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With Hubble still wonky, NASA sends shuttle back to hangar

16 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

NASA has ordered the space shuttle Atlantis from its launch pad back to the hangar Monday after its mission to the Hubble space telescope was officially delayed until next year.

New Comet Discovered By Canadian Astronomer

16 years ago from Science Daily

Rob Cardinal was looking for an asteroid, but ended up finding a comet. There is not much known yet about the Cardinal comet. Scientists are trying to determine more information...

NASA's Phoenix Lander Weathers Martian Dust Storm

16 years ago from Science Daily

The Phoenix Lander over the weekend successfully weathered a regional dust storm that temporarily lowered its solar power, and the team is back investigating the Red Planet's northern plains.

The Jellyfish Engineer

16 years ago from PopSci

It's just after sunset in Long Beach, California, and John Dabiri stands on the end of a wooden dock, peering down at the water. In his white sneakers and striped...

Earth-like Planets May Be Easier To Find Than Previously Thought: Young Planets Stay Hotter Longer

16 years ago from Science Daily

Hot, young planets may be easier to spot because they stay that way longer than astronomers have thought. A new study shows that newborn Earth-like planets could be easier to...

Lunar robot to begin field tests in Hawaii

16 years ago from UPI

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says an 880-pound robot designed to locate water and other resources on the moon will soon be field tested...

Von Braun Sketches to be Auctioned

16 years ago from Space.com

Sketches, diagrams, and letters from the pioneering rocket scientist Wernher von Braun will be auctioned off Wednesday.

Model predicts a system's remaining life and links info to inventory decisions

16 years ago from Physorg

New research at the Georgia Institute of Technology could soon make predicting the degradation and remaining useful life of mechanical and electronic equipment easier and more accurate, while significantly improving...

Hubble, heal thyself

16 years ago from Sciencenews.org

NASA scientists are cleared to remotely switch equipment on Hubble in the hopes of restoring the orbiting observatory’s function

Sensors for agriculture fields are created

16 years ago from UPI

AMES, Iowa, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they are developing a system of underground transceivers and sensors designed to collect data involving soil moisture within a...

So close, yet so far away

16 years ago from Sciencenews.org

Astronomers discover a binary system that boasts the widest separation known in the solar system

New images yield clues to seasons of Uranus

16 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- With an 84-year orbit around the sun, it isn't often that planetary scientists have an opportunity to observe the change of seasons on Uranus, a planet some 19...

Rocket racer is 'go' for show

16 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The Rocket Racing League's latest-generation racing plane gets clearance for public demonstrations, but the shows won't begin until next year.

Targeting Space Debris Using Networks

16 years ago from Science Daily

How to deal with the ever-increasing problem of space debris, poses a major challenge for space agencies, industry and academia around the globe. Now, research suggests a new technique for...

How Dust Rings Point To Exo-Earths With Supercomputer's Help

16 years ago from Science Daily

Supercomputer simulations of dusty disks around sunlike stars show that planets nearly as small as Mars can create patterns that future telescopes may be able to detect. The research points...

Infant Stars Caught Feeding

16 years ago from Live Science

The Very Large Telescope gives astronomers glimpse at gases around young stars.

Q & A: What Happened to the Golf Ball the Astronaut Hit on the Moon?

16 years ago from NY Times Science

Why did Alan Shepard hit a golf ball on the Moon, and what happened to it?

Cosmic Log: Life on Earth's final frontier

16 years ago from MSNBC: Science

A strange breed of bacteria that has been found living alone, nearly two miles underground, is just the kind of creature suited to survive far beneath the surface of Mars,...

JPL's Jon Giorgini Honored With Masursky Award

Jon Giorgini, an engineer at JPL, has received the prestigious Harold Masursky Award, presented by the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences.

The Long Countdown: In Russia, a Second Home for U.S. Astronauts

16 years ago from NY Times Science

American astronauts have developed mutual respect for their Russian counterparts during years of cooperation.

Joost relaunching TV site as online shows abound

16 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Forget about the boob tube. Places to watch TV on the Internet are proliferating, from NBC Universal and News Corp.'s Hulu to Joost - a site that...

Moist Convection Can Drive Jet Streams on All Four Giant Planets

16 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Turbulence generated by thunderstorms can drive the multiple east-west jet streams on the giant planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - and explain a long-standing...

Tides Have Major Impact on Planet Habitability

16 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers searching for rocky planets that could support life in other solar systems should look outside, as well as within, the so-called "habitable zone," University of Arizona planetary...

Computer Simulations Reveal Exotic Weather on Distant Worlds

16 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer simulations of the atmospheric circulation on Jupiter-like planets around other stars can explain temperature observations of these planets and shed light on the exotic weather experienced by...

Dark energy: the quest for galaxies

16 years ago from News @ Nature

South Pole Telescope offers fresh view of Universe's expansion.

Hubble Repair Delay Puts Ares 1-X Rocket Test on Hold

16 years ago from Space.com

The Hubble servicing mission delay will slow testing of a new rocket.

NASA's Spitzer Gets Sneak Peak Inside Comet Holmes

When comet Holmes unexpectedly erupted in 2007, professional and amateur astronomers around the world turned their telescopes toward the spectacular event.

Hidden Boundaries Of Sunspots Pump Out Plasma Into Interplanetary Space

16 years ago from Science Daily

Complicated networks of magnetic fields power the sun's atmosphere and create both the beautiful structures and violent explosions that scientists study. Active regions, anchored in sunspots, are areas of the...