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Kids Dump Ice Water On Elon Musk For ALS Challenge | Video
SpaceX and Tesla's CEO responded to the challenge put forth by Bill Gates. Find out more about the challenge that has already raised over 10 million dollars for ALS research:...
This mob of swarming robots can make you a star - but not a doughnut
Here comes the swarm. Scientists at Harvard University have created the first 1,000-strong swarm of robots that can assemble themselves into different shapes upon command.
Hubble revisits a globular cluster's age
(Phys.org) —This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the globular cluster IC 4499.
NASA Satellite Takes First Look at Earth's Carbon Dioxide
NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, which blasted off July 2, arrived in its final orbit 438 miles above the Earth on Aug. 3. The satellite then collected its first test data...
Rare Sight: Clouds Move On Saturn's Huge Moon Titan (Video, Photos)
Cassini looked on last month as methane clouds floated above Ligeia Mare, a big hydrocarbon sea near Titan's north pole. Few clouds had been seen on Titan since 2010, so...
Team announces construction of a formal computer-verified proof of the Kepler conjecture
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers led by the man, Thomas Hales, who came up with written proof of the Kepler conjecture is now reporting that they have constructed a formal...
Sniffing out billions in U.S. currency smuggled across the border to Mexico
Criminals are smuggling an estimated $30 billion in U.S. currency into Mexico each year from the United States, but help could be on the way for border guards, researchers report....
Colliding atmospheres: Mars vs Comet Siding Spring
On October 19, 2014, Comet Siding Spring will pass by Mars only 132,000 km away—which would be like a comet passing about 1/3 of the distance between Earth and the...
Robin Williams Remembered: Watch Him Make NASA Laugh in 1988 (Video)
Robin Williams, an Oscar-winning actor best known for his comedic work, died yesterday (Aug. 11) of an apparent suicide at 63 years old. In 1988, Williams helped to wake up...
Lunar-landing rocket research hits milestone with 'hot-fire' test
A Purdue University student team has designed, built and tested a critical part of a new a rocket engine as part of a NASA project to develop spacecraft technologies needed...
Ashlee Simpson celebrates bridal shower by the pool
Veronica LinaresLOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Ashlee Simpson celebrated her bridal shower at her sister Jessica Simpson's Los Angeles home over the weekend.
Giant Storms Are Raging on Uranus (Photo)
A telescope on Earth has spotted huge storm systems brewing on the planet Uranus. Scientists using the Keck Observatory in Hawaii have recently seen a number of storms develop on...
The Right (Mental) Stuff: NASA Astronaut Psychology Revealed
Astronaut candidates have to undergo a psychological evaluation to determine if they have what it takes to fly on a NASA mission. How does the agency choose people with the...
Nanoflares: Why Sun’s Corona Is 300x Hotter Than Its Surface | Video
Launched on a sounding rocket to ~200,000ft., NASA's Extreme Ultraviolet Normal Incidence Spectrograph (EUNIS) observed superheated material (10M°K) consistent only with theoretical “nanoflares,” which quickly cool to the corona’s ~2M°...
Physicists celebrate Schrödinger's 127th birthday with cat video
A group of modern physicists released a YouTube video starring the internet's favourite animal to explain Erwin Schrödinger's famous thought experiment for his 127th birthday.
Planck's Mystery Cosmic 'Cold Spot' May Be an Error
Planck space telescope created a cosmic map of variations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, but it may contain errors.
Red dwarf stars might be best places to discover alien life
Red dwarfs are the most common type of star in the universe, and nearly every one of these stars may have a planet located in its habitable zone where life...
In praise of ... supermoons
There are three perigee moons this year, but this weeks comes closer to the earth than any of the rest Continue reading...
A possible signal from dark matter?
(Phys.org) —Galaxies are often found in groups or clusters, the largest known aggregations of matter and dark matter. The Milky Way, for example, is a member of the "Local Group"...
Meteorites expose Moon surface formation
Lunar meteorites contradict a theory of how the Moon's crust formed, originally based on Apollo mission samples.
ESA image: Saturn's moon Rhea, Epimetheus transiting
Saturn has a great many more moons than our planet – a whopping 62. A single moon, Titan, accounts for an overwhelming 96% of all the material orbit the planet,...
Follow the radio waves to find hidden exomoons
Scientists hunting for life beyond Earth have discovered more than 1,800 planets outside our solar system, or exoplanets, in recent years, but so far, no one has been able to...
China to install more solar power in 2014 than the US ever has
China has committed to installing 13 gigawatts of solar capacity by the end of the year, which is more than the US and Australia have ever installed.
Observatory: A Galaxy That Doesn’t Look Far, Far Away
A telescope in Chile captures a clear, detailed image of Messier 33, a neighbor of the Milky Way.
Observatory: Untangling the Mystery of Spider Silk
As culturally familiar is the sticky, spun threads are, scientists are just learning how spiders produce it.
Runaway couples create lonely supernovae
Calcium-rich explosions involve ejected binary stars
Space Camp Hall of Fame Honors Astronaut, Trainer and Entrepreneur
The Space Camp Hall of Fame, founded in 2007, added three new members to its ranks. The 2014 class includes astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, former astronaut trainer Michelle Ham and the...
ISEE-3 completes lunar flyby, begins a citizen science program
The journey began on August 12, 1978 from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II launch vehicle. Now after 36 years and 30 billions miles of travel around the Sun—as well...