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NASA rules out Earth impact in 2036 for asteroid Apophis
NASA scientists at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., effectively have ruled out the possibility the asteroid Apophis will impact Earth during a close flyby in 2036. The...
NASA's Curiosity Rover Brushes Mars Rock Clean, a First
The rover's Dust Removal Tool clears away the ubiquitous Red Planet dust.
LEON: The space chip that Europe built
(Phys.org)—Just like home computers, the sophisticated capabilities of today's space missions are made possible by the power of their processor chips. ESA's coming Alphasat telecom satellite, the Proba-V microsatellite, the...
Binary stars said to fling off planets
EVANSTON, Ill., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Planets around widely spaced binary stars are susceptible to violent disruptions, more so than if the stars were closer to each other, U.S....
LG announces "4K" 55-inch ultra-HD TV
LG unveiled a 55-inch TV that sports "ultrahigh-definition" resolution with four times the sharpness of regular HDTV set
Capt Kirk tweets Canada astronaut
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield exchanges tweets from space with William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in the sci-fi series Star Trek.
Smart search engines for news videos
Searching for video recordings regularly pushes search engines to their limit. The truth of the matter is that purely automatic algorithms are not enough; user knowledge has to be harnessed,...
Brief interruptions spawn errors
Short interruptions – such as the few seconds it takes to silence that buzzing smartphone – have a surprisingly large [...]
Flying, rolling robot might make a great Titan explorer
Ever since the Huygens probe landed on Titan back in January 2005, sending us our first tantalizing and oh-so-brief glimpses of the moon's murky, pebbly surface, researchers have been dreaming...
Venus transit and lunar mirror could help astronomers find worlds around other stars
(Phys.org)—On 6 June 2012 Venus passed directly between the Earth and the Sun, in a so-called transit where the planet appears as a silhouette against the solar disk, something that...
3D colour X-Ray imaging radically improved for identifying contraband, corrosion or cancer
(Phys.org)—Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a camera that can be used to take powerful three dimensional colour X-ray images, in near real-time, without the need for a...
Shocking news about dust grains
(Phys.org)—The ubiquitous clouds of gas and dust found between stars provide the natal material for new stars and planets. These clouds are also dynamic factories that produce many complex molecules...
NASA Turns Astronaut Trash Into Space Radiation Shield
The space trash compactor could give new life to old water bottles, clothing, duct tape and other astronaut waste.
Jodrell Bank backs Northumberland's 'dark sky' bid
Organisers of an inky 400 square mile patch of northern England need just a few more people to adjust or replace their outside lightsTwo northern institutions have got together to urge special measures...
FEATURE: Explainer: why is the sky blue?
A physicist explains the science behind our blue sky, and examines what the sky may look like on other planets.
Drawing Mars in Greenwich: recreating an experiment for Stargazing Live
Tuesday's episode of Stargazing Live focuses on Mars - it was the perfect excuse to film a recreation of a key moment in the early 20th-century campaign against Martian canalsThis week sees...
NASA seeks to lease or sell space shuttle facilities
NASA wants to lease or sell space shuttle facilities at the Kennedy Space Center before they waste away.ORLANDO, Fla. — Does anyone need a 15,000-foot landing strip? How about a...
Double-Star Systems Can Be Dangerous for Exoplanets
Alien planets born in widely separated, two-star systems are in danger of being booted into interstellar space.
Star-Forming Region NGC 346
This new portrait of the bright star-forming region NGC 346, in which different wavelengths of light swirl together like watercolours, reveals new information about how stars form.
Science Weekly podcast: turning scientific orthodoxy on its head
This week's Science Weekly is dedicated to a feature interview with the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Professor Daniel Shechtman. Shechtman, who works at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, discovered...
Fiennes Antarctic winter crossing bid a trip into 'unknown'
Adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes on Sunday said his bid for the world's first Antarctic winter crossing, with no option of rescue, was a trip into the unknown despite his multiple...
British astronomers launch advanced planet search to look for signs of life
Robotic telescopes in Chile's Atacama desert will conduct Next Generation Transit Survey to analyse atmospheres for cluesThe art of hunting planets has come so far that astronomers can now list hundreds of alien...
Celestial flybys set to thrill
Astronomers are gearing up for thrills this year when Earth gets buzzed by two rogue asteroids and two comets, including a wanderer last seen by the forerunners of mankind.
See Saturn, Moon and Star Form Cosmic Triangle Early Sunday
Skywatchers up before dawn Sunday can watch a celestial dance unfold.
Adding an “Artificial” Star to the Multitude in the Sky
Below the trails left by the stars in a dark and clear night, a laser beam shoots out of Yepun, the fourth Unit Telescope of Europe’s flagship observatory, ESO’s Very...
What Do Protons Taste Like?
Q.1 Is it possible to use one’s tongue as a subatomic particle detector? Q.2 If so, would that be a good idea? read more
Space History Photo: Pressure Tank Shipped via Railway
The facility's pressure tank was transported to the site via multiple ways, the first of which was railway.
Testing Einstein's E=mc2 in outer space
(Phys.org)—University of Arizona physicist Andrei Lebed has stirred the physics community with an intriguing idea yet to be tested experimentally: The world's most iconic equation, Albert Einstein's E=mc2, may be...