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Skylab's Remains: NASA Space Station Debris in Australia (Photos)
See the remains of Skylab, NASA's first space station, in Australia as captured by veteran space photographer Ben Cooper.
Astronaut Sally Ride to Be Remembered with National Tribute
NASA will honor Sally Ride on May 20 during national tribute to the first American woman in space.
The Alien Planets of Star HR 8799 (Photos)
See images and photos of the strange new worlds around the star HR 8799 128 light-years from Earth.
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GOP Star Witnesses Debunk Right-Wing Benghazi Conspiracy Theories | ThinkProgress
The “whistleblowers” at today’s House Oversight Committee hearing on what really happened in Benghazi, Libya last September were supposed to break the dam that would lead to President...
Canadian firm smartens up new Earth-observing satellite
A European mini-satellite launched this week will be able to keep a steady eye on Earth's vegetation as it hurtles through orbit, thanks to smart software developed in Canada.
Ray Taliaferro Kicked Rush Limbaugh's Butt
Ray Taliaferro has been one of the best progressive radio talk show hosts I have ever heard, and to my chagrin, he retired in December of 2011. But before he...
Every meteorite since 2500 BC: watch them fall
Only 3% of all recorded meteorites that have struck the earth were seen falling. If you're struggling to imagine what the other 33,797 collisions looked like, watch this animation.Mona Chalabi
Meeting aliens will be nothing like Star Trek—fact
The latest Star Trek movie, opening tomorrow, raises an eternal question: why are the Klingons (or Cylons or Daleks) always at roughly our technological level?
New architecture for network-wide optimization of ICT platforms
Fujitsu today announced the development of FUJITSU Intelligent Networking and Computing Architecture, a new architecture for network-wide ICT platform optimization based on the principles of software defined networking (SDN).
Estonia's first satellite carries a tether for testing the electric sail
ESTCube-1, Estonia's first satellite, was successfully launched into orbit. The purpose of the satellite is to measure the electric sail effect. The Finnish Meteorological Institute bears the main responsibility for...
VIDEO: Antarctic trek team battle elements
Bad weather and dangerous crevasses have slowed the progress of the team trying to become the first to cross Antarctica during the polar winter.
Landing is key puzzle in Mars trip, experts say
Landing astronauts safely on Mars is one of the biggest technological hurdles for any future manned mission to the Red Planet, even more complicated than last year's daring rover touchdown.
BBC News - Obama: North Korea's crisis-for-concession days 'over'
"The days when North Korea could create a crisis and elicit concessions, those days are over," Mr Obama told Tuesday's briefing after meeting privately with Ms Park in...
Timelapse of Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights, over Alaska (Video)
Three videos. The first a recent one over Eureka, Alaska. The second and third ones taken late last year. Scroll down for videos.
After a violent youth, Earth said getting calmer in middle age
SYDNEY, May 7 (UPI) -- Earth endured a tectonic upheaval 1.1 billion years ago that saw the world's continents collide and form a single supercontinent, Australian researchers say.
Elon Musk's SpaceX signs lease at NM spaceport
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Another space industry heavyweight has signed on to use New Mexico's Spaceport America - Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX,...
New research key to revolutionary 'green' spacecraft propellant
In 2015, NASA, for the first time, will fly a space mission utilizing a radically different propellant—one which has reduced toxicity and is environmentally benign. This energetic ionic liquid, or...
Even Intelligent Design Requires Evolution
Intelligent Design is often presented as a view that runs counter to evolutionary theory. Whether it be the concept of natural selection or ideas about speciation, Intelligent Design (ID) purports...
Space Shuttle Enterprise's New York Exhibit Reopening July 10
The space shuttle Enterprise's exhibit in New York City is set to reopen this summer.
NCAR powers up renewable energy forecasts
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), building on a pioneering wind energy forecasting system that saved millions of dollars for Xcel Energy customers in eight states, has entered into...
It's Time to Get Serious About Going to Mars, NASA Says
NASA must set some plans for going to Mars soon if it wants to arrive by the 2030s.
A colossal supercell thunderstorm cloud over Montana and other astonishing photos of the massive storm systems | Mail Online
These colossal storm systems center on mesocyclones, which are rotating updrafts that can span several kilometers and deliver torrential rain and high winds including tornadoes. The first of...
New Landsat 8 satellite appears to be working flawlessly
A new satellite hovering nearly 450 miles (725 kilometers) above the Earth appears to working flawlessly as it embarks on a 10-year mission to document the planet's surface, scientists and...
Record-Breaking Star Explosion Is Most Powerful Ever Seen
NASA's Swift and Fermi space telescopes made the stunning discovery.
Arecibo Observatory: Watching for Asteroids, Waiting for E.T.
Arecibo Observatory has been used to send a SETI message as well as for scanning the skies for approaching asteroids.
Are These Fragments From The Mysterious Forest-Flattening 1908 Tunguska Explosion?
Tunguska Rock Samples Zlobin claims these three stones, which he collected during an expedition to the Tunguska impact zone 25 years ago, are remnants of whatever object exploded in Earth's atmosphere above Russia...