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Satellite Radio Merger Finally Complete
XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio said they have completed their long-pending merger.
Impressionist Spacecraft to View Solar System's Invisible Frontier
At the edge of our solar system in December 2004, the Voyager 1 spacecraft encountered something never before experienced during its then 26-year cruise through the solar system — an...
Investigators: No bomb link to hole in jetliner
Australian investigators have found no sign a bomb caused the giant hole in a Qantas jumbo jet's fuselage that forced a harrowing emergency landing in the Philippines, officials said Sunday.
Satellites Discover What Triggers Eruptions of the Northern Lights
What causes the shimmering, ethereal Northern Lights to suddenly brighten and dance in a spectacular burst of colorful light and rapid movement? To find out, NASA launched a fleet of...
A new era in search for ‘sister Earths’?
Research presented at a recent astronomical conference is being hailed as ushering in a new era in the search for Earth-like planets by showing that they are more numerous than previously thought...
Coach's diagnosis hits swimmer Torres hard
This was supposed to be a thrilling time for Dara Torres. Preparing to swim in her record fifth Olympics at age 41 and with a chance to add to her...
Leonard Susskind discusses duel with Stephen Hawking
The two scientists have a long history of opposing theories about black holes. Susskind, a Stanford University physicist, penned 'The Black Hole War.'
Pitcher charged after baseball brawl
A minor league pitcher accused of throwing a ball that hit a fan during a brawl has been charged with felonious assault.
Moon Museum: New Race to Save Space Relics
Future moon missions raise concern about safeguarding lunar heritage sites.
Watching a 'New Star' Make the Universe Dusty
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, and its remarkable acuity, astronomers were able for the first time to witness the appearance of a shell of dusty gas around a star...
Life from Venus blown to Earth?
Scientists suggest microbes from Venus could be blown to Earth by powerful winds.
Polar lights give up some secrets
The sudden flare-ups and rapid movement sometimes seen in the Northern and Southern Lights can now be explained in fine detail, say scientists.
Aurora "Power Surges" Triggered by Magnetic Explosions
A newfound link between bursts of energy in magnetic field lines and brighter auroras may solve a 30-year mystery about the polar lights, researchers say. With video.
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Giant Eye, Hurricane Dolly, More
A guinea pig clotheshorse, an eye-opening eye, and a glittering galaxy are among the week's best news photos.
Earth from Space: Southeastern Brazil
This Envisat image highlights the southeastern coast of Brazil, South America’s largest and most populous country.
Proposed Particle Help Explains Odd Galactic Photons
In 2002, a satellite called INTEGRAL was launched by the European Space Agency with an instrument on board to detect and measure gamma rays from space. Four years later, it...
Climate Change: Secret Life Cycles Of Atmospheric Aerosols Can Be Illuminated With New Technology
For scientists looking at climate change, a large area of uncertainty has to do with the effects of airborne particles -- such as carbon-laden soot -- but new technology is...
HP's plan to fix ailing planet
Hewlett Packard's nanotech lab plans to build a central nervous system for the earth and help businesses at the same time.
Zoo will reopen exhibit where 16 stingrays died
(AP) -- A zoo in suburban Chicago plans to reopen an exhibit where 16 stingrays died last week when a malfunction let the tank's water get too warm.
Escaped spammer in murder-suicide
Colorado authorities on Thursday identified "Spam King" Edward Davidson, who escaped from a minimum-security facility, among three dead in a murder-suicide.
Next generation 911 needed, speakers say
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 24 (UPI) -- Ever-changing communications technology is reason enough to upgrade many 911 emergency systems, Texas A&M University officials in College Station said.
Quiet Explosion: Object Intermediate Between Normal Supernovae And Gamma-ray Bursts Found
Astronomers are providing hints that a recent supernova may not be as normal as initially thought. Instead, the star that exploded is now understood to have collapsed into a black...
Supernova Caught Red-Handed Seen as Missing Link [News]
Researchers have offered a new explanation for an unprecedented stellar explosion caught in the act earlier this year. [More]
Plasma Bullets Trigger Northern Lights
Researchers have discovered what powers brilliant outbursts of Northern Lights: gigantic plasma bullets launched toward Earth by explosions 1/3rd of the way to the Moon.
Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field
Well inside the Arctic Circle, scientists have found black smoker vents farther north than anyone has ever seen before. The cluster of five vents - one towering nearly four...
Hubble Instruments Slated for On-Orbit 'Surgery'
When astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope in October 2008 for its final servicing mission, they will be facing a task that has no precedence - performing on-orbit ‘surgery`...
Lenses galore -- Hubble finds large sample of very distant galaxies
By using the gravitational magnification from six massive lensing galaxy clusters, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided scientists with the largest sample of very distant galaxies seen to date....
Motion of exploding stars could shed light on dark energy
Cosmologists call for decades-long survey of type-Ia supernovae