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Penguins ride air force jet to South Atlantic
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil's equatorial beaches were flown south on an air force jet and...
NASA names astrobiology institute teams
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has picked 10 U.S. teams to study the origins, evolution, distribution and future of life...
Diary Survives 37-Mile Fall To Earth
Pages from an Israeli astronaut's diary that survived the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and a 37-mile fall to earth are going on display this weekend for the first...
'Little bang' triggered solar system formation
For several decades, scientists have thought that the Solar System formed as a result of a shock wave from an exploding star???a supernova???that triggered the collapse of a dense, dusty...
Space Tech Prosthetic Leg Helps To Reach Long-jump World Record
German athlete Wojtek Czyz, running with a space-tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching an amazing 6.50 m and beating the...
NASA Moves Up November Shuttle Launch
The space shuttle Endeavour is set to blast off two days early next month.
Spacing, Not Size, Matters In Visual Recognition, Researchers Find
You might think that the farthest distance at which you can hold a book and still read it quickly is determined by the size of the letters. However, neuroscientists have...
Sun Gets Fatter "Waist" During Magnetic Peaks
Periods of high solar activity create features that make the sun appear to have bigger "love handles," according to a new study of the star's true shape.
Scientists learn space lessons from Antarctic bases
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - In the depths of the Antarctic winter, expeditioners at Australia's research bases might as well be on the moon. Or on their way to Mars.
Cosmic Log: Hubble’s heavenly heritage
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: A star-studded celestial landscape is on display in a 10th-anniversary image from the Hubble Heritage Project, which finds new wonders in old data.
NEW JUPITER IMAGE: Sharpest View Ever From Earth
The entire planet comes into stunning focus using a new technique that removes atmospheric distortion.
A Little Off the Top, S'Il Vous Plait
Liberté, égalité, fraternité . . . foreskin? Who knew that penises had anything to do with the French Revolution? read more
How Round is the Sun?
Scientists using NASA's RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision, and they find that it is not a perfect sphere. During years of high solar...
Hubble enters safe mode
At approximately 02:00 CEST on Sunday, 28 September, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope automatically entered safe mode when errors were detected in the Control Unit/Science Data Formatter-Side A.
GOCE team gearing up for new launch date
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA and European industries have updated the planning of the preparatory activities for a new tentative launch date of 27 October 2008 for the GOCE satellite.
Space voyaging rock reveals insight into detecting life on other planets
(PhysOrg.com) -- Intelligent life from other planets would be able to tell that Earth is inhabited if they had come into contact with a space voyaging piece of Orkney rock,...
Space academy ready for blast off
A space academy opens with a mission to inspire young people to look skywards for a career.
More Star Births Than Astronomers Have Calculated
More newborn stars are apparently emerging around the universe than previously assumed. Researchers have now published a paper in the journal Nature explaining this discrepancy. Their study has identified a...
Celebration of Planet Earth Gets Underway In Houston Next Week
The city of Houston, Texas, well known for its role in space launches, will soon be the site of another kind of launch: the official United States kick-off of International...
Finder of Wi-Fi hot spots
I recently took a trip to Providence, R.I, for a family wedding. Since my connecting flight from Atlanta was on a regional jet, with limited overhead and under-seat space, I...
First Detection Of Magnetic Field In Distant Galaxy Surprises Astronomers
Using a powerful radio telescope to peer into the early universe, a team of California astronomers has obtained the first direct measurement of a nascent galaxy's magnetic field as it...
Researchers and Students to Develop Small CubeSat Satellites
A satellite about the size of a loaf of bread will be designed and built at the University of Michigan and deployed to study space weather, thanks to a new...
NASA Taps Ex-Astroanut to Head Spaceport
Bob Cabana will take the helm at Kennedy Space Center in mid-October.
Dnepr Rocket Launches Earth-Watching Satellite for Thailand
A silo-launched Dnepr rocket launched an Earth-observing Thai satellite Wednesday.
SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Jules Verne Spacecraft, More
The ESA's Jules Verne spacecraft reenters Earth's atmosphere, the Circinus galaxy appears in a composite image, and more in our weekly roundup of space photos.
'Smog Blog' For Central America initiated
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency and its partners have launched a "Smog Blog," designed to coordinate satellite air quality data for Central America and...
Infrared echoes give NASA's Spitzer a supernova flashback
Hot spots near the shattered remains of an exploded star are echoing the blast's first moments, say scientists using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Grounded Space Tourist Sues for $21 Million Refund
A grounded Japanese space tourist is suing for a refund.