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Prelude To The Higgs: A Work For 2 Bosons In The Key Of Z
Scientists have announced the observation of pairs of Z bosons, force-carrying particles produced in proton-antiproton collisions at the Tevatron, the world's highest-energy particle accelerator. The properties of the ZZ diboson...
NASA Tests Moon Imaging Spacecraft at Goddard
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, also known as LRO, has completed the first round of environmental testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. These tests ensure...
Mars Express Acquires Sharpest Images Of Martian Moon Phobos
Mars Express closed in on the intriguing martian moon Phobos at 6:49 CEST on July 23, flying past at 3 km/s, only 93 km from the moon. The ESA spacecraft's...
Thousands go to Siberia to watch eclipse
Amateur and professional astronomers gather to see the moon passing between the Earth and the sun
NASA names aeronautics scholarship winners
WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has selected 25 graduate and undergraduate students as the first recipients of its Aeronautics Scholarship Program.
John Glenn Calls Bush Space Vision an Unfunded Mandate
Former astronaut John Glenn criticized the president for underfunding NASA's moon plan.
GLAST detects 12 gamma-ray bursts
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says its new orbiting gamma-ray telescope, still in its checkout phase, has detected 12 powerful gamma-ray bursts.
Greek "Computer" Tracked Ancient Olympics, Other Games
The 2,100-year-old Antikythera mechanism not only predicted lunar and solar eclipses, it also tracked the cycle of ancient athletic contests, a new study shows.
ESA meets increasing demand for Earth observation data
Earth observation satellite data have never been in more demand than today as missions have demonstrated their ability to enable better understanding and improved management of the Earth and its...
Signs of Life Found Inside Rock Salt
The finding may help scientists search for signs of life on other planets.
Adopt a Scientist: Lord of the Rings
SETI invites scuba divers on an expedition to a destination of your choice.
ESA prepares for November's Ministerial Meeting
In November 2008, the ministers responsible for space activities in ESA's member states and Canada will gather in The Hague to set the course of Europe’s space programme over the...
Blasting Off: Like Father, Like Son
Millionaire space tourist Richard Garriott plans to make history as the first child of a U.S. astronaut to rocket into orbit. He's set to fly aboard Russian spacecraft in October.
Ocean mission delivers first maps
The Jason-2 satellite, which was launched to measure the shape of the world's oceans, sends back its first maps.
Canadian school joins U.S. lunar institute
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., July 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says a Canadian university will become the first international affiliate partner of the agency's Lunar Science Institute.
Phoenix Close-Up Images of 'Snow Queen' Show Changes
(PhysOrg.com) -- A distinctive hard-surface feature called "Snow Queen" beneath NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander visibly changed sometime between mid-June and mid-July, close-up images from the Robotic Arm Camera show.
IAC swings to 2Q loss on charges
(AP) -- IAC/InterActiveCorp said Wednesday that it swung to a second-quarter loss, hurt by a $300 million writedown in a catalog business, but excluding that and other charges its...
NASA announces software of the year awards
WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says scientists from the Ames Research Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are co-winners of its 2007 Software of...
ESA satellite en route to launch site
PARIS, July 30 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says its Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer satellite is en route to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: New Planet, Midnight Mars, More
Beijing cracks down on pollution, distant galaxies are revealed, and scientists track a quiet supernova explosion in this week's best space news.
NASA creates image Web site
WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency and Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library, have created a comprehensive Internet compilation of NASA images.
Moveable Beasts: A Q&A with David Wilcove on Declining Animal Migrations [News]
"Pick the right night and you will hear them. A September night, perhaps, when a northwest wind has swept the clouds from the sky and the stars are out in...
NASA uses remote sand dunes as stand-in for moon
(AP) -- Two NASA astronauts in spacesuits drove their lunar truck up a steep sand dune in a barren, wind-swept landscape so forbidding it was reminiscent of the surface...
Edward Weiler
As NASA celebrates its fiftieth birthday, looks to the future with the space agency's returning science chief.
50 Years Ago: NASA Born in Sputnik's Wake
On July 29, 1958, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower officially created NASA.
Mars Dirt Found Surprisingly Sticky
Stickiness of icy dirt sample forces Phoenix to try dry dirt again.
Cosmic Log: Is this your jetpack?
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: A New Zealand inventor takes the wraps off a secret jetpack project that he hopes will turn the long-held aviation dream into a $100,000 reality.
Oshkosh air show honors NASA anniversary
OSHKOSH, Wis., July 29 (UPI) -- The Oshkosh air show, the largest annual U.S. air show, is honoring the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 50th anniversary.