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See the Milky Way Galaxy Like Never Before in Stunning 360-Degree View (Video)

11 years ago from Space.com

A new 360-degree view of the Milky Way allows astronomy buffs to explore the galaxy in a comprehensive new way. Scientists with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have created a zoomable...

Space Sunflower May Help Snap Pictures of Planets

A spacecraft that looks like a giant sunflower might one day be used to acquire images of Earth-like rocky planets around nearby stars.

Incredible Technology: Giant Starshade Could Help Find an Alien Earth

11 years ago from Space.com

A flower-shaped spacecraft may help scientists see Earth-like alien worlds like never before. Called a 'starshade,' the huge, sunflower-like spacecraft would deploy to its full size in space, blocking the...

You Really Like Us! A Cosmic Thank You to Our 1 Million+ Facebook Fans (Infographic)

11 years ago from Space.com

Just this week Space.com’s Facebook following surpassed the one million mark.

Doubt cast on evidence for wet Moon

11 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Scientists have cast doubt on a major part of the case for the Moon having once held abundant water.

Historic "Pulse Flow" Brings Water to Parched Colorado River Delta

11 years ago from National Geographic

A binational agreement called Minute 319 brings life to Colorado River Delta after five decades of withdrawal.

Braving perilous Drake Passage to Brazil's Antarctic base

11 years ago from Physorg

Furious ten-meter waves and icy, tempestuous gales await those intrepid enough to navigate Drake Passage, the crossing from the tip of South America to Antarctica seen by seafarers as one...

How astronauts survive diplomatic tensions in space

11 years ago from Physorg

While the United States and Russia traded sanctions this week in a burgeoning crisis over Crimea, astronauts from both nations rose above the discord in their sanctuary hundreds of miles...

StratoBus airship prototype targeted within next five years (w/ video)

11 years ago from Physorg

(Phys.org) —A project that presents a concept of something between drone and satellite is under way. The vehicle is called StratoBus, developed in Europe. The StratoBus will be able to...

Wow! The Most Amazing Images in Science This Week

11 years ago from Live Science

A few of our favorite images this week are chickens from hell, a space monkey star factory and baby crocs. Check out the rest.

Capturing Comet Halley

11 years ago from Space.com

Capturing the world's most famous comet from the Florida Keys, Victor Rogus was inspired for a lifetime of astronomy.

The Week In Numbers: The Alcohol Content Of Rocket Fuel, Ripples From The Big Bang, And More

11 years ago from PopSci

Laser antenna Robert Forward's proposed free-space laser antenna to detect gravity waves from the Crab Nebula. Central satellite of three has laser and beam splitter. Two outer spacecraft have reflectors. Bill Bourne/ Popular...

Spacecraft Returns Seven Particles From Birth of the Solar System

11 years ago from Science NOW

After years of searching, researchers recover tiny bits of the stuff that forms planets and people

High-Tech Telescope 'MUSE' Creates 3D Views of the Universe (Video, Images)

11 years ago from Live Science

A new telescope tool for peering into the cosmos and creating three-dimensional views of the universe has passed its first major test at a European observatory in Chile's high desert.

Private Space Taxis on Track for 2017 Launch, NASA Says

11 years ago from Space.com

The four private companies NASA is counting on to develop manned spaceships — Boeing, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and SpaceX — are notching the many milestones set by...

NASA Wants $6 Million Worth of Ideas for Grabbing Asteroid

11 years ago from MSNBC: Science

NASA is putting out a formal call for projects that will help robots and astronauts grab an asteroid from deep space and bring it closer to Earth for study.The Broad...

Director of German-Spanish Observatory Resigns Over Funding, Strategy

11 years ago from Science NOW

Medium-sized observatory is struggling to find new role in the era of giant telescopes

New Porn Studies Journal Launches

11 years ago from Live Science

A new journal devoted to the study of pornography launched today (March 21) with papers about the culture and content of porn. Researchers hope the journal will help pull the...

Astrophysicists Target Mystery of Powerful Particles

11 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

University of Chicago astrophysicist Angela Olinto helps to unravel the mystery of high-energy cosmic rays by leading the U.S. collaboration on an international project to deploy an ultraviolet telescope on...

Space History Photo: Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE)

11 years ago from Space.com

This NASA SR-71 completes its first flight at Dryden Flight Research Center.

Monster Gamma-Ray Burst | Space Wallpaper

11 years ago from Live Science

This space wallpaper shows an unusually bright gamma-ray burst, which produced a jet that emerged at nearly the speed of light. Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful type of explosions...

Rosetta's instruments come alive

11 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

After its near three-year, deep-space hibernation, the comet-chasing Rosetta probe begins testing its science payload.

Scientists drilling the universe to uncover its history

11 years ago from Physorg

WA scientists are using telescopes to drill holes in the universe to unlock how galaxies have evolved.

NASA 'game-changing' space propellant tank to stay grounded for now

11 years ago from Physorg

A lighter and stronger "game-changing" tank that could have flown in space in a few years will be tested on the ground only, at least for now, according to the...

What happens when the poles flip?

11 years ago from Physorg

Have you heard the startling news that the Earth's poles might flip? Perhaps in the response to a close pass from the mysterious Planet X? Are you imagining the entire...

Week in Space: Cassini's Crescent, Cassiopeia's Soul, and Golden Knots

11 years ago from National Geographic

Thrill to the celestial bounty, from falling stars to portraits of Saturn, in this week's best space pictures.

Compact fluorescent bulbs often end up in trash

11 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Compact fluorescent light bulbs containing toxic mercury are either being thrown in the trash or hoarded at home instead of being disposed of properly by most Canadians, a Statistics Canada...

Top 10 cosmological discoveries

11 years ago from Sciencenews.org

The cosmic microwave background radiation has played a part in many of cosmology’s greatest discoveries.