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Naftogaz-Gazprom link destiny, Miller says
MOSCOW, June 28 (UPI) -- A merger between Russian energy company Gazprom and Ukrainian utility Naftogaz is "historically predetermined," the chief of Gazprom said. ...
Students Design Futuristic Flying Rescue Vehicles For NASA Contest
(PhysOrg.com) -- A rotorcraft that resembles a catamaran has taken the top prize in a NASA aeronautics competition for college students to develop a multi-purpose aircraft.
Modelling Mars in a Texan torrent
Huge canyon carved out in a week may aid understanding of prehistoric megafloods.
Video: Free Charging Station with Volt Purchase
Wordpress 3.0 is out, Nintendo has its sights set on a 3D game console, and the first Chevy Volt buyers will get a free charging station installed in their home.
Brian Cox: All teeth and string theory
Meeting the physicist, TV presenter and former No 1 pop star is an unnerving experience. He's 42, and a university professor, yet he seems boyish and oddly innocent. And he never stops...
Race to build best solar house opens in Madrid
Students representing 17 universities from around world began a 10-day competition in Madrid Friday to design and build the best house run only by solar energy.
Spacecraft to Skim Atmosphere of Saturn's Moon Titan
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will get its best look yet at Saturn's biggest moon Titan this weekend when it takes the deepest dip yet into the cloud-covered satellite's hazy atmosphere. Cassini...
Test Uses Handedness of Molecules to Search For Life On Other Worlds
Anybody Home? Along with this panoramic picture, the Viking landers found strange evidence that suggested the presence of life on Mars (it was later disproven). A new study about life's preference for left-...
Number of known 'exoplanets' could double
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 18 (UPI) -- A NASA spacecraft has discovered hundreds of planets circling stars beyond our solar system, possibly doubling the number of known "exoplanets," a study...
Amelia Earhart's Watch Reaches Space Station 82 Years After Historic Flight
A watch worn by famed female pilot Amelia Earhart during her historic trans-Atlantic flights reached the International Space Station Thursday, 82 years to the day after its historic first flight....
Scientists see billions of miles away
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., June 18, 2010 — A large group of scientists, including Jay Pasachoff, Bryce Babcock, and Steven Souza at Williams College, reveal the character of one of the most...
iPhone app delivers daily ASU Mars camera images
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new free app delivers daily images of Mars to your iPhone from an ASU-designed camera on-board NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.
ScienceShot: Lonely Planet Orbits Nearly Ten-Times Farther Out Than Pluto
Discovery challenges current models of solar system formation
Betelgeuse, a boiling and magnetic supergiant star
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research team, lead by French astrophysicists from the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes, has detected a magnetic field at the surface of the supergiant star Betelgeuse. This...
Interplanetary Art Smuggler Sought By Moon Mystery Detectives
In November 1969, an interplanetary art smuggler hatched a plot to send potentially priceless works of art to the moon on tiny chips. Now, history detectives hope to solve this...
Halfway to Pluto, New Horizons Wakes Up in 'Exotic Territory'
Zipping through space at nearly a million miles per day, NASA's New Horizons probe is halfway to Pluto and just woke up for the first time in months to look...
Top 7 Animatronic Beasties in Film
Here are seven of the most famous — and infamous — animatronic monsters in film history.
High-energy E3 bodes well for videogame lovers
Scintillating titles, hot motion-sensing controllers and rich 3-D play dazzled videogame lovers at a high-energy Electronic Entertainment Expo that heralded stellar times ahead.
Jumbo jellyfish or massive star?
Some might see a blood-red jellyfish in a forest of seaweed, while others might see a big, red eye or a pair of lips. In fact, the red-coloured object in...
OnLive takes videogames into the Internet 'cloud'
OnLive took videogames into the "cloud" on Thursday with the US launch of a service that hosts hot titles as services on the Internet, eliminating the need for consoles.
Partial Lunar Eclipse Coming On June 26
The moon is set to put on an interesting sky show. A partial lunar eclipse will take place on June 26 and be visible to skywatchers in parts of North...
From Watson and Crick to Ozzy Osbourne…57 years of genetics.
Two scientific stories in the press have caught my eye this week. The first was the announcement that the discovery of DNA, made by the now legendary scientists...
Panel Demands NASA Documents to Support Budget
A Congressional committee is demanding that the space agency provide a host of records related to its budget request for 2011.
Space News to Webcast Live Chat With NASA's Deputy Chief
NASA deputy chief Lori Garver will discuss the new direction for NASA in a live webcast with Space News deputy editor Brian Berger on Tuesday, June 22.
As the Sun awakens, NASA keeps a wary eye on space weather
Earth and space are about to come into contact in a way that's new to human history. To make preparations, authorities in Washington, DC recently held a meeting on space...
Astronomers Discover Star-Studded Galaxy Tail
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has discovered a galaxy tail studded with bright knots of new stars. The tail, which was created as the galaxy IC 3418 plunged into...
Saturn Lightning Superbolts Revealed in New Photos
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed new photographs of powerful lightning flashing on Saturn after steadily watching a particularly stormy part of the ringed planet, according to a new study.
Nobel winners and losers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Author Erling Norrby discusses how the Nobel Prizes for the sciences, while often awarding breakthrough efforts, also can miss pivotal findings that made a difference.