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Cargo vessel links up with ISS after auto-docking problem
Cargo vessel Progress M-08M docked at the International Space Station on Saturday through a manual operation following a problem with the auto-docking system, the Russian control centre said.
Eutelsat suffers spacecraft loss
Paris-based Eutelsat announces the loss of its W3B spacecraft the day after it was launched by an Ariane rocket.
Study says solar systems like ours may be common
Nearly one in four stars like the sun could have Earth-size planets, according to a University of California, Berkeley, study of nearby solar-mass stars...
Spacecraft will enable scientists to study space environment around moon, Earth
Two spacecraft are now beginning to study the moon's environment as part of NASA's ARTEMIS mission, whose principal investigator is Vassilis Angelopoulos, a UCLA professor of Earth and space sciences...
Solving the mysteries of the plasma universe
What powers the most luminous sources in the universe? How is the plasma state altered by ultra-strong magnetic field? How do magnetic explosions work?
The many colors of the Kuiper Belt
(PhysOrg.com) -- The sun isn't kind to objects without atmospheres. Bombarded by solar radiation, the surfaces of some comets, for example, tend to be a charred carbon-black. But the 1,000...
Ariane 5's fourth launch of 2010
Last night, an Ariane 5 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, W3B and BSAT-3b, into orbit. Flight V197 was Ariane...
NASA's Aqua satellite catches glimpse of Russia's active volcanoes
NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the erupting Shiveluch Volcano in Russia yesterday and captured a visible image of its ash plume. Shiveluch is one of Russia's most active volcano and...
Swiss solar plane confirmed as multiple record-breaker
Aeronautical authorities on Friday confirmed world records for a Swiss solar-powered aircraft that flew around the clock in July, including those for the longest and highest flight by such an...
Trips to Mars might be a one-way ticket
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- NASA says feasibility studies are looking at whether astronauts could be sent on permanent, one-way missions to Mars or its moons to colonize...
Space search turns up 'buckyballs'
TUCSON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Buckyballs, large stable molecules of carbon atoms, have been detected in space in great numbers, U.S. astronomers say.
Mars rover finds more evidence for water
PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- NASA's Mars rover Spirit is stuck in one spot, but it's still making discoveries, including signs of water in the soil it's stuck...
Republican gains could mean losses for NASA
If the GOP picks up seats in Congress as expected, it is likely to tighten the reins on federal spending, including the space agency's budget.Just weeks after President Obama signed...
VIDEO: 1-way trip to Mars?
NASA Ames director Simon Worden has reportedly been canvassing billionaires to help NASA send people on a one-way trip to Mars. CBC's Andrew Nichols explored the idea.
No Lack of Exo-Earths Out There
Extrapolating from the seen to the unseen, astronomers give assurances that Earth-sized planets abound
Image: Dark reflections in the Southern Cross
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this colorful image of the reflection nebula IRAS 12116-6001. This cloud of interstellar dust cannot be seen directly in visible light, but...
Just in Time for Halloween: Students Solve Ghostly U.P. Mystery
People come for miles to view the eerie glow that appears near the tiny town of Paulding, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. A team of electrical engineering students has figured out...
Time Will End in Five Billion Years, Physicists Predict
The universe will cease to exist around the same time our sun is slated to die, according to new predictions based on the multiverse theory.
New insight into gaseous and dust discs around stars
Researchers offer new insight into the structure of the gaseous and dust disc around a so-called ‘Herbig Be' star. Herbig Be stars are surrounded by a disk with gaseous and...
My Date With R2: Reporter Meets NASA's Strong, Silent Space Robot
Robonaut2, the first dexterous human-like robot to go to space, is ready for launch.
2 THEMIS probes redirected to moon to study magnetosphere, solar wind interactions
Two micro-satellites originally launched into Earth's orbit in 2007 by NASA have been redirected by University of California, Berkeley, scientists toward new orbits around the moon, extending study of the...
Lockheed Martin tests the advanced HULC robotic exoskeleton
Lockheed Martin recently began laboratory testing of an improved next-generation design of its HULC advanced robotic exoskeleton. The testing brings HULC a step closer to readiness to support troops on...
Magnetometers for Juno mission delivered by NASA Goddard
Magnetometers developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for the Juno mission to Jupiter were delivered recently to Lockheed Martin in Denver. Designed and built by an...
Watch The Live Dissertation Defense About Citizen Sky
Last year, DPR AmSci Journal wrote about a great new citizen science program called Citizen Sky [read from August 26, 2009]. This project is collecting observational data on the current...
Video | Geek calendar: Geeks on geeks
Stars of the Libel Reform Campaign's Geek Calendar including Jonathan Ross, Aleks Krotoski and Simon Singh say what being a geek means to them
Dwarf Planet's Claim to Fame Is Unshaken by Lingering Mysteries
The dwarf planet Eris has been found to have a surface much like Pluto's and still harbors surprises five years after its discovery.
Experiment to test virulence of nasty bacteria in microgravity
NASA's space shuttle Discovery will make its swan song flight Nov. 1 carrying two University of Colorado at Boulder-built biomedical payload devices, including one to help scientists better understand changes...
Boost for Tevatron extension
Department of Energy advisory panel gives thumbs up to three-year plan