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Space weather research to look at energy distribution
A University of Texas at Arlington physicist has been awarded more than $400,000 in NASA funding to develop a 3D look at how electrodynamic energy from solar winds enters and...
6 Surprising Facts about World's Most Powerful Radio Telescope
A new observatory is opening high in Chile's Atacama desert.
NASA Does the 'Harlem Shake' in Video Spoof
In NASA's newest parody video, rocket scientists do the "Harlem Shake."
Strange 'Methuselah' Star Looks Older Than the Universe
This 'Methuselah star' looks like it is 14.5 billion years old, which is impossible, scientists say.
Space Pictures This Week: Alien Invader, Framing Venus
Hubble spies an alien invader and Dragon docks with the ISS in this week's best space pictures.
Origins of Massive Star Explosions May Be Found
A new way of researching supernovas could lead to a quicker way of understanding their origins.
Ancient Mega-Flood on Mars Revealed in 3D
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter used radar to find the underground Martian channels.
Huge Rocket Launch Lights Up Tropical Night Sky (Photo)
The Ariane 5 carried two telecom satellites to orbit on Feb. 7.
Mystery solved: Breakdown of Russell Crowe's UFO video
Actor Russell Crowe made some waves this week when he claimed to have captured photos of a UFO outside the window of his office in Australia.
Space History Photo: X-38 Lakebed Touchdown
The X-38 sits on the lakebed after a test flight.
Looking deep into the Moon's interior to chart its early history
Since the 1950s, more than 100 spacecraft have launched to the moon. Twelve astronauts have walked on its surface; 842 pounds of moon rocks and soil have been returned to...
Cassini makes last close flyby of Saturnian moon Rhea
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be swooping close to Saturn's moon Rhea on Saturday, March 9, the last close flyby of Rhea in Cassini's mission. The primary purpose will be to...
A naked-eye comet invites itself to the March sky, 2013
It will appear in the West at sunset, from around the 8th to the 13th of March 2013, and will be visible to the naked eye up to the end...
Scientist investigates Russian meteor
Dr Hugh Lewis, Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, has analysed the recent extraordinary Russian meteor event using the "NEOImpactor" tool, which was developed by researchers from the University and designed to...
New study finds stars in metal-rich galactic areas explode more violently
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers working in China has found evidence to suggest that stars that exist in metal-rich galactic areas tend to explode more violently when they go supernova,...
'Birth certificate' of oldest star sought
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., March 7 (UPI) -- Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope say they've taken a step closer to finding the birth date of a star that's been...
Wernher von Braun, Rocket Pioneer: Biography & Quotes
Wernher von Braun led the development of the rockets that carried the first Americans into space and onto the moon.
TMS Installs New Board Leadership at 142nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Elizabeth Holm, Hani Henein, David DeYoung, James C. Foley, Rajiv Mishra, and Edward D. Herderick join TMS Leadership.
NASA provides satellite views of Nor'easter on March 7, 2013
The merging of two low pressure areas into a large Nor'easter on March 6 brought winter weather advisories and warnings to the Mid-Atlantic. NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared and...
FOR KIDS: Supertiny satellites launched
Researchers are building simple, miniature satellites to bring down their costs and expand their availability
If Earth Were Hosting An Alien Species, This Is What It Would Look Like
Tardigrade in Moss Click here to see this amazing image even larger. Nicole Ottawa & Oliver Meckes / Eye of Science / Science Source ImagesThe unkillable tardigrade rears its tiny, weird-looking head. In...
Still in Search of the Energy Unknown: A Q&A with ARPA-E Director Cheryl Martin
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Can a government agency capture the explorer's urge of Christopher Columbus , Neil Armstrong or James Cameron ? That's what the Advanced Research...
ScienceShot: Mars' Hidden Valleys Deeper than Thought
Radar view of lava-covered channels on Red Planet also reveals their source
The Latest Issue of JRRD, 49-10, Is Now Available Online
Topics range from the psychosocial adjustment following traumatic amputation to hand function after stroke in the latest issue of JRRD, which is now available at http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/ 2012/4910/ataglance4910.html.
Spellbinding Cosmic Beauty: Why Astronomy Images Matter
A science team at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics wants to understand why you love cosmic photos.
The Quote Of The Week - Detecting Cosmic Rays With Pee
Nel 1929 Bruno Rossi, ricercatore presso l’istituto di fisica sperimentaledell’Università di Firenze [...] intuì quella che sarebbe stata la sua ragione di vita: indagare sulla natura di questi corpuscoli ionizzanti...
New ISS eyes see Rio San Pablo
(Phys.org) —In January 2013, a new Earth-observing instrument was installed on the International Space Station (ISS). ISERV Pathfinder consists of a commercial camera, a telescope, and a pointing system, all...
Astrophysicists suggest behavior of Fermi bubbles may be explained by dark matter
(Phys.org) —Astrophysicists Dan Hooper and Tracy Slatyer of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and Princeton University respectively, have written a paper—and uploaded it to the preprint server arXiv—in which they suggest...