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Ryan Fitzpatrick: New York Jets QB undergoes wrist surgery
By Jerry beach, The Sports Xchange FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Ryan Fitzpatrick's quasi-bye week began Friday on an operating room table.
Dwarf planet in our solar system may be farthest yet
The distant body is about nine and a half billion miles from the sun
Rosetta and Philae—one year since landing on a comet
One year since Philae made its historic landing on a comet, mission teams remain hopeful for renewed contact with the lander, while also looking ahead to next year's grand finale:...
Construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope Begins
It is expected to be the largest telescope ever built. In a US led project, ground has been broken for the construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope, which will be...
Orion's European module ready for testing
A test version of ESA's service module for NASA's Orion spacecraft arrived in the US yesterday after leaving its assembly site in Italy last weekend.
Report: San Francisco 49ers adding RB Travaris Cadet
The Sports Xchange The San Francisco 49ers signed running back Travaris Cadet and waived running back Pierre Thomas on Tuesday.
PNNL Researchers Part of 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Hot on the tail of this year's Nobel prize in physics, another prize came to the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration -- the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The honor...
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets: Week 10 preview
The Sports Xchange Buffalo Bills (4-4) at New York Jets (5-3)
Temperature record at famous Alpine peak
The towering Jungfrau mountain in the Swiss Alps on Tuesday saw the mercury hit an all-time high for the month of November of 7.2 degrees Celsius (45 degrees Fahrenheit), meteorologists...
Image: Understanding the atmosphere of Venus
On 9 November 2005, 10 years ago today, ESA's Venus Express spacecraft left Earth and began its 153-day journey to Venus. The craft then spent eight years studying the planet...
Teyana Taylor, NBA star Iman Shumpert engaged
Annie MartinCLEVELAND, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Singer Teyana Taylor and Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard Iman Shumpert got engaged at their baby shower.
Astronomers explain the low number of discovered grazing planets
(Phys.org)—Exoplanet hunters have so far found hundreds of alien worlds using the transit method. They observe the visual brightness of the star, which drops when a planet crosses in front...
Galileo satellites set for year-long Einstein experiment
Europe's fifth and sixth Galileo satellites – subject to complex salvage manoeuvres following their launch last year into incorrect orbits – will help to perform an ambitious year-long test of...
Catalonia parliament votes for independence from Spain by 2017
Andrew V. PestanoBARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Parliament members in Catalonia voted in favor of a resolution that could see the region secede from Spain within 18 months.
Vanderbilt engineers open source medical capsule robot technology
The likelihood that you will be swallowing a capsule robot in the near future has just jumped up dramatically.
Acid Fog On Mars
Mars doesn't have much in the way of Earth-like weather, it does evidently share one kind of weird meteorology: acid fog. Astronomer Shoshanna Cole of Ithaca College gathered data from instruments...
Going To Mars? Take Sleeping Pills And Skin Cream
If you are planning to take the long trip to Mars, don't forget to pack sleeping pills and skin cream. A new study examines the medications used by astronauts on...
Swiss camera leaves for Mars
A camera designed and built at the University of Bern left Bern today at 6:00 in the morning for Cannes in France where it will be integrated on the European Space Agency's...
Do we need a new theory of gravity?
In the late 1990s physicists discovered, to their consternation, that the expansion of the universe is not slowing but accelerating. Nothing in the 'standard model of cosmology' could account for...
Well: A Fall-Themed Veggie Burger
Create a fall-themed veggie burger with acorn squash, cranberries and toasted almonds to star on your Thanksgiving table.
Mysterious dust and diffuse aurorae envelop the red planet
MAVEN spacecraft spots tiny particles surrounding Mars that could have an interplanetary origin
Watch a Goliath Grouper Drag a Fisherman and Take His Catch
The intelligent ambush hunters can learn quickly—and remember, experts say.
7 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Spacewalks
What’s it like to spend hours in Earth’s orbit, when your spacesuit is the only thing between you and a frigid vacuum? Astronaut Douglas Wheelock describes the experience.
Carmelo Anthony's late charge pushed Knicks past Lakers
By Scott Stump, The Sports Xchange With Kobe Bryant potentially playing his last game ever at Madison Square Garden, New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony made sure to savor a...
Will Private Moon Race's First Contract Spur Snowball Effect?
Last month, Israel-based SpaceIL announced it had signed a deal to launch its lander to the moon aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the second half of 2017.
Rail-Launched Super Strypi Rocket Packed with Cubesats Fails in Debut
The first flight of an experimental launch system for small satellites ended in failure Nov. 3. The U.S. Air Force’s rail-launched Super Strypi rocket, packed with more than a dozen...
Sun 'Hocks A Loogie' And 'Sneezes' Plasma During 2 Flare-Ups | Video
On Nov. 4th, 2015, the Sun 'spits' into space following a M3-class eruption. Earlier in the day the sunspot AR2445 blasted an M1.3 flare, spewing superheated plasma out and back...
Einstein's Biggest Triumph: A Century of General Relativity (Op-Ed)
After 100 years, general relativity still stands strong.