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Spacecraft Woken for Asteroid Encounter

14 years ago from Space.com

The comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft will fly past asteroid Steins this September.

Voyager 2 reports from the edge of the solar system

14 years ago from Physics World

NASA mission confirms that the solar system is “squashed” by interstellar space

Space Probes Show Solar System Dented, Not Round

14 years ago from NY Times Science

When viewed from the rest of the galaxy, the edge of our solar system appears as if a giant hand is pushing one edge of it inward, far-traveling NASA probes...

Phoenix to Bake Ice-Rich Sample Next Week

14 years ago from Physorg

The next sample delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) will be ice-rich.

NASA creates Web site for Ares test flight

14 years ago from UPI

WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has created a Web site dedicated to the development of the Ares rocket and the Orion crew...

Ice Creamier: 'Edible Antifreeze' Puts the Smooth in Smoothie

14 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

It's Friday night, and the movie's already spinning in the DVD player. You run to the kitchen to grab a gallon of ice cream and a spoon, but you find...

Ulysses hanging on valiantly

14 years ago from Physorg

The Ulysses spacecraft, whose mission was expected to end on 1 July 2008, is hanging on valiantly as spacecraft controllers wait for a sign of the fuel freeze that would...

Qubits and Branes Share Surprising Features

14 years ago from Physorg

What do black holes and entangled particles have in common? Until about a year ago, physicists thought that the two entities existed in completely separate worlds. Then, in 2007, physicist...

Physics names winners and losers

14 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

UK physics and astronomy will spend nearly £3bn in the next three years, but some programmes face cuts.

NASA plans two ISS spacewalks next week

14 years ago from UPI

HOUSTON, July 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency has detailed the activities to be included during two International Space Station cosmonauts' spacewalks next week.

GLAST mission operations at NASA Goddard powered up

14 years ago from Physorg

Several bases of operations for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) are gearing up for data from the recently launched satellite.

Planets Align for the 4th of July

14 years ago from Physorg

News Flash: On 4th of July weekend, NASA forecasts lights in the sky. No, not those lights. Look beyond the fireworks. Almost halfway up the western sky, just above the...

2 Men Charged in Killing of NASA Engineer, 3 Others

14 years ago from Space.com

Police arrested and charged two men in the slayings of a NASA engineer and three others.

Scientific exploration: What a long, strange trip it's been

14 years ago from News @ Nature

Launched in 1977, NASA's Voyager missions transformed humanity's view of the Solar System. Now in their fourth decade, they are sending back information about the borderlands of interstellar space. Here,...

Time Square Gets Solar-Powered Billboard

14 years ago from Live Science

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Printed optical electronics come into view

14 years ago from Physorg

European researchers have taken a major step towards the goal of developing printable electronics that can be used for creating radio frequency identification tags and flexible watch displays.

Russia seals agreement with private investor for space tourism

14 years ago from Physorg

The Russian space agency has sealed a deal with a private investor to build a Soyuz spacecraft specially for tourist hire and operational in 2011, a statement said Wednesday.

NASA ponders student satellite initiative

14 years ago from UPI

WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it is considering inviting U.S. students, to participate in a university-based satellite development initiative.

Mars Sample Return: The next step in exploring the Red Planet

14 years ago from Physorg

ESA and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) will be co-hosting, in cooperation with NASA and the International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG), an International Conference on 9 and 10...

Physics and Fitness Meld for Space Tourist, NFL Player

14 years ago from Space.com

Space tourist and former NFL player create sports for space.

Eight teams taking up ESA’s Lunar Robotics Challenge

14 years ago from European Space Agency

As interest in exploration of the Moon soars among the world’s space agencies, ESA, through it's General Studies Programme, has challenged university students to develop a robotic vehicle that is...

Survey of distant galaxies sets limit on cosmic strings

14 years ago from Physics World

Gravitational lensing measurement suggets that cosmic strings make up no more than 2% of mass of universe

Spacewatch: Martian horticulture

14 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Phoenix probe discovers that asparagus should grow nicely in the alkaline Martian soil but strawberries might not

Study: UV light might find life on Mars

14 years ago from UPI

CORVALLIS, Ore., July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. and British scientists say they have developed a method using ultraviolet light that could identify any organic material present in the...

100 Years After Tunguska, Earth Not Ready for Meteors

14 years ago from National Geographic

On the anniversary of the massive blast, U.S. experts are calling for increased funding to protect Earth from destructive meteor strikes.

Fires Burning Near Big Sur, California

14 years ago from Physorg

Fires near Big Sur, Calif., continued to burn unchecked when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image on Sunday, June...

NASA To Deploy Solar Sail This Summer

14 years ago from Space.com

Scientists hope to deploy a solar sail called NanoSail-D this summer.

Catch a new planet

14 years ago from Physorg

Is there anybody out there? Could the Universe contain lots of other planets like ours? Are there new worlds yet to be discovered?