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Dense, Hot Super-Earth Is "New Class of Planet"
While mystery swirls around the exact size of 55 Cancri e, two independent teams agree that it's one of the most exotic planets ever seen.
Nuclear Force Asteroid Collisions - Aftermath
The Hubble Space Telescope and Swift satellite have set their sights on never before seen remnants of asteroid collisions that have unleashed the force of a 100 kiloton nuclear bomb...
NASA to know Sunday whether shuttle can fly Monday
(AP) -- Engineers should know Sunday whether Endeavour's six-man crew and their families - including wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords - need to stick around for a Monday launch attempt...
Antimatter detector ready for launch
A heavyweight, and controversial, cosmic-ray detector is set to head for the International Space Station.
Grand Canyon born by continental lift
"Drip" within the Earth may have raised the Colorado plateau
Gravitational Tug-of-War Distorts Spiral Galaxy Pair
Two close spiral galaxies are exerting their distorting gravitational influence on each other.
Voyager edges near interstellar space
NASA's twin Voyager probes are now at the edge of the solar system
A Shuttle Town’s Boom and Bust
The launching of the space shuttle Endeavor is expected to be one of the biggest ever, jamming the roads in Titusville, Cape Canaveral and other nearby Florida towns.
Astronauts send royal wedding wishes from space
International Space Station astronauts sent greetings from the cosmos to Prince William and Kate Middleton after soaring over Britain on the eve of the royal wedding Friday.
Six Planets Now Aligned in the Dawn Sky
Skywatching tips for how you can view six planets aligned above the rising sun.
Taking the first step towards a Martian moon: Polish-built soil sample instrument completes first stage
The geological penetrator CHOMIK (Polish word for hamster), built for the purpose of collecting a soil sample from one of the Martian moons, has completed the first stage of preparations....
Titusville Journal: In Shuttle’s Waning Days, One of the Last Reasons to Cheer
As the countdown for Endeavour liftoff, the next-to-last shuttle flight, approaches, communities near the Kennedy Space Center prepare for the big day.
Rare Sky Sight: Europeans Could See Endeavour, Fuel Tank After Shuttle Launch
Skywatchers in western and central Europe could catch a glimpse of Endeavour and its fuel tank flying across the twilight sky.
Brainless jellyfish smarter than you might think
Box jellyfish found to use one set of its 24 eyes to navigate and keep itself close to home
Four Companies at Forefront of Commercial Space Race
On the eve of the penultimate space shuttle launch, a new wave of space exploration is surging forward.
The jet that trained the astronauts
The T-38 was a star at air shows around the world but its real claim to fame came with the advent of the space shuttle program
$53 million pledged to Kickstarter in two years
Kickstarter, a website which collects donations for creative projects, said Thursday that it has received pledges of more than $53 million since its launch two years ago.
Space Pictures This Week: Shuttle Launch, Green Flash
X-rays arc in a supernova, a green flash caps the moon, Endeavour preps for its final flight, and more in the week's best space pictures.
Space Weather: Sunspots, Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections
The sun's unceasing activity affects our planet beyond providing obvious light and heat.
Meteors from Halley's comet
Looking for an adventure? Get up in the wee hours of the morning May 6th and head out into the country, far from the city lights. You won't be alone....
Ride along with Rhea
Assembled from 29 raw images taken by the Cassini orbiter on Monday, April 25, this animation brings us along an orbital ride with Rhea as it crosses Saturns nighttime face,...
Antarctic neutrino telescope celebrates completion with conferences, public events
Like the billions of tiny neutrinos that zip through the Earth every second, scientific exchanges will be flying thick and fast in Madison.
Xenon100: 'We hope to detect the largest proportion of the matter in space'
The underground laboratory at Gran Sasso in Italy is the home of the Xenon100 experiment, which is being conducted as an international collaboration that includes the Heidelberg-based Max Planck Institute...
Fingernail-sized satellites depart on Endeavor's last run
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of Cornell-developed, fingernail-sized satellites may travel to Saturn within the next decade, and as they flutter down through its atmosphere, they will collect data about chemistry,...
Swiss solar plane to attempt first international flight
Switzerland's solar-powered aircraft is expected to attempt its first international flight as early as next week to Brussels, the team managing the project said on Thursday.
What can movie stars tell us about marriage? That education matters, study finds
Movie stars: Is there anything they can't tell us?
Scientists hope to illuminate universe's dark side
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Everything scientists now know about the cosmos, from the Big Bang to black holes, has come from measurements of light rays.
JPL Tweetup Previews Missions: Mars, Jupiter and More
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will host a Tweetup for approximately 120 Twitter followers on Monday, June 6.