in North America on Tuesday, April 6. 2010.
Astronauts' Space Shuttle Inspection Slowed by Antenna Malfunction
Discovery shuttle astronauts scanned their spacecraft's heat shield for damage Tuesday, despite an antenna malfunction.
Norovirus 'big culprit' in travellers' diarrhoea
Scientists have found that norovirus is second only to Escherichia coli as a cause of travellers' diarrhoea.
Nortel's hollow campus awaits future
A sprawling complex that once housed 15,000 Ottawa technology workers has been largely emptied by Nortel Networks' demise, fuelling dreams about what the building could become.
Piping wireless into the home
Besides carrying digital data, optical fibers can also transmit radio signals for wireless communication. So-called "radio-over-fiber" technology has been used to provide access to radio dead zones, but new research...