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Shuttle Astronauts Rehearse Launch Day
Discovery astronauts completed a dress rehearsal for their upcoming launch.
Study shows spiders use UV light to mate
WUHAN, China, May 5 (UPI) -- Chinese scientists have found ultraviolet B light plays a role in spider sex, the first evidence of animals being able to see...
Jupiter's Rings Made in the Shade
A new study reveals how light and shadow sculpt the faint rings.
Supercomputer To Simulate Extreme Stellar Physics
A team of scientists will expend 22 million computational hours during the next year on one of the world's most powerful supercomputers, simulating an event that takes less than five...
NASA Delays Shuttle Flight to Hubble Space Telescope
NASA has delayed the final shuttle flight to overhaul the Hubble Space Telescope.
U.S.-French satellite prepared for launch
A U.S.-French spacecraft designed to continue a long-term survey of Earth's oceans has arrived in the United States for its final launch preparations.
Astronomers predict neutron star bursts
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, May 1 (UPI) -- A Dutch-led team of astronomers using a U.S. X-ray timing satellite has developed a method of predicting when neutron stars will emit...
Review: Google Earth powerful, though tricky to use, share
(AP) -- Online photo albums I had prepared for family and friends weren't capturing the essence of my travels to the southern reaches of the world. Then a light...
Former head of B.C. observatory to receive international astronomy award
A Canadian astronomer whose did pioneering work in the discovery of dwarf galaxies and other interstellar phenomena will be given a prestigious lifetime achievement award on Thursday.
Record low 2008 Arctic ice a probability
BOULDER, Colo., May 1 (UPI) -- U.S. climate scientists are forecasting a 3-in-5 chance of record low amounts of Arctic sea ice forming this year.
Genotyping Takes Us Closer To An Osteoporosis Fingerprint
For the first time ever, an extensive genome-wide search has been undertaken to find the genes linked to osteoporosis and fracture. Five regions of interest have been identified that appear...
Astronomers Discover New Type Of Pulsating White Dwarf Star
Astronomers have predicted and confirmed the existence of a new type of variable star, with the help of the 2.1-meter Otto Struve Telescope at McDonald Observatory. Called a "pulsating carbon...
Story Tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2008
1) ACCELERATORS -- Paving the way; 2) ENERGY -- Rubber hits the road; 3) SOLAR-- More potent photovoltaics; 4) FORENSICS -- New weapon.
Globular clusters: Not as old as thought?
EVANSTON, Ill., May 1 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency astronomers say they've found some of the oldest objects in the universe might be younger in their development than...
Time 100's Top Techies
You're reading it here first ... the tech-related members of the much-hyped Time 100 due to be announced on Time.com overnight.
What Mars Fossils Might Look Like
A river in Spain may show how signs of life could be preserved on Mars.
We're the 'waste' from distant stars
Cosmologist and astrophysicist, Martin Rees, on the big bang and beyond
Inspector General: Conflict of Interest on NASA Review Board
NASA's inspector general says the agency is allowing conflicts of interest.
Catching planets in the making
It took a real oddball of a star--or rather, pair of stars--to provide the exceptional conditions that made detection possible of the intermediate stage of planet formation by a team...
'4-D' ionosphere map helps flyers, soldiers, ham radio operators
Today, at the Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colo., NASA-funded researchers released to the general public a new “4D” live model of Earth`s ionosphere. Without leaving home, anyone can fly...
NASA to televise astronaut ceremony
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 30 (UPI) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it will provide live TV coverage of the 2008 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame...
Laser precision added to search for new Earths
Harvard scientists have unveiled a new laser-measuring device that they say will provide a critical advance in the resolution of current planet-finding techniques, making the discovery of Earth-sized planets possible.The...
150-Year-Old Computer Brought to Life [Slideshow] [News]
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Searching for an Elusive Particle, Physicists Take a Shot in the Dark [News]
Earlier this month, Italian researchers made a claim that, if taken at face value, would earn them a place in scientific history. The DAMA (DArk MAtter) collaboration, based at the...
NASA Tests HYTHIRM at Sandia's Solar Tower
NASA has once again turned to Sandia's National Solar Thermal Test Facility -- aka the Solar Tower -- to help evaluate new technology for future space shuttle missions. NASA's most...
India Hails Success of Complicated Rocket Launch
India celebrated the successful Monday launch of its most complicated mission.
TGV Gets Serious with Suborbital Reusable Rocket Design
After a decade, TGV Rockets has moved to serious design work.
ESA May Face British Astronaut Quandary
ESA faces a nightmare if a British citizen is the best astronaut candidate.