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U.S. space tourist, crew return to Earth
ALMATY (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi and a Russian-American crew touched down safely in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
Hubble Photographs a Big Ol' Galaxy
Hubble spots an unusual galaxy with a shape bordering between spiral and elliptical.
Astronauts Would Live in Space Module 'Colbert'
Astronauts are confident the right name for the International Space Station's new room will be found.
Swift`s Comet Tally
A montage of comet images made using NASA`s Swift spacecraft illustrates just how different three comets can be. The images, including a never-released image of Comet 8P/Tuttle, were shown today...
Astronomers finish galaxy map
Researchers have completed the most detailed survey of local galaxies so far, finding out where they are and where they’re going.
Students Gear Up for NASA's Annual Moon Buggy Race [Slide Show]
During the Apollo 15 moon mission in 1971, astronauts David Scott and James Irwin unfolded NASA's electric-powered lunar rover from the lunar module and became the first humans to take...
NASA to join 24-hour telescope Webcast
WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it will take part in "Around the World in 80 Telescopes" -- a 24-hour Webcast that's part of...
Robot scientist comes up with its own new discoveries
British scientists have unveiled a robot that can make its own scientific discoveries by coming up with hypotheses, designing experiments, and conducting them all on its own.
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Tiny Capsule, Mars Dust, More
See the upgraded International Space Station gliding around Earth, NASA vehicles crawling around on Earth, Martian dirt dug up by a rover's dragging wheel, and more in this week's space...
Dissecting a stellar explosion
Integral has captured one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen. A meticulous analysis of the data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of this giant stellar explosion,...
Nimbus and cloud computing meet STAR production demands
(PhysOrg.com) -- The advantages of cloud computing were dramatically illustrated last week by researchers working on the STAR nuclear physics experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider. New simulation...
We Will Go!: Human/Robot Mergers Explore Space
Our robotic offspring will carry us to the stars. But who, actually, will "we" then be?
Watch on Euronews: the story of the forgotten planets
How well do we really know our Solar System? While we may be starting to unravel the secrets of Earth and its closest neighbours, Mars and Venus, the distant Jupiter,...
Russia to unveil spaceship plans
The Russian space agency is expected to unveil development plans for a next-generation manned spacecraft on Monday.
NASA's beleaguered watchdog steps aside
(AP) -- Two weeks after three senators called for his ouster, the beleaguered NASA inspector general who came under fire from two watchdog agencies gave notice.
Exhibition Review | 'Galileo, the Medici and the Age of Astronomy': The Cosmos, Surveyed
At the Franklin Institute, instruments of exploration and investigation are on display, in the important exhibit “Galileo, the Medici and the Age of Astronomy.”
U.S., satellite operators discuss better tracking
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - U.S. military officials and commercial satellite operators Thursday discussed better tracking of satellites to avert collisions like the one that destroyed a Russian and U.S....
How Low Can It Go? Sun Plunges Into The Quietest Solar Minimum In A Century
The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower. The year 2008 was a bear. There...
The Great New Jersey UFO Hoax
When residents of Morris County, NJ saw bright lights in the night sky Jan. 5, many thought it was a UFO. But Joe Rudy and Chris Russo perpetrated the hoax...
Galileo's telescope on historic visit to Philly
(AP) -- Though it looks like a cardboard tube that got left out in the rain, it's a priceless instrument whose owner changed the world. The mottled brown cylinder...
Sun has fewest sunspots since 1913, better GPS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The sun has been unusually quiet lately, with fewer sunspots and weaker magnetic fields than in nearly a century. A quiet sun is...
In the heart of the Orion Nebula
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of astronomers, led by Stefan Kraus and Gerd Weigelt from the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn, used ESO's Very Large telescope Interferometer (VLTI) to...
NASA Delays Next Moon Probe's Launch to June
NASA has delayed the launch of its next moon probe until June.
Space debris: Europe to set up monitor
The European Space Agency (ESA) hopes to start monitoring orbital debris within the next few years, an official said Thursday at the close of the largest-ever conference on a worsening...
Idea Hatched to Grow First Flower on the Moon
Two private space firms plan to grow the first moon flowers.
A "Hot Saturn" That's Not So Odd
The standard model of solar system formation can explain a planetary maverick
Solar activity lowest in nearly 100 years
GREENBELT, Md., April 1 (UPI) -- U.S. solar physicists say the sun is experiencing the least sunspot activity since 1913 and activity is becoming event less frequent.
Dark matter: Physicists may have found piece of the puzzle
European astronomers said on Wednesday that an anomalous energy signal detected by an orbiting satellite could be a telltale of the enigmatic substance known as dark matter.