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Moon Rocketeers Take One Small Step, on Isle of Man
Twenty-two teams who aim to land a spacecraft on the moon will gather this week on the Isle of Man for the Google Lunar X Prize Summit.
50 years of cyborgs | Discover
The concept of a man fused with a machine has been with us for half a century, but is now becoming a realityFifty years ago this month, the journal Astronautics published a...
Venus Lightning Strikes Our Interest
Despite vast great differences between the atmospheres of Venus and Earth, it turns out very similar mechanisms produce lightning on the two planets. The rates of discharge, the intensity and...
Galactic slows satellite launcher
Virgin Galactic's satellite-launching rocket, LauncherOne, which once attracted $110m in investment is now in some doubt.
VIDEO: Prentice, Suzuki take wilderness trip with CBC News
Environment Minister Jim Prentice and environmentalist David Suzuki join the CBC's Evan Solomon on a two-day trip through the B.C. wilderness.
NASA official: Moon still matters
WASH., D.C., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- NASA new direction of sending astronauts to the asteroids or Mars doesn't mean a return to the moon is out of the question,...
Voices: Experts and Analysts Weigh In On NASA's New Direction
SPACE.com asked several experts, analysts and stakeholders about their thoughts on NASA's new direction.
Students Pushing Space Exploration to Its Outer Limits
It is time to push the reset button in opening up the space frontier, students in a forward-thinking program say.
Weather Satellite System Criticized in Review
Backup plans are inadequate for a key satellite system run by the National Oceanic...
Astronomer Directs Huge Mobile Telescope
Karen O’Neil's scientific career began with a bang as a young child.
Blue holes a mystery of the deep
On the long list of reasons why few scientists have dared plumb the mysteries of the Bahamas' famed blue holes, the toxic swamp gas actually rates pretty low.
Newly Discovered Planet May Be First Truly Habitable Exoplanet
A team of planet hunters led by astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz), and the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and supported by the National Science...
Why is the harvest moon so big and orange?
Ever wonder why the moon sometimes looks so big and orange? Professor Emeritus John Percy of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics explains the mystery behind the harvest moon:
International partners update launch manifest
ESA PR 22-2010 NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on Friday agreed to update the International Space Station launch schedule. The target launch dates...
The outbursts of Fornax
(PhysOrg.com) -- The galaxy Fornax A, at a distance of about 74 million light-years, is one of the nearest and brightest galaxies with giant radio lobes. These huge radio lobes...
Comet and Earth to Have Rare Close Encounter
An icy comet and Earth are poised for a rare close encounter in October.
IBEX finds surprising changes at solar boundary
When NASA launched the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) on October 19, 2008, space physicists held their collective breath for never-before-seen views of a collision zone far beyond the planets, roughly...
Looking for bright minds: job fair season starts soon
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Mars Rover Opportunity approaching possible meteorite
Images that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took at the end of an 81-meter (266-foot) drive on Sept. 16 reveal a dark rock about 31 meters (102 feet) away. The...
Spring on Titan brings sunshine and patchy clouds
The northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan is set for mainly fine spring weather, with polar skies clearing since the equinox in August last year. The visual and infrared mapping...
NASA Gets New Orders That Bypass the Moon
Legislation directs it to turn to private companies to launch astronauts into space, and extends the shuttle program to mid-2011.
Obama expected to sign NASA budget soon: official
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is expected early next month to sign into law a new NASA budget that adds a space shuttle mission, begins work on...
Solar system's shield may be leaking
The heliosphere appears to be letting in more cosmic rays, which could pose hazards for long-duration space travelers.A tiny satellite circling Earth is providing an unexpectedly complicated picture of...
Newly discovered planet may have water on its surface
A team of astronomers that includes the University of Hawaiʻi’ at Manoa’s Nader Haghighipour has announced the discovery of a planet that could have liquid water on its surface. The...
Image: Comet Hartley 2 approaches Earth
A pale green interloper among the stars of Cassiopeia, Comet Hartley 2 shines in this four-minute exposure taken on the night of Sept. 28, 2010, by NASA astronomer Bill Cooke.
Lawmakers At Odds over Polar Satellite System Overhaul
A section of a bill passed last night by the House of Representatives expresses...
Rocket pioneer Robert Truax dies
VALLEY CENTER, Calif., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Robert C. Truax, considered one of the leading rocket scientists of the 20th century, has died in California, his family said. ...
Suresh Confirmed as New NSF Director
Subra Suresh has been confirmed as the 13th director of the National Science Foundation....