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Astronaut Sends Chinese New Year Greetings from Space
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield rang in the Chinese New Year with amazing photos of China from space.
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite sees a fading Felleng
NASA-NOAA's Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite captured a night-time image of extra-tropical cyclone Felleng as it was being battered by wind shear in the Southern Indian Ocean.
Hubble catches the moment the lights went out
(Phys.org)—The further away you look, the further back in time you see. Astronomers use this fact to study the evolution of the Universe by looking at nearby and more distant...
Enigmatic ‘Ribbon’ Of Energy Explained
After three years of puzzling over a striking “ribbon” of energy and particles discovered by NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) [...]
Cellphone signals can indicate rainfall
DE BILT, Netherlands, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Researchers in the Netherlands say they've used cellphone towers and their signals to create a rainfall map for the country.
Massive stellar winds are made of tiny pieces
(Phys.org)—ESA's XMM-Newton space observatory has completed the most detailed study ever of the fierce wind from a giant star, showing for the first time that it is not a uniform...
Starship Enterprise Gets Thrashed in 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Trailer
The Starship Enterprise appears under attack in the newest trailer for "Star Trek Into Darkness."
Enormous numbers could create a mental black hole
Mathematicians sometimes work with numbers to large the human mind is physically unable to conceive of all its digits at once
A spiral galaxy with a secret
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope -- with a little help from an amateur astronomer -- has produced one of the best views yet of nearby spiral galaxy Messier 106. Located...
Amazing 'Earth from Space' Views Star in New TV Documentary
A new documentary from Nova shows how scientists image the Earth using satellites.
Dark Energy Hunter: 7 Questions for Nobel Prize Winner Saul Perlmutter
Saul Perlmutter won the 2011 Nobel physics prize for helping discover that the universe's expansion was accelerating.
Asteroids May Be Tougher Target Than Mars for Manned Missions
No asteroid target has yet been selected, making planning difficult.
Twenty NASA balloons studying the radiation belts
In the bright, constant sun of the Antarctic summer, a NASA-funded team is launching balloons. There are twenty of these big, white balloons, each of which sets off on a...
Amateur and Professional Astronomers Team Up to Create a Cosmological Masterpiece
Working with astronomical image processors at STScI, renowned astrophotographer Robert Gendler has taken science data from the Hubble telescope archive and combined it with his own ground-based observations to assemble...
South Korea releases rocket footage - video
Footage released by South Korea's Korea Aerospace Research Institute, shot from a camera attached to a rocket
Space History Photo: X-24A Powered Flight Drop from B-52
The research aircraft begins a rocket-powered flight after being launched from the mothership's wing.
First evidence discovered that water once dissolved the surface of Mars
(Phys.org)—Scientists at the University of Glasgow together with the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre and the Natural History Museum (London) have discovered the first evidence of water dissolving the surface...
Milky Way Meets Indonesian Volcanoes In Stunning Time-Lapse Video
Photgrapher Justin Ng (Facebook.com/justinngphoto) captured the cones of Mount Bromo, Mount Semeru and Mount Batok during sunset and into the night. Lava smoke, long exposure stars, and a passing dust...
Balloon-Borne Telescope Seeks Out Elusive Big Bang Signal
The EBEX project searched for a never-before-seen pattern in the light left over after the birth of the universe.
How 3D Printers Could Build Futuristic Moon Colony
A 3D printer on the moon could build the first permanent moon colony.
Obama Honors Astronauts Who Gave Their Lives for Space
On the 10th anniversary of the Columbia accident, Obama paid tribute to its fallen crew.
Survey: Strong desire for Windows tablets
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- There is a huge pent-up demand for Microsoft's Surface Pro Windows tablet set to go on sale this month, a survey by a...
Massive storm on Saturn 'ate' its own tail
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a monstrous thunder-and-lightning storm on Saturn churned around the planet until it "ate" its own tail and sputtered out.
NASA's Super-TIGER balloon breaks records while collecting cosmic ray data
A large NASA science balloon has broken two flight duration records while flying over Antarctica carrying an instrument that detected 50 million cosmic rays.
NASA Goddard astrophysicist wins prize for pulsar work
To say that Alice Harding, an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has a passion for pulsars is a bit of an understatement. On Jan. 24,...
Earth From Space: Scandinavian Snows Space Wallpaper
In this image from the Envisat satellite, clouds cover the North Sea and sweep down to the strait between Denmark (lower-right corner) and Norway (upper-centre).
Observatory: Study Suggests Duplicate Financing of Projects
Federal agencies may be paying out duplicate grants, according to an analysis, with almost $70 million possibly spent on projects that were already at least partly financed.
A Web browser in the heavens
Members of the Allston-Brighton and Harvard communities gathered at the Harvard Allston Education Portal (Ed Portal) on Thursday for an illuminating evening of revealing astronomy and scientific enthusiasm. Harvard professor of astronomy Alyssa...