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Latest Photos From Discovery's Mission to Space
A couple of crew members ventured out for a space walk around the International Space Station.
CryoSat-2 installed in launch silo
In readiness for launch on 8 April, ESA's CryoSat-2 ice satellite has now joined the rest of the Dnepr rocket in the launch silo at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...
Mini-Big Bangs created in cosmos origins project
GENEVA (Reuters) - Physicists smashed sub-atomic particles into each other with record energy on Tuesday, creating thousands of mini-Big Bangs like the primeval explosion that gave birth to the universe...
ESA sounding rocket experiments lauded
PARIS, March 29 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says its recent launch of the Maxus-8 sounding rocket may result in improved aircraft turbine blades and new chemical catalysts.
Cape Breton, Manitoba in running for space station
The Canadian Space Agency is looking at Cape Breton and Manitoba as possible sites to blast small satellites into orbit using an indigenous rocket-launch system.
Physicists detect rare geo-neutrino particles, peek into earth core
Using a delicate instrument located under a mountain in central Italy, physicists are measuring some of the faintest and rarest particles ever detected, geo-neutrinos, with the greatest precision yet achieved....
Odd Cloud on Neptune Seen Splitting Into Two
Cloud feature over Neptune's south pole is seen splitting in two, suggesting it could be similar to Saturn's polar vortex.
What are 'mini' black holes?
In films and books black holes capture unwary spaceships and planets, gobble up whole galaxies or offer portals to other parts of the Universe.
An Avalanche of Dark Asteroids
Every day, a NASA infrared space telescope named "WISE" is discovering hundreds of previously unknown asteroids. The observatory is making a remarkable contribution to the census of dark space...
A mission to clear dangerous debris from space (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- New UK technology is set to play a major part in clearing dangerous clouds of debris hurtling around the Earth's lower orbit.
Launch tower waits in vain for rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 28 (UPI) -- A 355-foot, $500 million new rocket launcher at Cape Canaveral, Fla., needs one thing, officials say: a rocket to use it.
The Amazing Cataclysmic Variables
Marco Silva (right) is an amateur astronomer since the 1997 Hale-Bopp comet passage. He is also an amateur scientist. His studies can be found in his web site. When I...
The Eerie Silence by Paul Davies | Book review
This latest report on the evidence for alien life forms is refreshingly level-headed, says David PapineauIf there are extraterrestrial civilisations out there, they don't seem very interested in us. They don't visit, they...
Sudan looks to the sun for power
Spread across central Africa as the continent's largest country, Sudan plans to exploit the relentless Saharan sun to power its underdeveloped regions and green its deserts.
Moth forces wine country's secret into the open
(AP) -- One of the dirty secrets of California's wine country is now on everyone's lips.
Nanosatellite To Clear Dangerous Debris From Space
New UK technology is set to play a major part in clearing dangerous clouds of debris hurtling around the Earth's lower orbit. Scientists have devised a miniature satellite or nanosatellite...
Frustration for Meteosat project
European nations fail to move forward on their the multi-billion-euro project to upgrade their weather satellites.
NASA Funds New Research Into Novel Space Engines
NASA has awarded a set of contracts to commercial companies working on new propulsion technologies for future spacecraft.
NIH Research Radio - March 26, 2010
#0106 Report from NIH Research Radio - Topics for Friday, March 26, 2010 Coming up in this episode new information about sudden infant death syndrome and a link to serotonin; a...
Futuristic Rocket Lands; 'Bird on Fire' Featured
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 40-foot high rocket from the future and a 20-foot tall bird with its head and wings on fire will light up on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at...
Mars: Wayward Dust Devil Caught in the Act
(PhysOrg.com) -- The HiRISE camera photographed a dust devil roaming the Martian plains far from the normal occurrence of such weather phenomena.
Toyota Recall Might Be Caused by Cosmic Rays
Federal regulators are examining the possibility that cosmic ray radiation from space could be at least partially to blame for Toyota’s recent mechanical defects.
Expansion of universe speeding up
LEIDEN, Netherlands, March 26 (UPI) -- A survey of 446,000 galaxies shows the universe is expanding faster with time as predicted by Einstein's theory of relativity, Dutch scientists said.
Mars Rover Passes 20-Km. Marker
Opportunity Sets Milestone as it Enters Seventh Year of Exploring Martian Surface
Prebiotic Comet Collision Chemistry
ACS Meeting News: The shock of a comet hitting a planet could produce amino acids from extraterrestrial building blocks.
The Times of London to charge for website
The Times of London and its sister paper The Sunday Times will charge readers to access the titles online from June, Rupert Murdoch's News International announced on Friday.
New Hypersonic Rocket Test Launched in Australia
Australia and the U.S. Air Force test launched a new hypersonic rocket that exceeded Mach 5.5 during flight this week.
Measuring a Monstrous Supernova
A rare Type Ia supernova whose progenitor star had a mass some two and a half times that of our sun - much more mass than a Type Ia progenitor...