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White Christmas In Antarctica
The idea of a white Christmas may seem magical for many of us, but spare a thought for a team of scientists forgoing the festive season to take part in...
Leaving Home: The Legacy of Apollo 8
The legacy of NASA's historic Apollo 8 mission reaches out toward Mars.
Vatican Gives Galileo An Image Makeover
Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero. The Vatican is recasting the most famous victim of its Inquisition as a man of faith, just in time for the 400th...
Ariane rocket launches satellites for Eutelsat
KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) - A European Ariane-5 rocket blasted off from French Guiana on Saturday putting into orbit two satellites for Europe's telecoms operator Eutelsat, officials said.
PS3s help astrophysicists solve black hole mystery
Using only the computing power of 16 Sony Playstation 3 gaming consoles, scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville and the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, have solved a mystery...
Drama In The Heart Of The Tarantula Nebula
A new Chandra X-ray Observatory image of the Tarantula Nebula gives scientists a close-up view of the drama of star formation and evolution. The Tarantula, also known as 30 Doradus,...
Nasa hunts for rubber ducks used to track melting of Arctic icecap
Sailors, fishermen and cruise passengers should be on the alert.
Scientists seek ways to ward off killer asteroids
A blue-ribbon panel of scientists is trying to determine the best way to detect and ward off any wandering space rocks that might be on a collision course with Earth....
BREAKING NEWS: SpaceShipTwo Carrier Craft Takes Off on Test Flight
A carrier aircraft designed to be the first stage of a commercial spaceline system made took off on its maiden test flight today at the Mojave Air and Space Port...
NASA's spending is under scrutiny
Obama's transition team wants to know about the agency's basic money management, including cost overruns. ...
NASA: 2T Tons Of Land Ice Melted Since '03
More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what...
Mars Find Suggests Life Once Possible
A Mars spacecraft for the first time spotted a key mineral in bedrock on the Martian surface, suggesting parts of the planet might have once had an environment hospitable to...
NASA study links severe storm increases, global warming
The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics - the type associated with severe storms and rainfall - is increasing as a result of global warming, according to a...
NASA Astronaut Readapts to Life on Earth
Astronaut Greg Chamitoff is readapting to life on Earth after six months in space.
Cosmic Log: Hope on a pale blue dot
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Celebrating Christmas ... observing Hanukkah ... marking the winter solstice ... remembering Carl Sagan. Across the spiritual spectrum, this is a season of hope, even...
Solar Activity Between 1250 - 1850 Linked To Temperature Changes in Altai
Scientists have discovered a strong link between regional temperatures and the solar activity in the period 1250-1850, concluding that the sun was an important driver of preindustrial temperature changes in...
How astronauts went to the Moon and ended up discovering planet Earth
Forty years ago this Christmas the first human beings reached the moon. But their historic feat is better remembered for an image of what they left behind - planet Earth.
New one-of-a-kind technology will fly on two NASA missions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of Idaho have developed unique new technology that will be used in upcoming NASA missions that will study the Earth and Sun-Earth connection.
Spanish solar firms accused of fraud
Hundreds of companies falsely registered to receive higher subsidies.
NASA Might Change Hubble Mission Requirement to Keep Ares 1-X on Schedule
NASA may change Hubble shuttle rescue plans to aid Ares rocket test.
Attorney in Former Astronaut's Trial Files For Evidence Rehearing
An attorney for former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak has filed for a rehearing on case evidence.
EA to shut Vancouver's Black Box studio
A week after cancelling plans to expand its presence in British Columbia, video-game giant Electronic Arts. Inc. announced Friday morning it would further contract, closing downtown Vancouver's Black Box studio...
ALMA observatory equipped with its first antenna
High in the Atacama region in northern Chile, one of the world's most advanced telescopes has just passed a major milestone. The first of many state-of-the-art antennas has just been...
Science fiction – science fact: new 'Space-in-Bytes' video lesson
Whether it's Star Trek USS Enterprise, or the iconic space station from 2001: A Space Odyssey, science fiction has always provided inspiration and ideas for the scientists and engineers that...
Scientists find carbonate and clues to Mars mysteries
Researchers using a powerful instrument aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found a long-sought-after mineral on the Martian surface and, with it, unexpected clues to the Red Planet's watery past....
Earth not centre of the Universe, surrounded by 'dark energy'
Earth's location in the Universe is utterly unremarkable, despite recent theories that propose toppling a foundation of modern cosmology, according to a team of University of British Columbia researchers...
Japan launches first solar cargo ship
The world's first cargo ship partly propelled by solar power took to the seas on Friday in Japan, aiming to cut fuel costs and carbon emissions when automakers export their...
'Wet' Early Universe: Water Vapor Detected At Record Distance
Scientists have used the 100 m Effelsberg radio telescope to detect water at the greatest distance from Earth so far. The water vapor was discovered in a quasar which corresponds...