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The Antennae Galaxies move closer
New research on the Antennae Galaxies using the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows that this benchmark pair of interacting galaxies is in fact much...
1968 Science Fiction is Today’s Reality
The futuristic epic 2001: A Space Odyssey influenced many to fall in love with the limitless possibilities of space exploration. The movie sparked imaginations and provided a realistic preview of...
Swedish Space Gym Being Tested By Astronauts
The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) is presently testing a Swedish space gym. The aim is to counteract muscle atrophy and osteoporosis in astronauts. Astronauts who spend a...
Scientists Endure Arctic For Last Campaign Prior To CryoSat-2 Launch
An international group of scientists has swapped their comfortable offices for one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet to carry out a challenging field campaign that is seen...
NASA Successfully Completes First Series Of Ares Engine Tests
NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares...
The World Wide Telescope: A new view of the night sky
The World Wide Telescope (WWT) website will change the way people see the heavens when it launches in the coming weeks.
Private Space Station Prototype Hits Orbital Milestone
Space station prototype passes orbital milestone.
Japan set to open up defense use of space
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan cleared the way for a law allowing non-aggressive military use of space on Friday, overturning a decades-old policy of limiting space development to peaceful uses.
Scientists Revisit Mars Sample Return Plans
Planning is under way to reinvigorate a Mars sample return mission.
Conservationists, developer reach major Calif. land deal
LEBEC, Calif. (AP) -- A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land...
Planets by the Dozen
A NASA-funded survey set to begin in 2008 could dramatically increase the number of known planets outside our solar system.
Cosmic Log: What’s waiting on Mars?
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The weather outlook for this month's touchdown of the Phoenix Mars Lander calls for a spring thaw — and maybe Martian mini-tornadoes as well.
First Space Lawyer Graduates
The first lawyer to earn a degree specifically in space law graduates Saturday.
Solar Variability: Striking a Balance with Climate Change
The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. The sun also delivers an annual and seasonal impact, changing the character of each hemisphere as...
Exhaling for Exploration: Scientists Test Lunar Breathing System
Exhaling for Exploration: Scientists Test Lunar Breathing System HOUSTON -- Imagine yourself hip-to-hip, shoulder-to-shoulder, inside a room the size of a walk-in closet for eight hours with five...
ESA, NASA to share space achievement award
PARIS, May 8 (UPI) -- The Ulysses observatory, a U.S.-European mission, has won an international award for the scientific productivity of the spacecraft, now orbiting the sun.
The Best (And Worst) Mars Landings
Reaching Mars is an unforgiving endeavor, with little room for error.
Students to call long distance to the ISS
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Students from New York and California will make a really long long-distance phone call next week to speak with an International Space Station's...
Researchers demonstrate for the first time how light squeezes through small holes
How does light pass through a tiny hole" For the first time, Dr Aurele Adam and Prof. Paul Planken of Delft University of Technology, in conjunction with two South Korean...
Epilepsy Site Hacked With Seizure Images
Hackers bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images. The breach triggered severe migraines and near-seizure reactions in some site...
NASA's New Science Chief Settles in for Long Haul
NASA's new science chief Ed Weiler is settling into the position for long-term.
NASA starts artifact loan project
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency has announced the start of a new artifact loan program for museums, planetariums and other organizations.
Nasa set to join petaflop elite
Nasa has unveiled a plan to boost its supercomputer power to help plan and model future missions.
'No bias' against UK astronauts
UK government opposition to human spaceflight will be no bar to its citizens becoming astronauts, Esa says.
Alien Life-Searching Techniques Tested
Signs of life on Mars can be spotted using instruments on robotic probes.
Telescopes search for signals from space
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists, searching for signs of life from faraway planets, are building hundreds of radio telescopes in Northern California, their leader...
A Super Solar Flare
At 11:18 AM on the cloudless morning of Thursday, September 1, 1859, 33-year-old Richard Carrington—widely acknowledged to be one of England's foremost solar astronomers—was in his well-appointed private observatory. Just...
X-rays power discoveries at Chicago's Field Museum
Digital medical imaging and information technology from Carestream Health, Inc., is playing a key role in helping The Field Museum of Chicago discover and analyze secrets hidden within its world-class...