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Sticky fingers: Moon rocks missing at NASA

11 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Report says that NASA has lost more than 500 moon rocks brought to Earth by Apollo astronauts

2012 Apocalypse Fears Unfounded, NASA Says

11 years ago from Live Science

No secret planet called Nibiru exists, and the Mayan calendar does not end.

NASA doomsday? Paleoclimate record points toward potential rapid climate changes

11 years ago from Science Blog

New research into the Earth's paleoclimate history by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies director James E. Hansen suggests the potential for rapid climate changes this century, including...

Alien Planet Warps Its Solar System

11 years ago from Live Science

Even as the planet orbiting Beta Pictoris twists and kinks the debris disk around the star, the disk drags and distorts the orbit of the planet.

Scientist: Russia's Failed Mars' Moon Probe Worth a Second Try

11 years ago from Live Science

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

New Mars rover to move 'unaided'

11 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Scientists in Oxfordshire unveil a space project enabling vehicles to roam Mars unaided for the first time.

In glowing, swirling dust, new stars are born

11 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- An image taken by UA astrophotographer Adam Block, chosen by NASA as Astronomy Picture of the Day, brings us the best yet glimpse into a stellar nursery about...

NASA presents software of the year award

11 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS), novel autonomy software that has been operating on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity since December 2009, is NASA's 2011 Software of...

Ten successful years of mapping the middle atmosphere

11 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- On December 7, 2001, a Delta II rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying a spacecraft designed to observe a little known area of the atmosphere that...

Tidal locking could render habitable planets inhospitable

11 years ago from Physorg

Tidally-locked planets - planets with one side perpetually facing their star while the other remains shrouded in darkness - tend to be warmer on one side than the other. The...

Explorer's daughter reaches pole

11 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

The daughter of explorer David Hempleman-Adams becomes the youngest person to ski to the South Pole.

Watch the replay: ‘Bumpy borders’ on the Earth from Space programme

11 years ago from European Space Agency

Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites. Watch...

'Faster-than-light' particles spark science drama

11 years ago from Physorg

Oh Albert. Did you get it wrong? In 2011, physics was shaken by an experiment which said the Universe's speed limit, enshrined by Einstein in his 1905 theory of special...

US director makes first smartphone movie

11 years ago from Physorg

An independent US filmmaker has made what is believed to be the first feature-length movie shot with a smartphone, to be released next week -- with actress Gena Rowlands in...

Global warming will boost solar power in Europe but cause losses elsewhere

11 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Scientists have predicted how changes to temperature and the distribution of sunlight will effect solar technologiesAmid all the discussion about how energy sources may impact on climate change, we often overlook the fact...

Satellites show changing vegetation norms

11 years ago from UPI

GREENBELT, Md., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Scientists say satellite data show 20 years of warming temperatures in Quebec have resulted in an increase in the amount of shrubs and...

Latest Fermi studies find no trace of dark matter

11 years ago from Physics World

Measurements do not necessarily contradict past evidence, physicists say

Backpacks, not the bombs inside, key to finding DNA

11 years ago from Science Blog

Catching terrorists who detonate bombs may be easier by testing the containers that hide the bombs rather than the actual explosives, according to pioneering research led by Michigan State University.

Colorado Wants a Commercial Spaceport, Gov. Says

11 years ago from Space.com

Colorado officials are seeking spaceport designation from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Russia to add GPS satellites

11 years ago from UPI

MOSCOW, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Russia will launch two more navigation satellites by year's end as part of Glonass, the Russian equivalent of the U.S. global positioning system, officials...

China honors its 'father' of space efforts

11 years ago from UPI

BEIJING, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- China says it is commemorating the centennial birth anniversary of Qian Xuesen, considered the country's father of space technology.

Nobel Winners Keep Eyes on the Real Prize: Solving Dark Energy Riddle

11 years ago from Live Science

Three astrophysicists hope that breakthroughs in dark energy studies will come within the next decade.

Revolutionary navigation system for future Mars rovers

11 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- An autonomous navigation system that will enable a future planetary rover vehicle to be in complete control of its own actions as it explores the surface of Mars...

Meteor Crater Helps Unlock Planetary History

11 years ago from Space.com

The Barringer meteorite crater can teach us not just about Earth, but other planets as well.

Europe's Vega rocket launch set for early 2012

11 years ago from Physorg

Europe's new Vega rocket, which can place a 1.5-ton satellite into low-Earth orbit, is expected to see its first launch early next year, Arianespace chief Jean-Yves Le Gall said Thursday.

The birth of a telescope 30 times larger than Earth

11 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- On 15 November 2011, the Effelsberg 100-meter radio telescope, together with three Russian and one Ukrainian telescope, took part in the first interferometric observations with the orbiting 10-meter...

VIDEO: Self-Lubrication Speeds Avalanches

11 years ago from Science NOW

Colliding ice particles melt at the surface, allowing faster flow

Study: Supplemental reading programs work better when aligned with core curricula

11 years ago from Physorg

Students who struggle with reading get an extra benefit from a supplemental reading program when its content is aligned with the students' core reading curriculum, according to a study published...