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Satellite Firm's Growth Dealt Blow on Two Continents
U.S. satellite firm EchoStar faces serious hurdles for future growth.
Artist and Astronomer Share Vision to Dazzle Urbanites With Night Sky
An amateur astronomer and an artist want to temporarily darken parts of Manhattan to give New Yorkers a rare glimpse at celestial wonders.
Teachers pair up for Wednesday night space shot
(AP) -- Two science teachers who have spent the past five years under NASA's tutelage are about to graduate with high-flying honors.
Shuttle Astronauts Arrive at Florida Spaceport
Discovery shuttle astronauts arrived at their Florida launch site Sunday afternoon.
NASA's Mars Rover Spirit Faces Circuitous Route
Loose soil piled against the northern edge of a low plateau called "Home Plate" has blocked NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from taking the shortest route toward its southward destinations...
Ex-Official at NASA Is Indicted
The former official, Courtney Stadd, has been indicted on charges of steering $9.6 million in agency money to a consulting client.
What Determines The Size Of Giant Dunes?
Physicists have shown that the size of giant dunes is controlled by the depth of the atmospheric convective boundary layer. More specifically, the physicists have shown that such dunes grow...
Spacecraft Launches, Seeking Earth-Like Planets
A new spacecraft is to spend the next three and a half years in an orbit around the Sun, where it will count planets by looking for the tiny blips...
Watchmen: The Science of Dr. Manhattan
Newsarama talks with Dr. James Kaklios, scientific adviser to Watchmen about the possible explanations for Dr. Manhattan's powers
Weather report percentages can vex viewers
SEATTLE, March 6 (UPI) -- Researchers say there can still be confusion over exactly what weather forecasters mean when they say there is a certain percent chance of...
Can a Comedian Take Over the Space Station?
Comedian Stephen Colbert jumps into NASA's space station naming contest.
Could Life on Earth Have Come From Ceres?
Scientists theorize life on Earth could have come from the dwarf planet Ceres.
Crew Selected for Mock Mars Mission
The crew was recently announced for the first phase of a mock mission to Mars.
NASA's 10 Greatest Science Missions
The 10 most groundbreaking science missions NASA's ever sent to space.
Unexpected source of gamma rays discovered
An international team of astrophysicists, involving several research groups in Spain, has discovered a source of very high energy gamma rays in the region of the distant galaxies 3C 66A...
Sony Announces DSC-HX1 Cyber-Shot Camera with Sweep Panorama Technology
Sony is spotlighting its first digital still camera to feature sweep panorama technology. The new HX1 Cyber-shot model can take 224-degree panorama shots in one easy press-and-sweep motion.
Domestic horses traced to Kazakhstan
ARLINGTON, Va., March 6 (UPI) -- An international team of researchers has traced the lineage of the earliest known domestic horses to Kazakhstan.
Illinois declares that Pluto is still a planet
Three years ago, the astron
Einstein doctorate up for auction
The doctorate certificate that Albert Einstein obtained from the University of Zurich in 1906 will come up for auction in June, auctioneers Fischer Galerie said Friday.
Watch on Euronews : From Gunpowder to the cosmos the latest techniques to power space travel
In the beginning there was gunpowder then came hydrogen and liquid oxygen used to propel objects through space. Today many more propellants are available to engineers to power long journeys into space.
Japan considers putting robot on moon
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering putting a robot on the moon by 2020 and an astronaut by 2030, a report from a government office showed on Friday, amid fears...
Telescope 'cousins' meet at last
Europe's Herschel and Planck space observatories are in the same cleanroom, just weeks before their historic launch.
Ice-covered martian north pole
ESA’s Mars Express orbiter imaged the snow-laden region of Rupes Tenuis on the martian north pole on 29 July 2008.
Review in honor of tomorrow's scheduled Kepler launch
Tomorrow morning, if all goes according to schedule, NASA will launch the Kepler mission, which according to noted astronomer Alan Boss in his new book, The Crowded Universe, is likely...
Preparing for a journey to Mars: Crew locked for 105 days in simulator
(PhysOrg.com) -- On 31 March, a crew of six, including a French pilot and a German engineer, will embark on a 105-day simulated Mars mission. They will enter a special...
Anti-surveillance filmmaker plans eye-socket camera
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Canadian filmmaker plans to have a mini camera installed in his prosthetic eye to make documentaries and raise awareness about surveillance in society.
Rocket Aims For Cheaper Nudges In Space; Plasma Thruster Is Small, Runs On Inexpensive Gases
Satellites orbiting the Earth must occasionally be nudged to stay on the correct path. Scientists are developing a new rocket that could make this and other spacecraft maneuvers much less...
Japan astronaut to try flying carpet in space lab: official
A Japanese astronaut going to space this month will try to fly on a carpet, use eyedrops in zero gravity and meet a series of other off-beat challenges, a space...