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New Comet Found; May Be Visible From Earth in 2013
There's a newfound comet closing in on the sun, and when it gets here in 2013, you may be able to see it with your naked eye, experts...
Observatory: From Devastation in Japan, Vital Data
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan left researchers with an unprecedented amount of data, thanks to the country’s investment in earthquake-monitoring technology.
Giant waves of supersonic plasma found on sun
Waves described as so huge that it would take up to 16 Earths, end-to-end, to match them
Dusty Nearby Galaxy Blazes Bright in Hubble Photo
A new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope shows our dusty neighbor galaxy Centaurus A in bright and brilliant detail.
Indication of a new type of neutrino oscillation at the T2K experiment
Scientists have been working for several years on an experiment in Japan called T2K, or Tokai to Kamioka Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment, which studies the most elusive of fundamental...
Cassini Spacecraft at Saturn Has Minor Short Circuit, NASA Says
An instrument on the Cassini spacecraft at Saturn is offline, most likely due to a short circuit, NASA says.
Mapping Sun’s Potential to Power New York
Two-thirds of New York’s buildings are suitable for solar panels, which together could meet half of the city’s power demand at peak times, the city found.
Iran launches second satellite
TEHRAN, June 16 (UPI) -- Iranian officials say they have successfully launched a domestically made satellite into orbit, the second such launch in the past year.
A green ring fit for a superhero
(PhysOrg.com) -- This glowing emerald nebula seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is reminiscent of the glowing ring wielded by the superhero Green Lantern. In the comic books, the diminutive...
Gaia: Photos of Earth From Space Tourist Guy Laliberte
Canadian space tourist Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil, published a book called "Gaia" of photos of the Earth he took while visiting the International Space Station.
Neutrinos can change 'flavors', scientists discover
An international research team may have taken a significant step in discovering why matter trumped antimatter at the time of Big Bang, helping to create virtually all of the galaxies...
Solar Storms Sparked By Giant 'Magnetic Rope,' Study Finds
Could a giant magnetic rope that produces strong electric current be the cause of solar storms?
CoGeNT findings support dark-matter halo theory
Seasonal variation in detector's signal points to low-mass WIMP
Solar Dynamics Observatory detects superfast solar waves moving at 2,000 km/sec
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument on board NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), have detected quasi-periodic waves in the low solar corona that travel at speeds...
Earth’s Moon Phases, Monthly Lunar Cycles
Moon Astronomy Lesson: Learn more about moon phases, a waxing and waning crescent or gibbous moon and the lunar cycles of Earth’s moon each month at SPACE.com.
UK first use of 3-D imaging derived from post-mortem computed tomography imaging in UK trial
Scientists have used 3D images derived from post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) scans as an aid to demonstrate injuries to a jury for the first time in evidence at a UK...
Voyager 1 Might Leave the Solar System Any Day Now, New Data Says
Voyager It was not projected to happen until 2014 The Voyager 1 spacecraft might be crossing the interstellar boundary at the edge of our solar system much sooner than scientists thought, according to...
Japan astronaut tweets about space sickness
Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa has tweeted from the International Space Station that he suffers from travel sickness in space.
Shuttle’s End Leaves NASA a Pension Bill
NASA is planning to spend about half a billion dollars next year to replenish the pension fund of United Space Alliance, which supplies workers to the space shuttle program.
GMES operations another step closer
Today, the European Commission has signed an agreement confirming the transfer of funds to ESA for the initial operations of the space component for the Global Monitoring for Environment and...
When Jupiter was in the position of Mars
A new scenario describing a key step in the formation of the solar system has been proposed by a French-American collaboration. According to this model, Jupiter migrated towards the Sun...
June lyrid meteor shower underway
Although theres more than enough Moon to go around right now, while youre waiting on the eclipse, you just might want to see if you can spot a few stray...
Stellar super soaker
Located in the constellation of Perseus and just a mere 750 light years from Earth, a young protostar is very busy spewing forth copious amounts of water. Embedded in a...
New planetary system has South African astronomers doing a double take
Double your pleasure... Double your fun... Double twin planets found orbiting a double sun! Are you ready for the weird, true and freaky? Then check out what Drs. Stephen Potter...
One million Bangladesh homes on solar power
The number of households in electricity-starved Bangladesh using solar panels has crossed the one million mark -- the fastest expansion of solar use in the world, officials said Wednesday.
A step closer to solving one of the biggest mysteries in fundamental physics?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Where did all the matter in the universe come from? This is one of the biggest mysteries in fundamental physics and exciting results released on 15 June 2011...
Space image: Through the looking glass
The NASA logo on Bldg. 703 at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., is reflected in the 2.5-meter primary mirror of the SOFIA observatory's telescope.
25 years of comet science
A retrospective of ESA's historic Giotto mission with highlights of past comet science and featuring Rosetta and its ambitious goal to land on a comet in 2014 takes place today...