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Hadfield Hits: How To Shave In Space | Video
The Expedition 35 commander demonstrates how astronauts shave on the International Space Station.
Quadruple X-Flaring Sunspot Is At It Again | Video
After a day of rest, active region 1748 unleashed class-M1.3 and M3.2 flares on May 16th and 17th, 2013. This same storm blasted 4 X-class flares between May 13 and...
NASA sees heavy rainfall as Cyclone Mahasen made landfall
NASA's TRMM satellite identified areas of heavy rainfall as Cyclone Mahasen made landfall today, May 16, in southern Bangladesh. NASA's Aqua satellite also captured an image of the storm and...
A space-time magnifying glass
(Phys.org) —Bright arcs are smeared around the heart of galaxy cluster Abell S1077 in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble space telescope. The arcs are stretched images of distant...
Building on Einstein
Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge, as they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for wobbling stars) and...
America's first space station Skylab turns 40
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the ground-breaking space station
Video: Soyuz space capsule lands safely in Kazakhstan
The first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan with two crewmates, wrapping up a five-month mission.
VIDEO: ISS 'star' Hadfield back on Earth
The astronaut whose photographs of Earth and videos of life in space gained him hundreds of thousands of followers on social networks has returned to Earth.
Earth's center is out of sync
(Phys.org) —We all know that the Earth rotates beneath our feet, but new research from ANU has revealed that the center of the Earth is out of sync with the...
Space tourism won't hurt environment, Branson says
British billionaire Richard Branson said Monday that rocket-powered space tourism flights by his firm Virgin Galactic would have only a minor impact on climate change.
Ground-breaking science and spectacular cosmic images from the PAPER instrument in the Karoo
Scientific studies done with the "PAPER" array, one of the world-class scientific instruments in South Africa's Karoo Radio Astronomy Reserve, is producing ground-breaking science and spectacular cosmic images, resulting in...
Robotic refueling mission practices new tasks
(Phys.org) —With a historic robotic refueling demo ticked off its checklist, NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) put down the hose and picked up the screwdriver and utility knife. This latest...
Hubble tells a tale of galactic collisions
(Phys.org) —When we look into the distant cosmos, the great majority of the objects we see are galaxies: immense gatherings of stars, planets, gas, dust, and dark matter, showing up...
New public application of Landsat images released
(Phys.org) —Google released more than a quarter-century of images of Earth taken from space Thursday compiled into an interactive time-lapse experience. Working with data from the Landsat Program managed by...
Coolest Science Stories of the Week
Black widow cannibalism, a search for space warp hunters and the origin of all language top our favorite stories in Science this week.
Starwatch: Saturn's north pole hurricane
A close-up of the hurricane raging at Saturn's north pole appeared in the Guardian on 1 May. This image, also by Nasa's Cassini probe, shows a wider view and is another false...
'Comet of the Century': Comet ISON Stars in Mother's Day Webcast Today
The online Slooh Space Camera's Comet ISON webcast begins at 5 p.m. ET (2100 GMT) today.
Cloud computing is silver lining for Russian firms
Russian police marched into a small company's office in Moscow and told everyone to sit down and wait to be interviewed. They left hours later with all the computers.
CDF Memories, Circa 1992
In 1992 the top quark had not been discovered yet, and it did not make much sense for the CDF collaboration to have a full meeting devoted solely to it;...
Space Pictures This Week: Sunrise From Space, Saturn After Dark
Astronauts see the sun rise from space, Saturn goes dark, and a volcano spews ash in this week’s best space pictures.
Brilliant Venus Returns to Night Sky This Month: How to See It
The "evening star" had been hidden by the sun's glare for months.
Mon Dieu! Researchers Fret as France Debates More English in French Universities
Scientists say language flap distracting from more important issues
Morocco launches solar mega-project at Ouarzazate
Morocco on Friday officially launched the construction of a 160-megawatt solar power plant near the desert city of Ouarzazate, the first in a series of vast solar projects planned in...
Cleaner air brings more visibility of Mount Fuji from Tokyo
TOKYO, May 10 (UPI) -- Mount Fuji has become visible more often from Tokyo than half a century ago, suggesting the air around the Japanese capital has become cleaner,...
Cosmic Mother's Day Treat: See Jupiter and the Moon Sunday
You can see Jupiter and the crescent moon shining in the night sky this Mother's Day.
In West Texas, a Gathering to Consider the Universe
In its 35th year, the Texas Star Party drew more than 500 amateur astronomers from across the United States and Canada to gaze together into the vast open skies.
NASA image: Wildfires in Siberia
The Aqua satellite provided this satellite image showing a series of hotspots found in the Siberian region of Russia.
Shadow on Earth | Space Wallpaper
On May 10, 2013, the sun experienced what's called an annular eclipse. NASA's Terra satellite didn't observe the eclipse directly, but it did see the moon's shadow darkening the region...