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Astronauts enter world's 1st private supply ship
Astronauts have entered the Dragon, the world's first commercial supply ship, docked at the International Space Station.
SpaceX mission: watch live as astronauts discuss historic docking
Astronauts give live news conference following the first docking of a privately-funded vessel at the International Space StationAstronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) are due to give a live...
Australia hails surprise super-telescope decision
Australia has hailed a surprise decision giving it a role in a radio telescope project aimed at revolutionising astronomy, vowing to draw on its decades of experience in space science.
Travel: Nifty Ways to Ward Off the Sun's Rays
Foldable sunglasses, protective clothing and parasols are among the new products available.
Organic Carbon In Meteorites Came From Mars
Molecules containing large chains of carbon and hydrogen, which happen to be the building blocks of all life on Earth, have been found in meteorites from Mars but scientists have...
Tiny planet-finding mirrors borrow from Webb Telescope playbook
NASA's next flagship mission -- the James Webb Space Telescope -- will carry the largest primary mirror ever deployed. This segmented behemoth will unfold to 21.3 feet in diameter once...
Mars or Bust! Scientists Flood NASA With 400 Ideas to Explore Red Planet
NASA asked for help in reformulating its Mars exploration strategy. Boy did it get it.
Typhoon Sanvu affecting Iwo To, then expected to fade over weekend
Infrared and visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite taken on May 25, 2012, showed an impressive Typhoon Sanvu already affecting the islands of Iwo To and Chichi Jima, Japan. The...
Star Trails Seen from the ISS in Swirls
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit took photos of star trails, terrestrial lights, airglow and auroras while aboard the International Space Station.
Ariane 5 booster roars into life
An Ariane 5 solid-propellant booster was test-fired yesterday at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to help improve the reliability of Europe’s heavy launcher.
SpaceX via Twitter: the everyday miracle of modern technologies | Dan Gillmor
There's so much we already take for granted about the digital revolution that's rocked our world. But it can still strike aweOn a Hong Kong bus this week, as I checked my...
ESA: Unveiling Venus
With Venus about to get its day in the Sun very much literally the European Space Agency has assembled an excellent video about our planetary neighbor.
Everyone knows it's windy . . .
... And now they have the data to prove it. The middle of Lake Michigan is a vast, untapped reservoir of wind energy. The next step will be to find...
A pinwheel in many colors
(Phys.org) -- This image of the Pinwheel Galaxy, or also known as M101, combines data in the infrared, visible, ultraviolet and X-rays from four of NASA's space-based telescopes. This multi-spectral...
Landmark calculation clears the way to answering how matter is formed
(Phys.org) -- An international collaboration of scientists, including Thomas Blum, associate professor of physics, is reporting in landmark detail the decay process of a subatomic particle called a kaon ...
Asteroid Nudged by Sunlight: Most Precise Measurement of Yarkovsky Effect
Scientists on NASA’s asteroid sample return mission, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), have measured the orbit [...]
Subaru telescope pioneers the use of adaptive optics for optical observations
A research team from the University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU, Ehime University, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has succeeded in conducting the first, full-scale scientific observationswith an adaptive...
'Men in Black 3' Blasts Into NASA's Past
The new sci-fi film "Men in Black 3" uses an iconic NASA space mission as a major plot point.
Image: Carpenter's Flight
50 years ago today, Scott Carpenter flew the second American manned orbital flight on May 24, 1962.
Satellite's 40th Anniversary Kicks Off Space Contest
Contest offers a view of the Earth nobody else has.
Art Review: Tom Sachs, ‘Space Program: Mars,’ at Park Avenue Armory
“Space Program: Mars,” an exhibition at the Park Avenue Armory by the sculptor Tom Sachs, includes a 23-foot-tall plywood version of the Apollo Lunar Module.
NASA offers guidelines to protect historic sites on the Moon
(Phys.org) -- NASA and the X Prize Foundation of Playa Vista, Calif., announced Thursday the Google Lunar X Prize is recognizing guidelines established by NASA to protect lunar historic sites...
Space Pictures This Week: Solar Eclipse, Dusty "Doughnut," More
See National Geographic's favorite new astrophotos, including a shady eclipse shot, dusty "doughnut," fleeing comet, and more.
NASA Scientist Figures Way to Weigh Space Rock
A scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has accurately determined the mass of a nearby asteroid from millions of miles away.
How Many Stars Never Make the Big Time?
Search for brown dwarfs reveals odds of stellar success
Back in Black: 'Men In Black 3' Director Talks Sci-Fi & Space Travel
"Men in Black 3" reunites director Barry Sonnenfeld with his beloved science fiction franchise.
ScienceShot: Tippy-Top Target for Next Mars Rover
Mysterious rocks atop Mount Sharp could be volcanic
Men In Black III Trailer Teases Apollo Launch | Video
The third installment of the MIB series features time travel, alien invasion and Josh Brolin as a young Agent K. In theaters starting May 25th, 2012.