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Rarest rhinoceros wrecks camera
The world's rarest rhino is captured on video in the jungles of Java - then sends camera flying.
How Plasma From Superstorms Affects Near-Earth Space
NASA scientists have uncovered new details about how plasma from superstorms interact with Earth's magnetosphere.
Famous Supernovae Still Echo Across the Milky Way
While walking home on November 11, 1572, astronomer Tycho Brahe idly glanced at the sky. He was surprised to see a bright star in the constellation Cassiopeia that hadn`t been...
Record spin for newfound asteroid
The fastest spinning natural object in the Solar System is discovered by a British amateur astronomer.
For Five Days, New York Will Be Science City
The World Science Festival, a five-day cosmic fair intended to make New York safe for science, slipped into town Wednesday.
Russia boosts science funding
MOSCOW, May 29 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the country will spend $25 billion on scientific research over the next three years.
Mars' Water Appears To Have Been Too Salty To Support Life
A new analysis of the Martian rock that gave hints of water on the Red Planet -- and, therefore, optimism about the prospect of life -- now suggests the water...
Where Man Boldly Goes, Bacteria Follow
Life in outer space is an absolute certainty, and it is likely to be more familiar than we might think, according to an article in Microbiology Today. Ever since the...
New robots could soon wander Antarctica
Robotic rovers have patrolled deep space and the deepest seas, but scientists are still struggling to create drones that can overcome the multiple challenges of exploring Antarctica.
NASA seeks lunar surface concept proposals
WASHINGTON, May 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency said it's seeking ideas for its lunar surface systems concept to help it develop plans for a return to...
Warm Coronal Loops Offer Clue to Mysteriously Hot Solar Atmosphere
Scientists at NASA reveal a new understanding of the mysterious mechanism responsible for heating the outer part of the solar atmosphere, the corona, to million degree temperatures.
NASA finds a ring around an exploded star
PASADENA, Calif., May 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says its Spitzer Space Telescope has found a bizarre ring of material around the magnetic remains of an...
ESA‘s roadmap to Earth-like planets
ESA is launching a new initiative to develop a roadmap for finding Earth-like planets. Searching for rocky planets around other stars, in the hopes of finding an Earth-like world,...
Listen to Phoenix descend
With data recorded on board Mars Express, you can hear Phoenix descend on to the surface of the Red Planet. After being processed by the Mars Express Flight Control Team,...
MIT studies robotic training for astronauts
The space shuttle's 45-foot robotic arm may look simple and automatic as it gracefully lifts a multi-ton satellite from the cargo bay and lets it drift off into space. Far...
University Helps NASA Study Cosmic Explosions
Scientists at UAHuntsville helped design (and will lead the ground team keeping track of) NASA's new GLAST Burst Monitor, an instrument scheduled to be rocketed into orbit next month to...
Summertime Balls of Fire
The minor planet causing the Kappa Cygnid meteor shower has been identified.
Moon's Big Bulls-Eye Studied
New techniques allowed radar observations of the moon's Orientale basin.
Japanese Astronaut to Bring Country's Hope to Station
Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide is ready to ferry his nation's lab to space.
Seven Scientists Win First Kavli Prizes
The winners of the Kavli prizes, which consist of $1 million each in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience, were announced Wednesday.
Arctic claimants say they will obey U.N. rules
ILULISSAT, Greenland (Reuters) - Five Arctic coastal nations agreed on Wednesday to let the U.N. rule on conflicting territorial claims on the region's seabed, which may hold up to one...
Robot climbs Grand Canyon with batteries
(AP) -- Watch out Energizer Bunny. Robot Evolta kept climbing and climbing - up a rope dangling from a Grand Canyon cliff for nearly seven hours on a pair...
California prison gets solar power plant
BLYTHE, Calif., May 28 (UPI) -- Ironwood State Prison officials in California say they've activated a new 1.18 megawatt solar power plant.
PHOTOS: Mars Lander Takes First "Self Portraits"
New images will help scientists assess the lander's health and surrounding landscape before starting the search for clues that the red planet was once habitable.
Long-range weather: it's a balmy -30 C on Mars
The first weather reports are in from Canada's $37-million weather station on Mars, showing temperatures hitting a high of -30 Celsius, and a low of -80.
Mars probe sends back new pictures of landing site
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Phoenix lander has sent back new pictures from the arctic circle of Mars, showing for the first time the spot where it will dig through...
Cartwheel Coronal Mass Ejection
Imagine a billion-ton cloud of gas launching itself off the surface of the sun and then ... doing a cartwheel. That's exactly what happened on April 9, 2008, when a...
Berlin unveils 'crewed spaceship'
A model of a proposed European manned spaceship goes on show at the Berlin Air Show.