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White Christmas In Antarctica
The idea of a white Christmas may seem magical for many of us, but spare a thought for a team of scientists forgoing the festive season to take part in...
Leaving Home: The Legacy of Apollo 8
The legacy of NASA's historic Apollo 8 mission reaches out toward Mars.
Vatican Gives Galileo An Image Makeover
Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero. The Vatican is recasting the most famous victim of its Inquisition as a man of faith, just in time for the 400th...
U.S. and Russian Crew Do Spacewalk
U.S. and Russian crewmen installed a probe aimed at tracking down problems with a module attached to the international space station during a six-hour spacewalk.
Ariane rocket launches satellites for Eutelsat
KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) - A European Ariane-5 rocket blasted off from French Guiana on Saturday putting into orbit two satellites for Europe's telecoms operator Eutelsat, officials said.
PS3s help astrophysicists solve black hole mystery
Using only the computing power of 16 Sony Playstation 3 gaming consoles, scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville and the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, have solved a mystery...
Meteorite fall near Alberta-Sask. border could set record: scientist
The fireball that lit up prairie skies this fall might have resulted in Canada's largest recorded meteorite fall, a scientist who led a team that collected more than 100 fragments...
Next NASA Moon Mission Completes Major Milestone
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing, which simulates the extreme hot, cold and airless conditions of space LRO will experience after launch....
Saturn's Crazy Christmas Tilt
You look through the telescope. Blink. Shake your head and look again. The planet you expected to see in the eyepiece is not the one that's actually there. Too much...
Galactic Halfway House Discovered
Scientists have spotted a rare class of galaxy that could represent a cosmic halfway-house between two stages of galaxy development.
Mine life may show how Martian life exists
TOWER, Minn., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Scientists could learn about Martian water life by plumbing a spring in an iron ore mine in Minnesota's Iron Range, University of...
Tiny clues to collision in space
University researchers find evidence of a massive meteorite shower in the far north of Scotland.
Drama In The Heart Of The Tarantula Nebula
A new Chandra X-ray Observatory image of the Tarantula Nebula gives scientists a close-up view of the drama of star formation and evolution. The Tarantula, also known as 30 Doradus,...
Nasa hunts for rubber ducks used to track melting of Arctic icecap
Sailors, fishermen and cruise passengers should be on the alert.
Scientists seek ways to ward off killer asteroids
A blue-ribbon panel of scientists is trying to determine the best way to detect and ward off any wandering space rocks that might be on a collision course with Earth....
BREAKING NEWS: SpaceShipTwo Carrier Craft Takes Off on Test Flight
A carrier aircraft designed to be the first stage of a commercial spaceline system made took off on its maiden test flight today at the Mojave Air and Space Port...
NASA's spending is under scrutiny
Obama's transition team wants to know about the agency's basic money management, including cost overruns. ...
NASA: 2T Tons Of Land Ice Melted Since '03
More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what...
NASA study links severe storm increases, global warming
The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics - the type associated with severe storms and rainfall - is increasing as a result of global warming, according to a...
NASA Astronaut Readapts to Life on Earth
Astronaut Greg Chamitoff is readapting to life on Earth after six months in space.
Solar Activity Between 1250 - 1850 Linked To Temperature Changes in Altai
Scientists have discovered a strong link between regional temperatures and the solar activity in the period 1250-1850, concluding that the sun was an important driver of preindustrial temperature changes in...
How astronauts went to the Moon and ended up discovering planet Earth
Forty years ago this Christmas the first human beings reached the moon. But their historic feat is better remembered for an image of what they left behind - planet Earth.
New one-of-a-kind technology will fly on two NASA missions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of Idaho have developed unique new technology that will be used in upcoming NASA missions that will study the Earth and Sun-Earth connection.
Spanish solar firms accused of fraud
Hundreds of companies falsely registered to receive higher subsidies.
NASA Might Change Hubble Mission Requirement to Keep Ares 1-X on Schedule
NASA may change Hubble shuttle rescue plans to aid Ares rocket test.
Attorney in Former Astronaut's Trial Files For Evidence Rehearing
An attorney for former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak has filed for a rehearing on case evidence.
EA to shut Vancouver's Black Box studio
A week after cancelling plans to expand its presence in British Columbia, video-game giant Electronic Arts. Inc. announced Friday morning it would further contract, closing downtown Vancouver's Black Box studio...
Science fiction – science fact: new 'Space-in-Bytes' video lesson
Whether it's Star Trek USS Enterprise, or the iconic space station from 2001: A Space Odyssey, science fiction has always provided inspiration and ideas for the scientists and engineers that...