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Sonography In Space
Astronauts on extended space missions can get injured or develop diseases, necessitating immediate diagnosis and treatment. Research conducted on the International Space Station ensuring that astronauts could accurately perform remotely-guided...
Comet Particles Provide Glimpse Of Solar System's Birth Spasms
Scientists are tracking the violent convulsions in the giant cloud of gas and dust that gave birth to the solar system 4.5 billion years ago via a few tiny particles...
Software Glitches Delay GeoEye Satellite Use
The GeoEye-1 high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite will not enter commercial service until December.
Shock Waves Needed to Create Planets
Shock waves around dusty, young stars might be creating the raw materials for planets.
Starwatch: Cepheus and Cassiopeia
Jupiter and the more brilliant Venus are heading for a spectacular conjunction low in the SW at nightfall. As they sink towards the horizon, a pair of celestial royalty is...
Science Weekly podcast: Dark Matter, John Gribbin, a carrot mob, Nasa's Martian probe and Darwin's beard
This week's guest is astronomer and prolific author John Gribbin. We discuss dark matter and why the moon is so important. Plus, why the Earth, the universe and everything is...
US space-funeral company plans to launch lunar cemetery
A US funeral business that specializes in launching cremated human remains into Earth's orbit has begun taking reservations for landing small capsules of ashes on the moon, announced the company's...
The Lede: Tasting NASA's Recycled Water
Hauling water into orbit is so expensive that a system to clean up and re-use astronauts’ sweat, urine and other waste moisture was a bargain even at $250 million.
Handyman to Return to His Space Workshop
Donald R. Pettit calls the International Space Station his “home away from home” and will be returning on the space shuttle Endeavor’s latest trip.
MDA awarded contract to design satellite fleet
The Canadian Space Agency on Friday awarded a $40-million contract to MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) to begin designing the successors to the Radarsat-2 satellite.
Moonwalker Stomps on New Space Plan
Apollo 17 moonwalker and U.S. Senator Jack Schmitt does not like new master plan for space.
Czech flag raised over ESA
A historic event took place at ESA sites across Europe today - the flag of the Czech Republic was hoisted alongside those of ESA's other Member States, officially symbolising the...
Physicists part of research team testing Nobel-winning theory
Soeren Prell and a team of Iowa State University researchers are part of an international research team testing a theory that led to a share of the 2008 Nobel Prize...
Scientists launch vast observatory to solve cosmic mysteries
Scientists in western Argentina were set to inaugurate on Friday the world's largest astronomical observatory, hoping to unlock the mysteries of high energy cosmic rays that bombard the Earth.
To widen path to outer space, UF engineers build small satellite
It's not much bigger than a softball and weighs just 2 pounds. But the 'pico satellite' being designed and built in a University of Florida aerospace engineering laboratory may hold...
Moon gets a fresh close-up in restored classic NASA photos
The first up-close images of the lunar landscape were long hidden away in storage. The space agency and private space buffs have started to refurbish and reissue the photos. ...
SETI Astronomer Envisions Technology Capable of Receiving ET Signals by 2032
(PhysOrg.com) -- SETI, (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Senior Astronomer Seth Shostak and host of the weekly radio show "Are We Alone," predicted during a recent conference in San Francisco...
Methane site ruled out on Mars
Engineers say potential spacecraft landing spot is too risky.
NASA's New High-Performance Engine for Ares Rocket Passes Review
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's newest high-performance rocket engine, the J-2X, successfully completed its critical design review Thursday at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Space software to control digital TV broadcasting
Imagine how difficult it is to control a spacecraft thousands of miles away, ensure it arrives at the right location and then get the scientific and photographic equipment up and...
Confusing creation with creationism
Intelligent design and young Earth creationism are both false, but that does not discount the notion of creation, writes Michael Poole
First Pictures of Alien Planet System Revealed
Astronomers today unvieled unprecedented glimpses of planets outside our solar system, including the first ever images of another multiplanet system and the first visible-light images of an extrasolar planet.
Video - Direct from the Moon: on National Geographic Channel
Intimate portraits of Earth's natural satellite from Japan's Kaguya high definition spacecraft.
Astronomers See Exoplanets for First Time
Direct detection is the latest step toward discovering other, possibly inhabited, Earths
NASA Mars Lander Receives Award From Magazine
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has won recognition from Popular Science magazine as an innovation worthy of the publication's "Best of What's New" Grand Award in the aviation and space category.
Water heater choice and maintenance can reduce energy costs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Between 16 and 18 percent of home energy is used to generate hot water, so hot water tank maintenance can pay big dividends on your energy bill.
Compact research freezers to debut in space
When the space shuttle Endeavour lifts off this month, its flight crew will be taking new research equipment designed and built by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
NASA tests equipment designed for the moon
HILO, Hawaii, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has concluded nearly two weeks of testing equipment and lunar rover concepts in Hawaii.