A curious pair of galaxies

Sometimes objects in the sky that appear strange, or different from normal, have a story to tell and prove scientifically very rewarding. This was the idea behind Halton Arp's catalogue...

Another 158 TV stations to kill analog early

(AP) -- Regulators have cleared 158 TV stations around the country to shut down their analog broadcast signals before June 12, when the remaining full-power stations will end theirs.

Asteroid to Fly By Earth Wednesday

A small asteroid will fly past Earth early tomorrow morning (Wed., March 18).

Hearts Of Galaxies Close In For Cosmic Train Wreck

A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two merging galaxies, each powered by a black hole with...

'Bracketology' Tip to Ignore Seedings After Sweet Sixteen

Seedings in the NCAA basketball tournament lose predictive power after third round.

Launch readiness confirmed

Following the interruption of the countdown during the launch sequence of ESA's GOCE satellite yesterday, the teams in charge of launch operations worked hard to identify and solve the problem.

Russia picking moon rocket design

MOSCOW, March 16 (UPI) -- Russian space officials say they will select the winning design this month for the rocket intended to carry cosmonauts to the moon within...

Ares Super-chute

NASA and U.S. Air Force test pilots have just dropped a 50,000-pound "dummy" rocket booster on the Arizona desert--and stopped it before it crashed. It's all part of NASA's plan...

Astronaut finalists announced by Canadian Space Agency

The next two Canadians to blast into space will be chosen from among 16 finalists announced by the national space agency Monday.

UAB space freezers deemed a success

The newest generation of compact research freezers is performing well in space and have already boosted the scientific capacity of the International Space Station (ISS), said engineers at the University...

Glitch delays Russian launch of European satellite

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The European Space Agency (ESA) on Monday postponed the launch of its most sophisticated Earth observation satellites to date because of a technical glitch at a Russian...

Ares test rocket en route to Florida

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 16 (UPI) -- The final pieces of the Ares I-X flight test rocket have started a 2,917-mile journey from a manufacturing plant in Utah...

As Science Evolves, So Does Pluto

Pluto's status nowadays as a so-called plutoid and former planet may be official in the latest textbooks, but someone forgot to tell the astronomers.

Astronauts to Inspect Shuttle Heat Shield

Astronauts aboard the shuttle Discovery will scan their heat shield on Monday.

US spy in sky, 12 miles high

Shuttle Launch 'A Giant Leap' for Japan

A Japanese astronaut is ushering his country into the realm of endurance spaceflight.

Google Mars offering up-to-date images

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Internet search engine Google says its Google Mars feature began offering up-to-date images of Earth's planetary neighbor Saturday.

For Space Commander, Birthday Wishes From Earth

The public can send birthday wishes to space station commander Michael Fincke.

NASA Launches 'Eyes on the Earth 3-D'

(PhysOrg.com) -- New interactive features on NASA's Global Climate Change Web site give the public the opportunity to "fly along" with NASA's fleet of Earth science missions and observe Earth...

The Day the Sun Brought Darkness (w/Video)

On March 13, 1989 the entire province of Quebec, Canada suffered an electrical power blackout. Hundreds of blackouts occur in some part of North America every year. The Quebec Blackout...

Seeing the future hot spells

Tapping satellite data to better predict killer heat waves

Some fear Navy sonar may harm Fla.'s right whales

(AP) -- In the blue-green surf, 11 endangered North Atlantic right whales surface, jump and shoot mist high into the air through their blow holes.

Galileo: Heavenly instruments

Florence pays tribute to one of its greatest sons as part of 400th anniversary celebrations of his earliest discoveries

King Albert II to visit European Astronaut Centre

ESA PR 05-2009. Their Majesties Albert II King of the Belgians and Queen Paola will be visiting the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Cologne, Germany,...

Test Flights Ahead for SpaceShipTwo Mothership

More test flights are ahead for SpaceShipTwo's WhiteKnightTwo mothership.

New Video - Magic in the Mojave

A fascinating mix of start-ups and success-stories are flying out of the Mojave Air And Space Port. Credit: Mojave Air & Space Port.

Planck launch campaign update

Preparations for Planck’s launch continue at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. During the past two weeks tests to verify the functionality of the spacecraft have begun, and the external...

'Supermodel' satellite set to fly

Goce has been described as the most beautiful satellite ever built. Now, after three years' delay, its opportunity to launch has finally arrived.