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Scientists Call Hubble a 'Whole New Telescope' After Repairs
The Hubble Space Telescope appears better than new after its final facelift by an astronaut repair crew.
High-energy Electrons Could Come from Pulsars -- or Dark Matter
(PhysOrg.com) -- Something in our galactic neighborhood seems to be producing large numbers of high-energy electrons, according to new data gathered by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The electrons could...
Rogue black holes may roam the Milky Way
It sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie: rogue black holes roaming our galaxy, threatening to swallow anything that gets too close. In fact, new calculations by Ryan O'Leary...
Galactic X-ray Ridge: Resolving A Galactic Mystery
An extremely deep image of a region near the center of our Galaxy has resolved a long-standing mystery about an X-ray glow along the plane of the Galaxy. The glow...
Origin And Evolution Of Planet Mercury Revealed With Multispectral Images
Using high-resolution and multispectral images, researchers have started the difficult process of determining the composition of Mercury's crust and chronicling its origin and evolution.
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MESSENGER’s second pass
Another Mercury flyby reveals details about the planet’s magnetic field and geology
Starbursts in Dwarf Galaxies are a Global Affair
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bursts of star making in a galaxy have been compared to a Fourth of July fireworks display: They occur at a fast and furious pace, lighting up a...
Comets: Key ingredients for life on Earth
TEL AVIV, Israel, April 30 (UPI) -- An Israeli scientist says comets might have provided the elements for the emergence of life on Earth.
NASA to test new airborne radar systems
PASADENA, Calif., April 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it plans a test of two new airborne radar systems that can help monitor climate change by...
Spider sex violent but effective
Spiders in Israel have been spotted injecting their sperm through holes they make in females' abdomens.
National Briefing | Science: Boom From Universe’s Early Days
Astronomers said that they had smashed the long-distance record in astronomy when they recorded an explosion, probably a massive early star, that lived and died 13 billion years ago
NASA's New Spaceship to Carry Fewer Astronauts
NASA has cut the crew size for its new Orion spacecraft down from six seats to four.
Solar flares affect Earth's magnetosphere
PARIS, April 29 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says scientists have found extreme solar activity drastically compresses the Earth's magnetosphere and modifies ions.
Hypersonic: Aiming for Mach 10 on Autopilot
Engineers have designed control system software to fly such hypersonic jets without a pilot.
Chu announces new wind energy funding
GOLDEN, Colo., April 29 (UPI) -- Secretary of Energy Steven Chu says his department will provide $93 million to support development of wind energy in the United States.
Debut for world's fastest camera
Scientists have demonstrated an imaging system that each second can take millions of images just half a trillionth of a second long.
Scientists on lookout for meteorites south of Lake Simcoe
Ontario scientists are looking for help in tracking down meteorite fragments they believe fell to Earth last month in an area just south of Lake Simcoe.
Space Junk Around Earth on the Rise, Experts Say
The space around Earth is becoming more cluttered by the day with orbital junk.
NASA plans Space Day celebration
WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it and Lockheed Martin Corp. plan to celebrate Space Day, an annual event that occurs on the first...
Routine Quarantine Helps Astronauts Avoid Illness Before Launch
NASA goes to great lengths to make sure astronauts do not get sick before missions.
Private Moon Rover Aims for Apollo 11 Landing Site
A Google Lunar X Prize competitor plans to survey the first site where man walked on the moon.
Russia mulls rocket power 'first'
Russia's next-generation manned spaceship might use thrusters to perform a precision landing on its return to Earth.
THE BEST PICTURES OF EARTH: Reader Picks of NASA Shots
Dueling cyclones, tropical atolls, and solar loops are among the top ten images of Earth and its neighbors, as picked by readers of a NASA Web site.
Pentagon may reach satellite analysis goal early
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military may reach its goal of doing collision analysis on 800 maneuverable satellites before October, and is examining the possibility of tracking 500 more satellites...
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Volcano Blur, Gored Ring, More
The Saturn moon Prometheus stabs the planet's F ring, Mars's chaotic terrain is revealed, and scientists prepare the last shuttle voyage to Hubble in this week's best space images.
STEREO Reveals the Anatomy of a Solar Storm in 3D
(PhysOrg.com) -- Observations from NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have allowed scientists to reveal for the first time the speed, trajectory, and three-dimensional shape of solar explosions...
Dust Older Than the Sun Found in Earth's Atmosphere
The tail of a passing comet left behind ancient specks of matter that are offering clues to how our sun was born, a new study says.