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In pictures: Discovery's final voyage, 'walking on Mars' and a solar eruption | A month in space
Our pick of last month's space images include the last mission of the space shuttle Discovery
Man Bites Dog: Dutch Ding Wind Farms
In Land Of Wind Mills, Some Dutch Are Up In Arms Over Plans For a Gigantic Wind Farm Project
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Gallery: CNET's Hands-On Review of the New Samsung Galaxy Tab from the Mobile World Congress.
The Sun As You've Never Seen It
Gallery: As it Marks its First Year in Space, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Keeps Sending Back Stunning Images of the Sun
Beyond 'Jeopardy': Watson's a winner
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: No matter how the man-vs.-machine match turns out on the "Jeopardy" TV game show, artificial-intelligence experts say IBM's Watson is the big winner.
How Real Can a Fake Mars Mission Be?
There's real science behind the fake Mars mission going on now in Russia.
Mock Astronauts to 'Walk' on Fake Mars After 'Landing'
An all-volunteer crew is set to explore a virtual Mars in a 500-day mission to simulate a Red Planet mission.
Scientists develop control system to allow spacecraft to think for themselves
The world's first control system that will allow engineers to program satellites and spacecraft to think for themselves has been developed.
Volunteers begin virtual Mars 'space walk'
Two volunteers from Italy and Russia on Monday stepped out for their first virtual "space walk" on Mars, which came as part of an experiment to study the effects of...
Starwatch: The Orion Hour
If you plan a Valentine's Day rendezvous under the stars this evening then, weather permitting, you should also be able to savour our best evening sky of the year.Our chart plots the...
Hearts in space
Human minds are skilled pattern recognizers, so imagine the sorts of patterns we can see when looking at astronomical objects!Astronomy isn't my specialty, but I do dream of hearts ......
NASA's NPP satellite undergoing flight environmental testing
The NASA National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) climate/weather satellite is undergoing flight environmental testing at Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp's production and test facility in...
Black Holes May Be Younger Than They Look
Super-massive black holes in the universe vary in mass from about one million to 10 billion times the size of our sun, and they're continuing to grow. Now astronomers from Tel...
Stars point to ancient galactic 'meal'
POTSDAM, Germany, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- An Australian astronomer says she's found stars left over when our Milky Way galaxy treated itself to a meal -- devouring a dwarf...
NASA drones to check out 'rivers in the sky'
Unmanned drones are set to fly high in the atmosphere to study so-called rivers in the sky, similar to the so-called Pineapple Express that brought torrential rains and flooding to...
A third of Russians think sun orbits Earth?
Does the sun revolve around the Earth? One in every three Russians thinks so, a spokeswoman for state pollster VsTIOM said on Friday.
Image: A nebula by any other name
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nebulae are enormous clouds of dust and gas occupying the space between the stars. Some have pretty names to match their good looks, for example the Rose nebula,...
@Astro_Paolo and views from space: “It’s amazing!”
Paolo Nespoli, ESA’s astronaut working and living on the Space Station, is sharing his experience with the world via a constant flow of beautiful photos and tweets. Let’s hear from...
"Space Tweeter" Massimino VS The STS-133 Crew
Astronaut Mike Massimino (First Tweeter from Space) jokes around with the crew of the STS-133 mission about the delay in the flight and the last minute addition of Steve Bowen,...
Astronaut's space tales aim to inspire
When NASA astronaut Leland Melvin thinks back on his 12-year career, he estimates he must have read to a half million children, sometimes in classrooms, sometimes via videolink from space.
Outcast Planets Could Support Life
Geothermal activity may sustain hidden oceans on worlds ejected from their planetary systems
A guide star lets scientists see deep into human tissue
Astronomers have a neat trick they sometimes use to compensate for the turbulence of the atmosphere that blurs images made by ground-based telescopes. They create an artificial star called a...
Exploring Our Universe With Einstein At Home
The computer program processes data from gravitation wave detectors using your home computer's down time.
Sex and Pregnancy on Mars: A Risky Proposition
Astronauts sent to colonize Mars should avoid getting pregnant en route to the Red Planet.
Stunning solar towers light the way
The world's first commercial solar tower plant gives a breathtaking glimpse of the future of power generation
Richard Kron to Head Giant Telescope Advisory Group
The Giant Magellan Telescope board of directors has appointed Richard Kron, Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics, as chair of the GMT Science Advisory Committee, effective immediately.
NASA extends contract for lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera instrument
NASA has extended Phase E of the contract with Arizona State University (ASU), Ariz., for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. This...
SpaceX shows off its blackened 'Dragon' craft
Bearing brown and black scorch marks from its fiery tour in orbit in December, the Dragon spacecraft built by US company SpaceX went on display in the US capital on...