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Mars Lander Still Phoning Home as Power Dips
Phoenix lander still communicating with Earth but power decreasing each day.
Magnetic Portals Connect Sun And Earth
During the time it takes you to read this article, something will happen high overhead that until recently many scientists didn't believe in. A magnetic portal will open, linking Earth...
Searching for primordial antimatter
Scientists are on the hunt for evidence of antimatter -- matter's arch nemesis -- left over from the very early Universe. New results using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory...
Detecting dirty bomb material with ESA gamma-ray technology
Thanks to ESA and UK technology transfer support, a British company has developed a device based on the gamma-ray detection equipment used in ESA's Integral astronomy satellite to detect and...
MIT researchers find clues to planets' birth
Meteorites that are among the oldest rocks ever found have provided new clues about the conditions that existed at the beginning of the solar system, solving a longstanding mystery and...
Predicting Evolution’s Next Best Move With Simulator
Biologists today are doing what Darwin thought impossible. They are studying the process of evolution not through fossils but directly, as it is happening. Now, by modeling the steps evolution...
Aspiring lunar entrepreneurs contract for help from NASA
In a cosmic case of role reversal, aspiring lunar entrepreneurs based on the Isle of Man have hired NASA to build them a robotic rover to send to the moon.
Are all precinct voting sites created equal? Maybe not
(PhysOrg.com) -- The lights may matter. So may the signs, the knowledge of poll workers and whether the location has been used as a polling place in the past.
Private Firm Reveals Ambitious Moon Mission Plan
Astrobotic Technology, Inc. has a comprehensive plan to send robots to the moon.
Cold Storage: Moon Might Preserve Alien Life
Some lunar craters may be perfect for preserving samples of life from Earth or Mars.
NASA to Hold Small Business Symposium
NASA will host the inaugural Small Business Symposium and Awards Ceremony Nov. 17-18 in Washington, DC.
Mars Lander Goes Inactive
Poor weather, dwindling power at Phoenix landing site forces spacecraft into safe mode.
NASA, South Korea sign mutual statement
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency and South Korean government officials say they've signed a statement of intent to cooperate in civil aerospace activities.
More Hidden Territory On Mercury Revealed By MESSENGER Spacecraft
A NASA spacecraft gliding over the battered surface of Mercury for the second time this year has revealed more previously unseen real estate on the innermost planet. The probe also...
NASA airs HD feeds of anniversary video
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it will televise four high definition feeds of the documentary "50 Years of Exploration: The Golden Anniversary of...
New Video - 007's Big Telescope
New James Bond film: 'Quantum of Solace' shot at mountaintop observatory residence, Paranal, Chile. Credit: ESO.
New NASA capsule Orion resembles Apollo
The agency unveils the test module for structural testing at Edwards Air Force Base. The capsule, which is designed to carry humans to the moon, looks a lot like the...
MESSENGER glimpses Mercury’s Western hemisphere, new features
The results are in from MESSENGER’s second flyby of Mercury, one of the least-explored planets in the solar system
NASA probe shows Mercury more dynamic than thought
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Earth's first nearly full look at Mercury reveals that the tiny lifeless planet took a far greater role in shaping itself than was...
To Pluto With Postage: Nine Souvenirs Stow Away on NASA Probe
Nine mementos are riding to Pluto aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.
NASA may be able to speed up launch of moonship
(AP) -- NASA officials said Wednesday it might be possible to try out its new moon rocketship a year earlier than its current target date of 2015.
Phoenix Mars Mission Faces Survival Challenges
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a race against time and the elements, engineers with NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission hope to extend the lander's survival by gradually shutting down some of its...
Halloween Storms of 2003 Still the Scariest
(PhysOrg.com) -- By the eerie light of a Halloween moon, while a chilly wind blows autumn-dry leaves askitter on bare and fingered branches, scary things can happen. Blood-sucking bats, creepy-crawly...
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: India's Moon Mission, More
An American space tourist returns to Earth, India launches first mission to the moon, and more in our weekly update of space photos.
Interview: Pierre Brondeau
Rohm and Haas’s CEO-in-waiting discusses the company’s imminent takeover by Dow
Observatory: Galaxies Made Simple, or at Least Less Complicated
A study of 200 galaxies suggests that the properties and structure of galaxies are a function of a single parameter, rather than multiple ones.
The Great Cosmic Challenge
Today cosmologists are challenging the world to solve a compelling statistical problem, to bring us closer to understanding the nature of dark matter and energy which makes up 95 per...
Halloween Sky Show
The planets are gathering for spooky sunset sky show on Oct. 31st. Read today's story to find out where to look.