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Reefer Madness 2: Bombed In Boston – How Marijuana Marred The Marathon:
It didn’t take long for addled-brain conspiracy theories to bubble up from the primordial Tea-publican ooze following the Boston marathon bombing. There were the instantaneous accusations of Al Qaeda influences...
NASA to Webcast Lyrid Meteor Shower Tonight: Watch It Live
Don't miss your chance to see live views of the Lyrid meteor shower tonight (April 22).
Saturn Moon Titan's Methane May Dry Up
Today, methane sloshes around on the surface of Titan, but the compound may vanish from Saturn's giant moon.
NASA to Reveal New Alien Planet Findings Thursday: How to Watch Live
NASA will announce new results from the Kepler space telescope in a news conference Thursday (April 18).
Dying supergiant stars implicated in hours-long gamma-ray bursts
Three unusually long-lasting stellar explosions discovered by NASA's Swift satellite represent a previously unrecognized class of gamma-ray bursts. Two international teams of astronomers studying these events conclude that they likely...
NASA's Wind mission encounters 'SLAMS' waves
To tease out what happens at that boundary of the magnetosphere and to better understand how radiation and energy from the sun can cross it and move closer to Earth,...
Asteroid-hunting camera passes milestone NASA test
PASADENA, Calif., April 16 (UPI) -- NASA says a sensor that will be the cornerstone of a new space-based asteroid-hunting telescope has passed a critical design test.
Private SpaceShipTwo Takes Step Toward Powered Flight in Stunning New Test
Virgin Galactic ran oxidizers through the spacecraft's propulsion system during an April 12 test.
NASA Moon Probe Sheds Light on Space Radiation Risks
New findings from a NASA moon probe could lead to safer, more efficient spacecraft.
Can Anyone Pay To Name An Exoplanet? It's Complicated
Alpha Centauri B An Earth-mass planet has been spotted orbiting Alpha Centauri B, the closest star system to our own. ESO/L. CalçadaYou can call a star, a distant planet or a faraway...
For the very first time, two spacecraft will fly in formation with millimeter precision
A new project aims to demonstrate that two satellites can move as one single object with sub-millimeter precision. This configuration will enable the creation of enormous space telescopes with the...
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Trailer 2 Teases Story
The second full trailer for STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS still hides the villain's full identity, but reveals more about the story.
AUDIO: Nasa 'missing out' on exploration
Professor Andrew Coats from UCL's Mullard Space Science Laboratory says Nasa is missing out on "basic science exploration".
Remnants of supernova explosion found in ancient magnetotactic bacteria
(Phys.org) —Back in 2004, German scientists discovered traces of supernova ejecta that had been deposited in the deep-sea ferromanganese crust of the pacific ocean. They dated the supernova event to...
NASA engineers rehearse placement of Webb Telescope's NIRSpec and microshutters
(Phys.org) —The installation of equipment into the James Webb Space Telescope requires patience and precision. To prepare for the installation of the actual flight equipment and ensure perfection in the...
Putting the stars within reach
When you look at the night sky, you see stars, a few planets, and perhaps even the Milky Way's spangled belt stretched across the middle.
Water signature in distant planet shows clues to its formation
A team of international scientists including a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory astrophysicist has made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere of a Jupiter-size like planet beyond our solar...
Is there an atmosphere on the Moon?
(Phys.org) —Until recently, most everyone accepted the conventional wisdom that the moon has virtually no atmosphere. Just as the discovery of water on the moon transformed our textbook knowledge of Earth's nearest celestial...
Mars Colony Project to Begin Astronaut Search in July
Mars One aims to land four people on Mars in 2023.
Measuring the forces generated by erosive debris flows
Like water flows, debris flows can carve out steep valleys and change landscapes. By studying the mechanics of bedrock incision caused by flowing debris, scientists are better able to understand...
Researcher conducts supercomputer simulations to learn impacts on Earth's magnetic field
(Phys.org) —Space weather is driven by the sun, which has a continually changing magnetic field. When this field accumulates excess energy, it can erupt and send energetic particles into space,...
Science Weekly podcast: driving the Curiosity Mars rover
On this week's Science Weekly, presented by Camila Ruz, we talk to one of Nasa's leading engineers on the Curiosity Mars rover mission, Paolo Bellutta, who has the rare distinction of holding...
U.S. Air Force says Space Fence program safe for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force on Monday said it took steps to fully fund the first increment of a new ground-based radar to track satellites and other objects...
Space Pictures This Week: Green Death Shroud, Airglow
Plasma dances across the sun and Earth’s air glows in this week's best space pictures.
Kepler's Supernova: Huge 17th-Century Star Explosion Comes into Focus
Scientists have conducted a postmortem on the last supernova ever seen by the naked eye in our galaxy.
Study of lunar dust may lead to better flood forecasts on Earth
Forecasters may one day be able to provide better flood warnings, thanks to the Apollo astronauts who landed on the moon more than four decades ago.
Russian Proton Rocket Blasts New Communication Satellite Into Orbit | Video
International Launch Systems (ILS) launched the Telesat ANIK G1 satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on April 15, 2013.
'Elysium' Movie Showcases Horrors of Dystopian Future Earth
A new science fiction film explores a cosmic class struggle in the future.