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See Iceland's Spectacular Eruption From Space (Photo)
Satellites finally caught a view of Iceland's spectacular eruption from space.
Satellite Towing Service Developed By Isreal's 1st Space Startup | Video
Effective Satellite Solutions' microsatellite, called "The DeOrbiter", will be able to grapple satellites and tow them to their correct orbits. Useful for satellites that are launched into incorrect orbits or...
Sea plankton have been found on the International Space Station but how did they get there?
Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Solovyev says the plankton were blown up into space by air currents on earth Continue reading...
Students see world from station crew's point of view
NASA is helping students examine their home planet from space without ever leaving the ground, giving them a global perspective by going beyond a map attached to a sphere on...
Exoplanet measured with remarkable precision
Barely 30 years ago, the only planets astronomers had found were located right here in our own solar system. The Milky Way is chock-full of stars, millions of them...
Sun's activity influences natural climate change
A new study has, for the first time, reconstructed solar activity during the last ice age. The study shows that the regional climate is influenced by the sun and offers...
Bionic liquids from lignin: New results pave the way for closed loop biofuel refineries
(Phys.org) —While the powerful solvents known as ionic liquids show great promise for liberating fermentable sugars from lignocellulose and improving the economics of advanced biofuels, an even more promising candidate...
New Satellite Data Will Help Farmers Facing Drought
NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, launching this winter, will provide global measurements of water in soil.
Raw Data: In Search for Intelligent Life, Consider the Lottery
Some argue that with billions of stars in our galaxy, there must be other civilizations. But others say intelligence is so rare on Earth; why would we expect to find...
Brad Paisley 'Tweets' With Space Station Astronaut At NASA Kennedy | Video
The singer-songwriter tweeted with astronaut Reid Wiseman during a visit to the Space Center in Florida. He was there to promote his new song, "American Flag on the Moon".
Jack Nicholson steps out with lookalike son Ray in rare outing
Veronica LinaresNEW YORK, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Jack Nicholson was joined by his lookalike son Ray during his appearance at the star-studded Apollo in the Hamptons event over the weekend.
Dark Energy Survey kicks off second season cataloging the wonders of deep space
On Aug. 15, with its successful first season behind it, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration began its second year of mapping the southern sky in unprecedented detail. Using the...
Dubai won't let 'world's most pierced man' enter because it looks like he practices 'black magic'
Evan BleierDUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Dubai denies 'world's most pierced man,' Rolf Buchholz, from entering the United Arab Emirates because it looks like he practices 'black...
Lady Gaga channels Amy Winehouse in new Instagram photo
Veronica LinaresLOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Lady Gaga evoked Amy Winehouse by wearing the late singer's signature wing-tipped eyeliner in a selfie she shared on Instagram Friday.
Best of Last Week – Possible signal from dark matter, a robo-cook and a switchboard in our brains
The big news in physics last week was the discovery of a faint line of gas elements in x-ray data that came from studying the space between galaxies—it didn't correspond...
New survey begins mapping nearby galaxies
A new survey called MaNGA (Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory) has been launched that will greatly expand our understanding of galaxies, including the Milky Way, by charting the...
The future of CubeSats
(Phys.org) —To investigate climate change, scientists and engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center are developing the IceCube satellite, which will be no larger than a loaf of bread. In...
UH-60L Black Hawk cockpits getting makeover
Richard TomkinsWOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- As many as 900 U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters are to have their analog cockpit displays replaced with digital ones from...
Mars Deep down
Space science image of the week: Mars Express stares into the depths of the Red Planet
Wanted: Unmanned Space Plane to Fly On the Cheap
It's a dream older than the Space Age itself: a fully reusable rocket that can fly into space, deploy its cargo, return to Earth and then do it again rapidly,...
NASA image: U.S. Gulf Coast at night
One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the International Space Station photographed this nighttime image showing city lights in at least half a dozen southern states from some 225...
National Guard deployed in Ferguson after worst night of violence yet
Gabrielle LevyWASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon announced Monday morning that he would call in the National Guard to Ferguson after Sunday proved the worst night of...
Tight Constraints On Dark Matter From CMS
Although now widely accepted as the most natural explanation of the observed features of the universe around us, dark matter remains a highly mysterious entity to this day. There are...
Hubble stirs up galactic soup
A new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a whole host of colorful and differently shaped galaxies; some bright and nearby, some fuzzy, and some so far from us they...
NASA Nears Billion-Dollar Decision on Space Taxis
NASA is getting ready for a multibillion-dollar run toward the goal of sending American astronauts into orbit on U.S.-built spaceships.
Upgrade set for EOD robots
Richard TomkinsCLINTON, Tenn., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. military robots used in neutralizing unexploded ordnance are receiving upgrades from a Northrop Grumman subsidiary.
'Star Trek: Axanar' Fan Film Warps Beyond Crowdfunding Goal
The crowdfunding campaign for "Star Trek: Axanar" — a fan-funded "Star Trek" film — has raised more than $200,000 donated through the website Kickstarter, blowing well past the original goal...
Angela Lansbury to bring 'Blithe Spirit' to U.S. stage?
Danielle HaynesLONDON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Actress Jemima Rooper says she hopes "Blithe Spirit" production with Angela Lansbury could be staged in United States.