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Scientists Fight for Controversial James Webb Space Telescope
Leading JWST supporters came out strong for the observatory today.
NASA Rover Finds Rare Mars Rock With Clues of Ancient Water
Scientists think rivers of water used to flow on Mars.
Best Space Photos of the Week - Sept. 17, 2011
Was it the comet that made a death plunge into the sun, an intriguing new crater on Mars or something else that grabbed you.
Solyndra Hearing Cranks The Heat
Bankruptcy: House blasts federal support of failed solar manufacturer.
How the Milky Way got its spiral: Supercomputer simulation uncovers how collision with dwarf galaxy triggered formation of spiral arms
The signature spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy were likely formed by an epic collision between the Milky Way and the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy, according to researchers.
Turbulent lives of stars
The stars are boiling! This is because of the energy generated in the center of the star that wants to escape. If this does not happen quickly enough, the star...
Republicans Suggest White House Rushed Solar Loan
Documents released by a House subcommittee raised questions about whether White House staff intervened to speed a review of loan guarantees for the Solyndra solar company.
Video: NASA unveils world's most powerful rocket
NASA unveiled its plans for the world's most powerful rocket, which may one day send astronauts to asteroids and Mars. Scott Pelley reports.
Chemists help astronauts make sure their drinking water is clean
Researchers have developed chemistry and procedures that astronauts can use to test the quality of their drinking water at the International Space Station. The testing technology is now considered operational...
New Aurora Pictures: Sun Storms Trigger Sky Shows
A series of sun eruptions triggered northern lights this weekend—as far south as Minnesota, Vermont, and Washington State.
Astronomers to Search New Super-Earths for Life
Scientists engaged in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence will aim their telescopes at the newfound super-Earths soon, and hope to detect alien signals.
Neutron star blows away models for thermonuclear explosions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Amsterdam astronomers have discovered a neutron star that confounds existing models for thermonuclear explosions in such extreme objects. In the case of the accreting pulsar IGR J17480-2446, it...
Africa could host the world's most powerful telescope
South Africa battles Australia and New Zealand for vast £1.3bn stargazer Square Kilometre Array projectSitting in a white prefab hut, Lindsay Magnus punches a code into a computer beneath bands of red, green...
Texas wildfire devastation imaged by satellite
NASA photographs trace path of wildfire that has gutted Texas's Bastrop State Park
NASA Satellite Photo Shows Earth Eclipsing the Sun
Eclipse season has begun for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Death Diving Comet Dragged Toward Its Demise
Following an unrelated coronal mass ejection, the Sun was caught pulling what is thought to be a Kruetz family comet to its fiery funeral. Venus is also in view as...
Astronauts and more: join us at German Aerospace Day on Sunday
Space comes down to Earth on Sunday in Cologne when ESA’s Astronaut Centre and the German Aerospace Center open their doors to the public. Europe’s first space tweetup and live...
Distant planet might support life
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo., Sept. 13 (UPI) -- European astronomers say they have found a planet outside the solar system evidently in the right zone to support life, though life...
Astronomers plan last look at asteroid before OSIRIS-REx launch
(PhysOrg.com) -- Every six years, asteroid 1999 RQ 36 nears the Earth - by cosmic standards - and researchers are launching a global observation campaign to learn as much as...
Robotic accuracy tested in kick-off with All Black great
(PhysOrg.com) -- A robotic leg developed by Massey University engineers will try to out-kick former All Black Andrew Mehrtens as part of an innovation showcase during Rugby World Cup next...
Nasa agreement on Liberty rocket
The US space agency and Alliant Techsystems sign an agreement to push forward the company's Liberty rocket to launch astronauts into orbit.
Geoengineering: we need more evidence before we cast our vote | John Shepherd
Government and scientists need more and better information on the pros and cons, and the only way to achieve this is with appropriate researchThis Wednesday, scientists will publish details of a long-proposed but...
Defunct NASA rocket to be reborn as commercial offering
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA will work with developers of a proposed new commercial rocket, made in part from its now defunct Ares 1 crew launcher, which could eventually...
Colossal Storm May Rage on Jupiter-like "Failed Star"
A colossal tempest even bigger than Jupiter's Great Red Spot appears to be raging on a cool brown dwarf, astronomers say.
Dot Earth Blog: Humans and Their Planet – One Big 'Design Space'
The perils, promise and inevitability of an engineered us.
Chaos Clouds the Search for Habitable Worlds
Anarchic solar systems fling out small planets
Inhaler overuse may have killed Colorado student
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- Doctors say a 19-year-old student at Colorado State University might have died because she inadvertently used her asthma inhaler too much....
Big New Booster Rocket: ATK Wants Their HLV
Alliant TechSystems in Utah is forging ahead with their Heavy Lift Vehicle (HLV)booster based on the cancelled, Shuttle-derived Ares rocket. ATK VP (and former Shuttle Cdr.) Charlie Precourt explains why.