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Black holes linked with galaxy formation
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A team of U.S. and German astronomers says the most massive galaxies in the universe grew simultaneously with the supermassive black holes...
European team finds smallest transiting extrasolar planet ever
The CoRoT satellite has discovered a planet only twice as large as the Earth orbiting a star slightly smaller than the Sun. It is the smallest extrasolar planet (planet outside...
Rover Spirit resumes driving
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit resumed driving Saturday after engineers gained confidence from diagnostic activities earlier in the week evaluating how well the rover senses its orientation...
Rain tanks could spread dengue fever
Researchers have found that an increase in rainwater tanks could dramatically expand the habitat of the dengue fever-carrying mosquitoes.
Testbeds To Breed Next-generation Systems
The systems that let you zap a photo to a friend, or an astronomer to control a telescope continents away, require intensive simulation and testing. European research has now made...
What happens when a stone impacts on water
Researchers at the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), the University of Twente in the Netherlands and the University of Seville in Spain have explained the formation and behaviour...
Mock Orion Spaceship Arrives at NASA Spaceport
A mock Orion capsule and launch abort tower arrived at NASA's spaceport Wednesday.
NASA seeks moon lander concepts
HOUSTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has issued a request for proposals for concept definition and requirements analysis for the Altair lunar lander.
Senior NASA Researcher Named UAHuntsville Vice President
Dr. John M. Horack, a senior NASA research executive who has been a key scientist in many of the space agency's high-profile programs, has been chosen as the Vice President...
Distant planet's roasting orbit
Nasa's Spitzer space telescope observes a far-off planet that experiences wild temperature swings.
Cosmic Log: Greenbacks go to green tech
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Tens of billions of dollars in President Obama's stimulus package are being directed at a green-tech triple play. Or is it just a greener shade...
Eccentric Exoplanet Gets Hot Flashes
A Jupiter-like world 190 light-years away passes so close to its host star during its odd orbit that its temperature spikes dramatically, according to a new study.
New Documentary Follows Broadcasts 'Live From The Moon'
The new documentary "Live From the Moon" details how the iconic lunar broadcasts were made.
Young scientists clear hurdle in national competition
Intel Science Talent Search finalists announced
U.S. rocketry competition is under way
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says 20 college student teams are spending the winter building rockets they will launch this spring in a rocketry...
New steps in ESA/Commission cooperation on GMES
ESA PR 03-2009. Today in Brussels, the amendment to the EC-ESA GMES agreement was signed by Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, the ESA Director General, and Mr Heinz Zourek, Director General of...
Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft
NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have...
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Hot, Young Stars and More
Stunning starlets, imagined Martian organisms, an emphatically all-terrain rover, and more in the week's best space images.
Wall Divides East and West Sides of Cosmic Metropolis
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study unveils NGC 604, the largest region of star formation in the nearby galaxy M33, in its first deep, high-resolution view in X- rays. This composite...
NASA camera gets unique inaugural image
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says one of its spinoff technologies from the Mars rovers was used to capture a unique image of President...
Cassini Team Pushes for 7-Year Extended Mission at Saturn
Scientists push for a seven-year extension of the Cassini mission to Saturn.
New Limits on the Origin of Dark Matter
(PhysOrg.com) -- Determining the identity of dark matter, the mysterious stuff thought to make up the vast majority of matter in the universe, is one of the most fundamental challenges...
The world's first free, open access astronomical observatory officially opened
The Montegancedo Astronomical Observatory, based at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid's School of Computing and part of the Madrid Region's ASTROCAM network, was officially opened on 23 January 2009, coinciding...
Earth's seasons arrive two days earlier
BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say summer's peak temperature and winter's extreme low have shifted with the cycle of seasons and human activity might be...
New theory of galactic creation proposed
JERUSALEM, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Israeli scientists have proposed a new theory of how galaxies were formed in the universe billions of years ago.
Meet Jaluro, a Two-Wheeled Open-Source Lunar Rover
Jaluro is a two-wheeled moon rover entry in the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize contest.
China builds super-sized radio telescope
Giant dish will look for pulsars beyond the Milky Way
Ian Sample reports on the extraordinary information being sent back from Mars
High in the sky above Mars, it is snowing right now. Very gently snowing. The snow does not settle on the rubble-strewn land below - not these days, anyway -...