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Election Results Could Put NASA's Future Under Fire
With Republicans set to lead the House following the recent midterm elections, doubt has set in about whether NASA's budget is safe.
China launching spacecraft at record rate
BEIJING, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- China put a navigation satellite in orbit in the 12th space launch of the year, eclipsing its own record for most space missions in...
STAR TRAK for November: Jupiter and Leonid meteor shower
Jupiter will be easy to see in the south as night falls in November. The best time to observe this bright planet with a telescope will be from dusk to...
NASA satellite data confirm a stronger Tropical Storm Tomas, hurricane warnings up
NASA's infrared satellite imagery has confirmed that Tomas is intensifying as convection is strengthening and cloud tops within the system are getting colder...
Exoplanets' color could mean a lot
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- When searching for Earth-like planets around distant stars, color should be considered when trying to identify their composition, U.S. researchers say.
Last 'tango' in space
Adding to their unique information from previous tandem missions, ESA's ERS-2 and Envisat satellites have been paired up again - for the last time. Data from this final duet are...
Earliest Galaxies Helped Lift Universe's Cosmic Fog
Researchers are building a better picture of one of the most important changes in the early universe.
Early Galaxies Reionized The Universe After The Big Bang
Like our own world history, the Universe had its own cycle of events. After the initial Big Bang (though 'Bang' is a confusing word, it may have been rather...
Video: Spectacular Pix from Space Station
On the eve of its tenth birthday, the International Space Station released night photographs of the earth.
South Korea plans offshore wind project
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- South Korea plans to build an $8.2 billion offshore wind farm in the Yellow Sea, a government official said Tuesday.
A sky-high eye on climate change
Measuring aerosols and radiation at dizzying altitudes is all in a day's work for Angela Marinoni.
In pictures: Satellite eye on Earth - October 2010
The Hungarian aluminium spill, waves in the Strait of Gibraltar, an American cyclone system and the edge of a melting glacier were among the images captured by European Space Agency...
More suits filed against PG&E
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- More than 50 residents affected by a September gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, Calif., sued the company that operated the gas line,...
Do holes make moles?
The mysterious origins of Australia's bizarre and secretive marsupial moles have been cast in a whole new and unexpected light with the first discovery in the fossil record of one...
Republican Utah Gov. Herbert wins special election
By BROCK VERGAKIS 2010-11-03T02:28:50Z SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Republican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has won another two years...
Spacewatch: International Space Station timings and positions
As I write this, the Shuttle Discovery is due to be launched to the ISS, the International Space Station, at 19:52 GMT this evening. There is no opportunity to view...
Do giant spiral galaxies thwart clusters of young stars?
Simple physics could explain long-standing paradox
Function analysis drives the development of a concept Mars rover
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Humans have walked on the Moon, and inevitably, according to NASA, humans will tread the Red Planet as well, possibly by 2037. An ergonomist and an...
The Heavy Side
“England is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, anomalies.” So wrote George Santayana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santayana in 1922. read more
Mars rovers mission using cloud computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- The project team that built and operates the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity has become the first NASA space mission to use cloud computing for daily mission operations.
The Climate Insiders - Their Goal Is Doubt
The Climate Insiders - Their Goal Is Doubt I BRING fraternal greetings from the Mother of Parliaments to the Congress of your “athletic democracy”. I pray that God’s blessing may rest...
Einstein launches SuperAgers.com to spotlight aging research
November 1, 2010 -- (BRONX, NY) -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has launched SuperAgers.com, a new website that features the latest information on more...
Astrophysicists discover new galaxy clusters revealed by cosmic 'shadows'
An international team of scientists led by Rutgers University astrophysicists have discovered 10 new massive galaxy clusters from a large, uniform survey of the southern sky. The survey was conducted...
Mount Merapi ash forces flight cancellations
Indonesia's most dangerous volcano has forced international airlines to cancel flights to nearby airports, as fiery lava lit the rumbling mountain's cauldron and smoke blackened the sky.
Major surgery complete for Deep Space Network antenna
(PhysOrg.com) -- The seven-month upgrade to the historic "Mars antenna" at NASA's Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, Calif. has been completed. After a month of intensive testing, similar to...
Mars deposit points to possible life zone
PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Minerals deposited on a Martian volcano may provide evidence of a once habitable micro-environment on the planet, U.S. researchers say.
Brilliant Venus May Prompt 'UFO' Sightings
A spike in UFO reports this week may likely stem from the bright planet Venus, which is set to dazzle in early November.
At NASA, a Quiet Quest to Send a Humanoid Robot to the Moon
Engineers said a Robonaut 2 could land on the Moon in a thousand days, at a fraction of the cost of a manned mission.