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Space Image: Rings, Titan and Enceladus
Saturns icy moon Enceladus hangs below the gas giants rings while Titan lurks in the background, in this new image taken by the Cassini spacecraft. Faint detail of the tiger stripe...
Mysterious Particle Found After Decades of Searching
The Majorana fermion acts as its own antiparticle, but nobody had ever detected it before now.
Uranus's weird auroras captured by Hubble
Strange auroras that are very different from Earth's northern lights have been observed on Uranus using the Hubble Space Telescope.
Designing the interplanetary web
Reliable Internet access on the Moon, near Mars or for astronauts on a space station? How about controlling a planetary rover from a spacecraft in deep space? These are just...
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a ... Yep! [video] | @GrrlScientist
This morning's Caturday video smile features my favourite source of entertaining behaviour: birds! This week's Caturday video smile comes from an eagle-eyed friend of mine, Friends Of Darwin. In this video, we watch...
China to build observatory in Tibet
LHASA, Tibet, April 13 (UPI) -- A remote area in southwest Tibet may be chosen as the location for a new international astronomical observatory, a leading Chinese astronomer said.
Try This! Close-to-wide squat
You don't need a gym or pricey fitness machines to get a great workout. Here Jackie Warner (www.jackiewarner.com), star of Bravo's fitness reality show "Work Out," and author of the...
Infant galaxy offers tantalyzing peek at early Universe
Infant galaxy offers tantalyzing peek at early UniverseNature News , 13042012 doi: 10.1038/nature.2012.10450Ron CowenDiscovery hints at an unexpected cohort of baby star systems.
Turn out the lights: the stargazers' plea for dark skies
Fewer and fewer stars are visible in Britain due to light pollution, and dark sky campaigners claim we are losing touch with the universe as a result. But is it safe to...
NASA's Viking Mission Found Life on Mars?
A fresh look at NASA data suggests that a robotic mission uncovered microbial life on Mars—more than 30 years ago.
Comet Garradd departs
An outbound comet that provided a nice show for skywatchers late last year is the target of an ongoing investigation by NASA's Swift satellite. Formally designated C/2009 P1 (Garradd), the...
VIDEO: Can you count penguins from space?
An international team of scientists has been using high resolution satellite images from space to count penguins.
Planet Venus Visible All Night Long This Weekend
The planet Venus is currently staying up extremely late. Here's how to see it.
Space Shuttle and 747 Mating: In-Depth Look | Video
The orbiter and its flying taxi, a retrofitted jumbo 747, have shared many a flight. Take a look at the history and development of the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) and catch...
Scientist beams up a real "Star Trek" tricorder
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starships, warp speed, transporters, phasers. Think "Star Trek" technology is only the stuff of fiction? Think again.
Hubble sees Messier 70: Tight and bright
(Phys.org) -- In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the brilliance of the compact center of Messier 70, a globular cluster. Quarters are always tight in globular...
UC Berkeley passes management of Allen Telescope Array to SRI
Hat Creek Radio Observatory in Northern California, from which University of California, Berkeley, telescopes most recently the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) scanned the Milky Way and other galaxies...
Pulsing Stars Could Probe Space-Time Around Black Holes
A pulsar near the black hole could help scientists understand how it distorts the space-time.
Now Boarding: Inside NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
History will come full circle when the modified jet carries Enterprise once again.
Constellation's 'Eye of Sauron' Look-Alike: Close-Up View | Video
Within the constellation of Piscis Austrinus lies the star Fomalhaut. It is surrounded by a huge disc of dust - creating its comparison to 'the Eye' made famous by the...
NASA to Discuss New Mars Plans Today: How to Listen
NASA will detail work to revamp its Mars exploration program today at 1 p.m. ET.
'Amazing' meteor dazzles stargazers across Midwest
In a few days - barring cloud cover - the night skies will present one of the more arresting displays of meteors streaking through space.
Is this proof of life on Mars?
The Curiosity rover is currently on its way to Mars, scheduled to make a dramatic landing within Gale Crater in mid-August and begin its hunt for the geologic signatures of...
Hawks win, doves pay for being odd
(Phys.org) -- In a crowd, looking different can be dangerous, at least if youre a pigeon.
Star trekking: a quest for darkness
Astronomer Steve Owens is heading to Saint Helena in the south Atlantic to see if the remote island is dark enough to qualify for 'international dark sky place' statusThe small south Atlantic island...
Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon, Facts and Discovery
Titan is the only moon in the solar system with a thick atmosphere. See more Titan facts here.
Commercial platform offers exposure at space station
Researchers will be able to expose experiments to the weightlessness and vacuum of space by using a new commercial platform outside of International Space Station (ISS).
Mars Viking Robots ‘Found Life’
In 1976, the National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA) launched the Viking program, sending space probes to Mars to determine whether [...]