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Telescope may find volcanoes on other planets
Scientists will soon be able to study volcanoes on worlds beyond our solar system, according to a new study.
TRMM satellite measures Hermine's severe Texas rainfall from space
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite estimates rainfall from space and has provided NASA and other scientists with a visual tool to see just how much Tropical Storm Hermine has...
Kiev letting Gazprom in?
KIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Ukraine aims to provide full access to its gas transit system to its Russian counterparts for the long term, the Ukrainian energy minister...
Asteroid Near-Misses Happen All Of The Time
In case you do not easily panic, you may have missed the story that two asteroids were passing close to Earth yesterday. Not to worry, it happens all of the...
Pictures: New Proof Spiral Galaxies Eat, Digest Dwarfs
A new survey is the first to show that spiral galaxies beyond our cosmic neighborhood eat and digest orbiting dwarf galaxies. ...
Distant, Big Galaxies Caught Cannibalizing Smaller Ones
Massive, distant galaxies have been spotted gorging on smaller ones to build up their bulk in a far-flung cannibal feast, scientists report.
Divine dione captured by Cassini
Cruising past Saturn's moon Dione this past weekend, NASA's Cassini spacecraft got its best look yet at the north polar region of this small, icy moon and returned stark raw...
LEGO MoonBot From New Jersey Wins Competition
A team of eighth-grade students from New Jersey has won 1st place for its miniature lunar rover made entirely out of LEGO pieces.
X-Ray Jets
(PhysOrg.com) -- The supermassive black holes that lie at the centers of galaxies can spawn tremendous bipolar jets of atomic particles.
NASA Team to Trapped Miners: No Alcohol or Cigarettes
A team of NASA personnel sent to provide nutritional and psychological support provides updates on the status of the rescue mission to extract 33 trapped Chilean miners.
InterOrbital Rocket Sneak Peeks
I like rocket photos and was getting a little jealous looking at all the Copenhagen folk's photos. Where were my rocket's photos? I'm launching the Project Calliope music satellite with...
Ripples in the cosmic background
(PhysOrg.com) -- The universe was created 13.73 billion years ago in a blaze of light -- the big bang. We also think that, about 380,000 years later, after matter (mostly...
Students Help NASA Crash Satellite On Purpose
A bunch of college students were at the controls when NASA's ICESat satellite burned up in Earth's atmosphere last week.
SpaceX's Private Space Capsule Aims for October Launch Test
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is modifying the software for its Falcon 9 rocket.
Spain, Norway to build telecoms satellite
Spain said it signed a deal with Norway Tuesday to build a telecommunications satellite, to be launched in 2014 and used for both civilian and military purposes.
Solar plane plans first flights across Switzerland
The team which successfully conducted a round-the-clock flight powered by the sun, Solar Impulse, said Tuesday it is planning three test flights across Switzerland as it ramps up preparations for...
Can we spot volcanoes on alien worlds? Astronomers say yes
Now that astronomers are finding rocky worlds orbiting distant stars, they're asking the next logical questions: do any of those worlds have volcanoes? And if so, could we detect them?...
South Korea wants more gas from Russia
MOSCOW, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A delegation from South Korea arrived Tuesday in Moscow to discuss a potential increase in natural gas deliveries, Russian gas company Gazprom said. ...
GOCE gravity mission back in action
ESA's GOCE gravity mission has recovered from a glitch that prevented the satellite from sending its flow of scientific data to the ground. News of the recovery comes earlier than...
Scientists Join for 'Defining' Solar Physics Mission
Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville will team with scientists across the country on what is being described as the premier solar and heliophysics mission of the 21st...
Iran looking offshore for gas delivery?
TEHRAN, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Tehran is considering an overland route or a deep-water pipeline to transport its natural gas to India, a deputy energy official said. ...
Better Mars Atmosphere Maps to Come From New Mission
An instrument on an upcoming mission to orbit will make daily maps of the Red Planet's atmosphere.
VIDEO: Astronauts' exercise slows aging
Hitting the gym helps slow the aging process in space, as well as on Earth, Canadian scientists have found.
Greenland, West Antarctic Ice Caps Melting At Half The Speed Previously Predicted
The Greenland and West Antarctic ice caps are melting at half the speed previously predicted, shows a team from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft, The...
NASA's Magnetospheric Mission Passes Major Milestone
(PhysOrg.com) -- The universe is still an arcane place that scientists know very little about, but a new NASA Solar Terrestrial Probe mission is going to shed light on one...
A dimmer view of Earth
When Stanford climate scientist Christopher Field looks at visual feeds from a satellite monitoring deforestation in the Amazon basin, he sees images streaked with white lines devoid of data.
Covering Up For A Clear View
Surface Science: A blanket of graphene helps reveal the structure of water lying underneath.
Galactic 'Supervolcano' Seen Erupting With X-Rays
New images capture a galactic "super-volcano" in the massive galaxy M87 is erupting and blasting gas outwards.