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Hubble Catches Jupiter's Largest Moon Going To The 'Dark Side'
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught Jupiter's moon Ganymede playing a game of "peek-a-boo." In this crisp Hubble image, Ganymede is shown just before it ducks behind the giant planet.
New Model Explains Movements Of The Moon
Scientists are developing a mathematical formula to study the rotation of the moon, taking into account its structure, which comprises a solid external layer and a fluid internal core. Their...
Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt? Dark Energy Independently Confirmed
In 1998 two teams of researchers made a milestone cosmological announcement: The universe, long known to be expanding, was not slowing down in its expansion as expected but was in...
Carbonates confirmed on Mars
Carbonate outcrop discovery gives new hope for finding life on the red planet
Kepler spacecraft ready to ship to Florida
Engineers are getting ready to pack NASA's Kepler spacecraft into a container and ship it off to its launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The mission, scheduled...
Duke researchers coax bright white light from unexpected source
Duke University and United States Army scientists have found that a cheap and nontoxic sunburn and diaper rash preventative can be made to produce brilliant light best suited to the...
Where Did Venus's Water Go?
Venus Express has made the first detection of an atmospheric loss process on Venus's day-side. Last year, the spacecraft revealed that most of the lost atmosphere escapes from the night-side....
New Space Toilet Has No Door...Yet
Space station astronauts hooked up their brand new space toilet this week sans door.
Mars find suggests area may have been hospitable
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An orbiting spacecraft has discovered a key mineral in bedrock on the Martian surface that suggests the planet might once have had...
BaBar Collaboration Completes Data Reprocessing
(PhysOrg.com) -- One might think that processing the records of 22 billion electron and positron collisions once would be enough. But not so for the BaBar collaboration, which this week...
Universities with Highest Numbers of Minority Physics Degrees Named
The American Institute of Physics' has named the institutions that have given the most bachelors' and PhD degrees in physics to historically underrepresented groups.
NASA signs agreement with rocket company
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has signed an agreement that might lead to testing of a new plasma-based propulsion system at the...
NASA to take part in inaugural parade
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration says it has been invited to march in President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural parade Jan. 20.
Shocking Science 2008
Over the past 12 months the world of science has provided a bumper crop of bizarre and scary revelations
High-energy jumbo squid at risk with warming
Jumbo squid are long-distance commuters. Every day, these gangly creatures migrate more than 500 hundred vertical feet. It's a high-energy lifestyle — and one that's going to suffer as a...
Search the Skies with Jill Tarter
Join SETI's Jill Tarter and search the skies with the Allen Telescope Array.
Nobel jurors face bribery probe for China trips
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Nobel Prize jurors who accepted all-expenses-paid trips to China to discuss the coveted awards are being investigated on suspicion of bribery, a...
Moon's polar craters could be the place to find lunar ice, scientists report
Scientists have discovered where they believe would be the best place to find ice on the moon.
Nasa set to launch 'CO2 hunter'
The US space agency is planning to launch a satellite that can map where all the carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere.
New Research Into Fair-weather Clouds Important In Climate Predictions
New research has led to better understanding of clouds, the unknown quantity in current climate models. Scientists have tackled this issue with a combination of detailed computer simulations and airplane...
Mars Goes for a Spin--Or at Least Part of It Might
Planetary scientists have often puzzled over the origins of the Martian landscape, including its so-called hemispheric dichotomy, a pronounced difference in the thickness of the planet's crust between its northern...
Top UK physics departments tumble in new assessment
Oxford, Imperial and Southampton fall in physics rankings
Blame the Sun for a Cloudy Day?
The sun's magnetic cycle may play a key role in droughts and downpours
NASA Instrument Inaugurates 3-D Moon Imaging
Different wavelengths of light provide new information about a region of the moon in an image taken by NASA's instrument aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft.
Flaw theory over Mars Beagle loss
The loss of the UK-led Mars probe Beagle 2 could have been due to a flawed calculation that led to it burning up, says a new report.
2 years probation for Charlottetown doctor
Dr. Grant Matheson of Charlottetown was sentenced Wednesday to two years probation on a charge of obtaining prescription narcotics under false pretenses.
Altair lunar lander design plans sought
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency officials have released a draft request for design support for the Altair lunar lander vehicle, part of NASA's Constellation Program.
2008 Gallery: Images of the year
This gallery showcases some of the year's most eye-catching science, from a close encounter with squid suckers that look like a carnivorous cartoon choir to mathematical forms given shape in...