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6-Legged NASA Rover Takes Desert Drive
A big, bug-like NASA rover that could one day carry heavy loads on the moon is getting a chance to stretch its six legs in the Arizona desert this week.
Chinese Broadcasting Satellite Placed in Orbit
A Chinese communications satellite launched Saturday, September 4, 2010, on a Long March rocket,
Wikipedia Founder: Bullish on Media's Future
Jimmy Wales Says Mobile Apps Should Enable Charging For News
Video: Behind the Emmy-Winning 'Star Wars Uncut'
Casey Pugh, creator of the Emmy Award winning project "Star Wars Uncut," spoke with Shira Lazar on the inception of the idea to the execution of the final product.
Evidence of second fast north-south pole flip found
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Earth's magnetic poles flip around every 200,000 years or so, with north becoming south and vice versa. Normally, the process takes 4-5,000 years and it ought to...
Hubble re-shoots 1987 star blast
The Hubble space telescope returns to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion first seen from Earth in 1987.
Bumping Satellites
A Chinese satellite may have intentionally nudged another spacecraft during secretive space maneuvers.
New Images of Saturn's Moon Dione Released
The pockmarked moon is seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as a partial globe hanging in space, as well as in close-ups that reveal its many craters.
New mission to skim the Sun: NASA selects science investigations for Solar Probe Plus
NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the sun closer than ever before. The unprecedented project, named Solar Probe Plus, is slated to launch no later...
Mars life may have been missed years ago
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- New analysis of data sent from Mars 34 years ago showing there was no organic material on the planet suggests maybe there was after...
New Telescope Takes Best Sunspot Photo Ever
A new picture reveals our sun up-close like never before.
Book Review - 'Packing for Mars' Travels Light
"Packing for Mars" by Mary Roach delves into the minutiae of human spaceflight.
Call for Media: press conference with ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli
ESA PR 2010-20 ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will travel to the International Space Station in December on a six-month mission, serving as flight engineer for Expeditions 26 and 27. This...
Image: A chameleon sky
The sands of time are running out for the central star of this the Hourglass Nebula.
Grounded Space Station Module May Get New Mission
A grounded space station module could be launched in a few years to act as a hub for inflatable habitats and technology demonstrations.
Wanted For Long Space Missions: Flexible Astronaut, Works Well With Others
Researchers are hoping that the Mars500 simulation, which hits the three-month mark this week, will shed some light on significant factors to consider in crew selection for future long-duration missions.
Making waves for self-cleaning solar panels
A cheap modification can sweep away dust in minutes, no brushing required
Observatory Staff Aid in Military Helicopter Crash Rescue
Staff at NSF’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, W.V. recently aided in the successful rescue of soldiers from a crashed military helicopter.
SwRI energetic particle instruments selected for Solar Probe Plus mission
NASA selected two instruments led by Southwest Research Institute, which measure energetic particles for the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft, slated to launch by 2018. This first-ever journey into the Sun's...
Earth from space: Giant iceberg enters Nares Strait
ESA's Envisat satellite has been tracking the progression of the giant iceberg that calved from Greenland's Petermann glacier on 4 August 2010. This animation shows that the iceberg, the largest...
Spitzer Telescope Spots Colorful Mix of Asteroids, May Aid Future Space Travel
New research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is providing close-up views of near-Earth objects and aiding astronomers in determining the size, composition and origin of more than 100 known near-Earth...
Water mission reveals insight into Amazon plume
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's SMOS water mission has taken another step forward by demonstrating that it will lead to a better understanding of ocean circulation. Using preliminary data, scientists can clearly...
Top 10 Summer Sky Objects to See Before Fall
Here's look at the top 10 summer sky objects to try and find before autumn arrives.
I'm in heaven with my telescope | Stephen Curry
Hubble, Kepler and sophisticated ground-based telescopes are all very well, but for Stephen Curry nothing matches the elation of seeing the stars and planets with your own eyesStephen writes the Reciprocal Space blog"The...
Video lambasting Google on privacy hits Times Square
A video cartoon featuring Google's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square as a privacy group continued to hound the...
Labor Day Weekend for Astronauts: Space Toilet Cleaning and Exercise
The astronauts aboard the International Space Station won't be throwing any burgers on the grill this Labor Day, but at least they'll get the holiday off.
Pampers Dry Max diapers not linked to rash
No link has been found between Pampers diapers with Dry Max liners and diaper rash, Canadian and U.S. officials say.
Airbag Designer Casts Eye on NASA's Escape Ship
New airbag technology that mimics nature's way of protecting seed embryos could take the bumps out of spacecraft landings.