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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Reveals New Footage, Behind-the-Scenes Commentary
New footage has been released for Star Trek Into Darkness, which is only a week away.
Europe launches new satellites into space
Europe's lightweight rocket, Vega, was launched from Kourou space base in French Guiana late Monday for the first mission, webcast live, since its maiden flight in February last year.
Hearing the Russian meteor, in America: Sound arrived in 10 hours, lasted 10 more
(Phys.org) —How powerful was February's meteor that crashed into Russia? Strong enough that its explosive entry into our atmosphere was detected almost 6,000 miles away in Lilburn, Ga., by infrasound...
Virtual Winners Announced in NASA's Space Apps Challenge
The space agency picked four winning teams that participated online in last month's hackathon.
Beyond Kepler: New Missions to Search for Alien Planets
NASA and the European Space Agency are doubling down in the search for alien planets.
Space History Photo: Newman Waves at Camera from Unity Module
An image of Mission Specialist James Newman during the first of three EVAs.
Undergrad shows how Saturn magnetosphere changes with seasons
A University of Iowa undergraduate student has discovered that a process occurring in Saturn’s magnetosphere is linked to the planet’s seasons and changes with them, a finding that helps...
The Rio Scale: Quantifying the consequences of an ET discovery
Among the mysteries of the Universe that are able to be investigated by science, the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence remains one of the most fascinating.
New experiments set to detect gravitational waves
(Phys.org) —Over the next five years, Mansi Kasliwal writes in an astrophysics perspective in the journal Science, researchers will begin setting up experiments designed to detect gravitational waves. Kasliwal, an...
Eyeball earths
Alien worlds resembling giant eyeballs might exist around red dwarf stars, and researchers are now proposing experiments to simulate these distant planets and see how capable they are of supporting...
Russian researcher claims to have found rocks from object that caused Tunguska explosion
(Phys.org) —Andrei Zlobin of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Vernadsky State Geological Museum, claims in a paper he's uploaded to the preprint server arXiv, that he's found rocks he believe...
Predicting Otherwise
Planning for the future predicted by our current data leaves us vulnerable to unexpected derailments. Embracing uncertainty and preparing for the implausible gives us the chance to choose a better world.Prediction can feel...
NASA opens new era in measuring western US snowpack
(Phys.org) —A new NASA airborne mission has created the first maps of the entire snowpack of two major mountain watersheds in California and Colorado, producing the most accurate measurements to...
Student Researchers Headed to Greenland to Test NASA Robot 'Grover' with Boise State Radar System
Boise State graduate students Gabriel Trisca, computer science, and Mark Robertson, geophysics, leave Friday to spend a full month at Summit Camp at Greenland's highest point, where they will help...
Under pressure: How the density of exoplanets' atmospheres weighs on the odds for alien life
At this early stage in the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system and beyond, the emphasis is on liquid water. Where it can exist on a planet's or...
NASA Mulls Missions for Donated Spy Satellite Telescopes
The list of possible uses is pretty long at this point.
Drone Boosterism
The Pentagon, military, intelligence agencies and military contractors are longtime proponents of UAVs for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. Following President Bush’s declaration of a “global war on terrorism,”...
Black Hole Consumes Light Snack - Space Videos - redOrbit
This video is a composite of images from several space-based instruments.
Wales tidal energy energy project nabs $2.9 million in EU funding
CARDIFF, Wales, May 3 (UPI) -- A tidal energy project off the west coast of Wales has received $2.9 million in European Union funding, Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones...
The Lady of Fátima & the Miracle of the Sun
Worshipers at Fátima believed that the Virgin Mary spoke to three children and that they all saw the sun "dancing in the sky."
GOES-R EXIS instrument ready for integration
The first of six instruments that will fly on GOES-R, NOAA's next-generation of geostationary operational environmental satellites, has been completed on schedule, seven months before its scheduled installation onto the...
NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race Won by Puerto Rican Teams
The rugged half-mile race takes students over a course that mimics the cratered lunar surface.
Search for E.T. Should Extend Beyond 'Alien Earths,' Astronomer Says
Many different types of exoplanets could potentially support life, MIT's Sara Seager says.
NASA image: Fires in Southern Australia
Today's image of southern Australia shows a combination of both planned fires and some bushfires.
Grand Spiral Galaxy Shines in Cosmic Loop (Photo)
Astrophotographer Bernard Miller captured this spectacular image of Grand Spiral Galaxy and Arp's Loop.
Winding Okavango | Space Wallpaper
An area covering northern Namibia and southern Angola is pictured in this stunning space wallpaper. Running across this Kompsat-2 satellite image, the Okavango River forms the border between Namibia to...
Humans On Mars? Buzz Think So | Video
The second man to walk on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin, thinks we should set our sights on the Red Planet. Buzz's new book 'Mission to Mars' explains his vision.
Afghan and Pakistani forces clash in deadly, two-hour firefight on border
An Afghan border policeman was killed and two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire along the border late on Wednesday, officials from both countries said, a clash...