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Photos Show How NASA Removed Tanks from Retired Space Shuttles for Station
Behind-the-scenes photographs reveal how the water storage tanks deep inside NASA's space shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour were extracted by the space agency for their use onboard the International Space Station.
Vine star Hayes Grier joins 'Dancing with the Stars'
Annie MartinLOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Hayes Grier will join Nick Carter, Bindi Irwin and Victor Espinoza on "Dancing with the Stars" season 21 amid word Chaka Khan and...
NASA Crashes Small Plane To Test Emergency Transmitter | Video
The test occurred on Aug. 26th, 2015 at NASA's Langley Research Center. They were testing the emergency locator transmitter.
North Dakota plans more wind power capacity
Daniel J. GraeberBISMARCK, N.D., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- In parallel with the White House, North Dakota said it was planning to connect a 43-turbine wind farm to the grid as...
Donald Trump attacks Megyn Kelly again
Wade SheridanNEW YORK, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is once again clashing with with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.
Image: Feathery filaments in Mon R2
Fierce flashes of light ripple through delicate tendrils of gas in this new image, from ESA's Herschel space observatory, which shows the dramatic heart of a large and dense cosmic...
Say, Where Can We Get A Drink In This Solar System?
Science fiction movies about aliens threatening the Earth routinely ascribe them the motive of coming here to steal our resources, most often our water. This is ill thought-out, as water...
Why the U.S. is No. 1 -- in mass shootings
The United States is, by a long shot, the global leader in mass shootings, claiming just 5% of the global population but an outsized share -- 31% -- of the...
Sun Unleashes Medium-Strength Solar Flare (Photo)
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured an image of the flare, which erupted at 3:33 a.m. EDT (0733 GMT) this morning from a sunspot known as active region 2403.
Entrepreneurs experiencing economic boom in outer space
The cosmos is becoming an open field for entreprenuership. Millions of investment dollars are pushing commerce into orbit
Research may solve ancient lunar fire fountain mystery
Scientists have found traces of carbon in volcanic glass collected from the Apollo missions to the Moon. The finding may not only explain the driving force behind ancient 'fire fountain'...
NASA & NOAA Now Understand Killer Hurricane Katrina’s Deadly Details | Video
Data from the GOES-5 satellite drove this simulation, illuminating the wind intensities and water vapor transport powering the massive category 5 storm, which ravaged New Orleans, Louisiana and adjoining areas...
Alien Transit Systems May Be a Giveaway in the Search for ET
A Harvard professor devises a scheme to detect extraterrestrials by tracking how they might commute from one world to the next -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Southern stars—the decade ahead for Australian astronomy
Astronomy is entering an exciting new era of exploration.
New Horizons mission exceeds expectations
(Phys.org)—NASA's New Horizons mission, as the name suggests, is all about broadening our scientific horizons. The spacecraft, visiting the unexplored world of dwarf planet Pluto and its moons, continues to...
ESO and ESA Directors General sign Cooperation Agreement
On 20 August 2015 the Director General of ESO, Tim de Zeeuw, and the Director General of ESA, Johann-Dietrich Woerner, signed a cooperation agreement between the two organisations at ESO’s...
Mystery of coronal heating problem: Magnetically driven resonance helps heat sun's atmosphere
Solar physicists have captured the first direct observational signatures of resonant absorption, thought to play an important role in solving the 'coronal heating problem' which has defied explanation for over...
Best of Last Week – New way to detect dark matter, a magnetic wormhole and staring found to cause hallucinations
(Phys.org)—It was another good week for physics as Ian Shoemaker, until recently with the University of Southern Denmark, proposed a new theory, suggesting that if we want to detect dark...
Dust storms on Mars
In the 1870's astronomers first noted the presence of yellow clouds on the surface of Mars and suggested they were caused by windblown dust. Today, dust storms on Mars are...
What is the asteroid belt?
In the 18th century, observations made of all the known planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) led astronomers to discern a pattern in their orbits. Eventually, this led...
MOSES-2 sounding rocket to investigate coronal heating
A NASA-funded sounding rocket is getting ready to launch to give insight into one of the biggest mysteries in solar physics—the fact the sun's atmosphere is some 1,000 times hotter...
Plasma Rocket Technology Receives NASA Funding Boost
A potential advancement in the United States’ electric propulsion capability for the future of spaceflight is being underscored by a new NASA contract to support work on the VASIMR project...
Image: A hubble cosmic couple
Here we see the spectacular cosmic pairing of the star Hen 2-427—more commonly known as WR 124—and the nebula M1-67 which surrounds it. Both objects, captured here by the NASA/ESA...
Goodyear's Spirit of America blimp floats out of Carson and into history
On her final flight, the Spirit of America did not go down easily.
Suspected Boko Haram militants ambush Nigeria's new army chief in Borno state
Fred LambertMAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Suspected Boko Haram militants in Borno state, Nigeria, ambushed a convoy carrying Maj. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, the country's chief of army staff.
Russia's Once-Great Space Program Is Being Dragged to Earth
Russia's once-great space program is being dragged back to Earth by decades of brain drain and financial hardship.
See Saturn and the Moon Pair Off Tonight
If the weather is clear in your area on tonight (Aug. 22), you'll have an opportunity to see what probably are for most people, the two most popular objects to...
Chance Lightning Storm Illuminates Brilliant Milky Way Vista (Photo)
See how photographer Stephen Ippolito captured this amazing view from from Bell Rock in Sedona, Arizona.