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NASA Robot Will Help Kick Off Super Bowl Sunday
A humanoid robot built by NASA and General Motors to be an astronaut assistant onboard the International Space Station will make a special guest appearance on the Fox Network's Super...
Kepler spots six planets orbiting a star
NASA discovery could bring a giant leap for exoplanet research
Did the Vikings navigate with a 'sunstone'?
Cosmic Log: Vikings could have navigated the oceans in inclement weather with the aid of a crystal that pinpointed the sun's location behind banks of clouds and fog, a new...
Israel signs Cooperation Agreement
Israel signed a Cooperation Agreement with ESA on 30 January 2011. The objective of this agreement is to allow Israel and ESA to create the framework for more-intensive cooperation in...
ScienceShot: Meet the World's First 'Dark Sky Island'
English isle designated a haven for astronomers
To Improve Astronomic Measurements, Scientists Want To Launch A Light Bulb Into Space
Light Bulb in Darkness Wikimedia Commons Before you can peer back in time 13.2 billion years, your telescope needs to be calibrated correctly, so you can be sure objects in your mirror...
European Space Agency investigates novel analogue self-steered antennas
Bulky present generation satellite dishes and ground terminals could become relics of the past thanks to research currently being conducted for the European Space Agency (ESA) by Queen's University Belfast's...
Green: On Our Radar: British Students Film Earth from Space
A helium-filled balloon sends a box containing two video cameras and a G.P.S. tracker into the atmosphere; when it pops, a parachute returns it to earth.
First ever whole sun view coming soon from STEREO
"For the first time in the history of humankind we will be able to see the front and the far side of the sun ... Simultaneously," Madhulika Guhathakurta told Universe...
Solar panels track the sun for more efficiency
Photovoltaic modules equipped with a moveable mounting and a new control system from Siemens are able to precisely follow the course of the sun. Thanks to a new algorithm based...
Researchers get close view of winter storm
(PhysOrg.com) -- Who would have guessed that the perfect place to gather detailed scientific data from a powerful snowstorm would be in Alabama?
Asteroid deflection: What if a huge asteroid was going to slam into Earth?
What could happen if a 25-million-ton chunk of rock slammed into Earth? When something similar happened 65 million years ago, the dinosaurs and other forms of life were wiped out....
Doggie Constellations are a Skywatcher's Best Friends
Accompanying the well-known star pattern of Orion are two canine constellations in the winter night sky.
Life Out There: Gazing Afar for Other Earths, and Other Beings
The team overseeing the satellite observatory Kepler is unveiling a list of 400 stars that are the best bets for harboring planets that could be the most Earth-like worlds discovered.
Argentina to push solar energy projects
The Argentinean government will spend up to US$7.7 million supporting projects that promote the use of solar energy.
The chimp that took America into space
Fifty years ago tomorrow Ham blasted off – and returned to a celebrity lifestyleFifty years ago tomorrow an African-born astronaut made it into space ahead of Soviet pioneer Yuri Gagarin. His name was...
Giffords husband to decide on space trip in mid-February
HERZLIYA, Israel (Reuters) - The astronaut husband of a U.S. congresswoman seriously wounded when she was shot in head will decide by mid-February whether to join the last NASA shuttle...
Iran to showcase new rockets, satellites: report
Iran said on Sunday it will showcase what it called a new range of rockets and satellites during annual celebrations marking the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
Shuttle Discovery to Make Its Final Launch Pad Trip Monday
The shuttle Discovery is set to roll out to the launch pad Jan. 31 ahead of its final mission
UFO-Like Clouds Linked to Military Maneuvers?
Three "hole-punch clouds" recently appeared close together, sparking suspicions of a military connection—and they may not be all wrong.
Sun Unleashes a Rare Double Whammy
The sun unleashed two powerful solar eruptions Jan. 28 in a spectacular double blast.
Researchers Call For Creation of Standardized METI Protocol For Talking To Extraterrestrials
Allen Telescope Array The Allen Telescope Array is designed to search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Wikimedia Commons Since the first binary code sent from Puerto Rico in 1974, our messages to aliens have been...
Beyond the bullet: Surviving a shot to the head carries host of challenges
The spectral images, reproduced in neurosurgery journals and textbooks, could be captioned "Beauty and the Beast." Captured by X-ray and CT scan, the human brain is pierced by a bullet,...
The power of spin
(PhysOrg.com) -- Supermasssive black holes - objects with masses of millions or billions of suns - are found at the nuclei of dramatic galaxies like quasars where they are responsible...
Binary planetesimals
(PhysOrg.com) -- In fewer than ten million years, the material in the disk around a young star will either be accreted on to its star, dispersed into the interstellar medium,...
Telescope Fires Laser 'Constellation' for Ultra-Clear Sky Photos
A South America telescope is firing five lasers into the sky for ultra-clear photos.
Major exhibit of NASA material opens in Stockholm
A major exhibit of more than 400 space-related objects, from engines to space suits to food rations, opened in Stockholm Friday in the largest gathering of NASA objects outside of...
NASA struggles with direction 25 years after Challenger crash
Twenty-five years after the Challenger crash, NASA is looking refocusing its goals and resources. The federally funded program is on the verge of retiring all of Challenger's sister shuttles.