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Ready to rumble: Taking on Titan's thunder
Future missions to the Saturn moon Titan may look for lightning in a novel way — by searching for its rumbling companion, thunder.
Space-Time Ripples: How Scientists Could Detect Gravity Waves
Violent events like neutron star mergers could create these space-time ripples.
VIDEO: Time lapse shows how penguins huddle
The mystery of how penguins stay warm while they huddle has been revealed with time lapse footage.
Endeavour to reach LA home in late 2012
LOS ANGELES, June 2 (UPI) -- The shuttle Endeavour, after its recently complete last mission, is expected to arrive at its Los Angeles retirement in the latter half of...
LOFAR creates deeper images of universe than ever before
An international team led by astronomers at ASTRON and the Kapteyn Institute of the University of Groningen have used the LOFAR telescope, designed and constructed by ASTRON, to make the...
Earth Has Herky-Jerky Gravity
Orbiting our planet, spacecraft really take their lumps and bumps. Europe's GOCE satellite has produced the most detailed map of the Earth's gravitational field, helping scientists understand ocean circulation and...
Keeping the power on in space
All space missions have one inescapable dependency: the electricity flowing through their systems to keep them alive. Take away its power and a spacecraft is nothing more than space debris...
Better hearing with spaced-apart ears
(PhysOrg.com) -- Detectors in the US, Germany and Italy are lying in wait to gather evidence that would unveil one of Albert Einsteins last secrets: gravitational waves. Up to now,...
Video: Man uses app to locate Macbook thief
Joshua Kaufman of Oakland, Calif., used theft-tracking software to take pictures of the man who supposedly stole his Macbook laptop. Jeff Glor reports.
Astronomers Nab $500,000 Prize for Hunting Elusive Dark Matter
Four astronomers who helped befuddle the world by discovering evidence for dark matter have won a prestigious cosmology prize.
Man-Size Meteor From Comet Lights Up Georgia Sky
A brilliant meteor blazed through the sky above Georgia recently, and two NASA fireball-monitoring cameras caught the display on video.
Shuttles, Turning Sedentary, Leave Pieces Behind for Science and Safety
As NASA gets its space shuttles ready to be shipped out to museums, crews have been flooded with requests to squirrel away parts of the spacecraft for analysis.
A night with the stars ... in a conference room
Ancient astronomers looked up at the dark skies in wonder, as the stars marched by overhead like precision dancers. In the early 17th century, Galileo Galilei brought the world one...
Milky Way's twin seen in faraway galaxy
Spiral galaxy found 30 million light-years away - and it's quite a looker
Astronaut says NASA should be replaced
FERGUS FALLS, Minn., May 31 (UPI) -- A former U.S. astronaut says NASA has lost focus and leadership and should be dismantled and replaced with a deep space exploration...
UFOs Spotted Over California?
Does a new video reveal alien spacecraft flying over Oakland? Our UFO expert takes a look.
3-D model mimics volcanic blast
Cosmic Log: A new 3-D model that realistically mimics the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens is helping scientists understand the dynamics of such blasts and may help them map...
Twisted ring of gas orbits galactic center
The Herschel Space Observatory scanned the center of the galaxy in far-infrared and found a cool (in all senses of the word) twisting ring of rapidly orbiting gas clouds. The...
Tweetup at NASA's JPL Previews 2011 Missions
JPL will host a Tweetup on Monday, June 6, for more than 100 NASA Twitter followers, who registered in April. Portions will be broadcast live.
Voyager 1 measures magnetic mayhem
When Voyager 1 passed into the heliosheath in 2004, it became the first man-made object to explore the remote edge of the Suns magnetic influence. Launched by NASA on September...
Asteroid Moons Reveal Space Rock to Be Giant Rubble Pile
The asteroid Kleopatra two moons have revealed a great deal about the space rock's composition.
What to See - Fascinating Objects in the Night Sky
There are a great many wonders to see in the night sky. A telescope is your magic carpet, your time machine and much more.
The Serious Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe
SETI Institute experts address four key questions on the topic of intelligent life beyond Earth and how to systematically and scientifically look for it.
Photos: Sunspots on Earth's Closest Star
Seeing spots on the sun has a long history. Check out some great sunspot photos.
Hot stuff: the making of BepiColombo
For BepiColombo, ESA has had to extend the limits of existing design standards and develop altogether new design concepts as well. How to begin building a spacecraft that needs to...
The 6 Classic Orbital Elements
'Project Calliope' will have a nearly circular polar low-earth orbit... but what does that actually mean? Here's a brief mini course in orbital mechanics.Any orbit requires 6 elements to specify...
Video: Sullenberger on Air France Flight 447 crash
Harry Smith speaks with CBS News aviation and safety expert Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger about Air France Flight 447 and what black box recordings from the cockpit tell us about...
Spacewatch: International Space Station timings and positions
Satellite watchers call it the ISS marathon, and it is just beginning. For a few weeks each summer, the height of the Earth's shadow overhead at night at the latitude of London...