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Wearable display meets blindfold test for sensing danger
(Phys.org)—Researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago have developed a special set of body modules that provide wearers with extra-sensory perception as to who or what is nearby....
Milky Way Galaxy: Facts About Our Galactic Home
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, about a hundred light-years across. We live on one of its minor spurs, the Orion Arm.
Geoengineering By Committee? Time To Get Totalitarian
Solar geo-engineering is one proposed approach to mitigating the effects of climate change - the idea being to deflect some of the sun's incoming radiation. Ignoring the technology issues, in a...
Faraday cup critical part of audacious mission to the sun
A critical instrument on a mission to the sun is being tested. The flight's experiments could answer the question: How can the sun be hot at its core yet stay...
Asteroids no match for paint gun, says professor
(Phys.org)—There is research that is off the wall, some off the charts and some off the planet, such as what a Texas A&M University aerospace and physics professor is exploring....
NASA deciphering the mysterious math of the solar wind
The sun and its prodigious stream of solar particles, called the solar wind, can be particularly tricky to model since as the material streams to the outer reaches of the...
More than just looking: A role of tiny eye movements explained
Have you ever wondered whether it's possible to look at two places at once? Because our eyes have a specialized central region with high visual acuity and good color vision,...
Particle physics research sheds new light on possible 'fifth force of nature'
Scientists have established new limits on “long-range spin-spin interactions” between atomic particles. To make the study possible, the team created the first map of electron polarization within Earth induced by...
Video: Rain on the sun
NASA has released pictures of a rare solar event. A storm on the sun shot out a huge flare of hot gas. Strong magnetic fields caused the gas to curl...
Russian Meteor Was A Chondrite
Astrochemistry: Russian scientists report first analysis of meteorites that landed near Lake Chebarkul
NASA Student Mars Project Wins Education Award
A NASA project that allows students to use a camera on a spacecraft orbiting Mars for research has received a new education prize from the journal Science.
Deciphering the mysterious math of the solar wind
(Phys.org)—Many areas of scientific research—Earth's weather, ocean currents, the outpouring of magnetic energy from the sun—require mapping out the large scale features of a complex system and its intricate details...
Astronaut Plays Peter Gabriel For Peter Gabriel | Video
The pop music icon was serenaded by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield with the chorus of 'In Your Eyes". Gabriel and his family were invited by NASA to speak to the...
Mission Control 'Houston' Helps Launch New Nike Sneakers
The sportswear company looked to NASA's Johnson Space Center for inspiration.
Comet Pan-STARRS will be visible in northern hemisphere in March
(Phys.org)—Comet Pan-STARRS C/2011 L4, discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on Haleakala in June 2011, is expected to become visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere in March.
'Space Shuttle Atlantis' Exhibit Gets Logo, Opening Date
The retired orbiter Atlantis will go on display June 29.
Journey To The Limits Of Spacetime. Hypothetically. With A Computer
Last month, physicists predicted the formation of accretion disks and relativistic jets that warp and bend more than previously thought, shaped both by the extreme gravity of black holes and by...
FOR KIDS: Where cosmic rays are born
New evidence links origin of these very energetic particles to massive explosions of distant stars
Rare asteroid sporting 'tail' spotted
MADRID, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Asteroids, unlike comets, are seldom seen sporting a tail as they orbit the sun, but Spanish astronomers say they've observed one of these rare...
Solar energy to get boost from cutting-edge forecasts
Applying its atmospheric expertise to solar energy, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is spearheading a three-year, nationwide project to create unprecedented, 36-hour forecasts of incoming energy from the...
Scientists recreate magnetic fields of dying stars
White dwarf produce monstrous magnetic fields, and now science is able to mimic those powerful energy forces
A Century Of Physics In 1.5 Hours
Today I spent the better part of the afternoon in the company of 150 high-school students at the Liceo Fermi in Padova, giving a seminar on particle physics in the...
Time for Europe to beef up asteroid vigilance, ESA says
Europe must strengthen its watch for dangerous space rocks, the head of the European Space Agency's asteroid surveillance programme said Thursday, a week after a meteor struck Russia in a...
India plans mission to Mars in 2013
India said on Thursday it will send a $70 million space mission to Mars this year to study the red planet's atmosphere.
Cassini Sees Titan Cooking Up Smog
A study published this week using data from NASA’s Cassini mission describes in more detail than ever before how aerosols in the highest part of the atmosphere are kick-started on...
Explosives vapor detection technology: The new 'sniff test'
A quick, accurate and highly sensitive process to reliably detect minute traces of explosives on luggage, cargo or traveling passengers has been demonstrated. The vapor detection technology accurately detects and...
Video: "Jeopardy" super-computer Watson: Your new doctor?
Millions watched in amazement when a super-computer named Watson beat its human competitors in "Jeopardy," and now it could be working in a doctor's office near you. Author Jonathan Cohn...
Space History Photo: Jack Crooks and Jerold Hatton Inside Reactor Tank
Workers prepare to test the Plum Brook Reactor.