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Space Shuttle Astronauts Get Time Off
Discovery shuttle astronauts get a few hours off Sunday after a busy week of space station construction.
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...
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...
Scientists see earthquake surface healing
PASADENA, Calif., March 5 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency scientists say they've used satellite data to observe, for the first time, the healing of subtle, natural surface scars...
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...
In search of ... us?
Scientists hope a spacecraft bearing the name of German astroner Johannes Kepler will answer a fundamental question of astronomy: are we unique?
Herschel spruced up after arrival in Kourou
Following Herschel’s arrival at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, the spacecraft has been unpacked and inspected. After an initial visual inspection, the telescope mirror, the largest ever to fly...
Over budget $1B, NASA gets $1B more from stimulus
(AP) -- NASA can land a spacecraft on a peanut-shaped asteroid 150 million miles away, but it doesn't come close to hitting the budget target for building its spacecraft,...
Charbonneau gets prestigious ‘young researcher’ award
David Charbonneau, the 34-year-old Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Astronomy, has been named the recipient of the National Science Foundation’s 2009 Alan T. Waterman Award, and will receive $500,000...
Japan Selects Two New Astronaut Candidates
Japan has selected two new astronaut candidates to join their corps of eight spaceflyers preparing for future trips to the International Space Station.