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Recipes for Health: Black Bean Soup With Spinach
This spicy, nutritious dish was inspired by a black bean soup made in Veracruz, Mexico.
Phoenix Mars lander scientists see signs of liquid water
Almost two dozen researchers point to photos of globules on the lander as strong evidence of water, not just ice, on Mars, but the findings are controversial. ...
NASA reboots the Mars Odyssey orbiter
PASADENA, Calif., March 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency's Mars Odyssey orbiter's computer has been rebooted to clear memory flaws amassed in more than five years since...
Best View Ever of Universe's Most Extreme Energy
Fermi telescope team makes map, list of best gamma ray sources yet found.
Hubble provides new evidence for dark matter around small galaxies
Peering into the tumultuous heart of the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster, Hubble discovered a large population of small galaxies that have remained intact while larger galaxies around them are being...
Polarisers may enhance remote chemical detection
Chemists can analyse the composition of a suspected bomb - without actually touching and possibly detonating it - using a technique called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, or LIBS. The tool is...
GOCE gravity satellite moves to launch pad
(PhysOrg.com) -- With liftoff just five days away, ESA's GOCE spacecraft - encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing - has been transported from the cleanroom and installed...
Ares I rocket igniter successfully tested
WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has successfully tested the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket's first stage...
One-eyed filmmaker conceals camera in prosthetic
(AP) -- A one-eyed documentary filmmaker is preparing to work with a video camera concealed inside a prosthetic eye, hoping to secretly record people for a project commenting on...
ESA designs its smallest ever space engine to push back against sunshine
This month an ESA team is preparing to test the performance of the smallest yet most precisely controllable engine ever built for space, sensitive enough to counteract the force of...
ISS Expedition 18 Crew Completes Spacewalk
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tuesday's spacewalk with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov concluded at 5:11 p.m. EDT when the Pirs docking module airlock was closed. The spacewalk...
Study: Solar water heating good investment
MAHARASHTRA, India, March 10 (UPI) -- Scientists in India say they have analyzed the engineering and economics of a solar water-heating system and determined it is a good...
Station Spacewalk to Install Experiments, Probe
(PhysOrg.com) -- International Space Station Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov floated outside the station`s Russian airlock at 12:22 p.m. EDT to install an experiment that will expose...
Destroyed Satellite's Debris Falling into Atmosphere
Junk created by the collision of two satellites last month is poised to fall into Earth's atmosphere this week.
NASA's Kevin Petersen to retire
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., March 10 (UPI) -- Kevin Petersen, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Dryden Flight Research Center in California, says he will...
Seminar probes past and future of 3-D imaging
Holograms of ocean plankton, produced by engineers in MIT's 3D Optical Systems Group represent some of the new developments in the field of holography, which may have implications for numerous...
Research team co-led by UC Riverside physicist observes production of single-top-quarks
A group of 28 scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, co-led by UC Riverside's Ann Heinson, has made the first observation of the production of...
Cosmic strings could solve positron mystery
Collapsing defects in the Universe's structure may generate antimatter excess.
Turbulence a Key to Birth of Massive Stars
Turbulence in gas clouds may be the key to counter-acting gravity and allowing massive stars to form.
Obituary: Konrad Dannenberg
A V2 rocket engineer in Nazi Germa
"Ka-Boom!"
Ruggedized, self-contained cameras, similar in concept to the black box used in aircraft, would record video data that could be retrieved by investigators following a catastrophic incident.
New Views of Martian Moon and Surface
(PhysOrg.com) -- New images from two observations of the Martian moon Deimos and more than 600 observations of Mars, acquired by the high-resolution camera (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter,...
GOCE launch: Mapping the Earth`s gravity as never before
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA is about to launch the most sophisticated of Earth Observation satellites to investigate the Earth`s gravitational field with unprecedented resolution and accuracy.
Frozen cosmic fingerprints
Researchers claim to find evidence of 11th century supernovas and the solar cycle in an ice core
March 30 STScI Science Writer Telecon: When Black Holes Collide
Astronomers will meet from March 30 to April 1 at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., during the "Observational Signatures of Black Hole Mergers" conference, to look into...
ESA’s YouTube spotlights GOCE
In the run-up to the launch of the GOCE satellite on 16 March 2009, ESA’s YouTube channel is highlighting the mission with a series of videos.
Mars volcano may supply water clues
HOUSTON, March 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say the 15-mile-high Olympus Mons volcano on Mars might answer the question of whether that planet ever had, or still has,...
Jupiter's Great Red Spot Is Shrinking
The Great Red Spot, a colossal storm twice the diameter of our planet, has been raging for at least 300 years.