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New calculations on blackbody energy set the stage for clocks with unprecedented accuracy
A team of physicists from the United States and Russia has developed a means for computing, with unprecedented accuracy, a tiny, temperature-dependent source of error in atomic clocks. Although small,...
How Black Holes Build a Universe
Supernovas make metals out of simpler elements. But it takes supermassive black holes to deliver them to the Cosmos. So, amazingly, these monsters are directly responsible for creating us.
NASA Offers $200 Million for Gas Station Demo in Space
Next stop, somewhere beyond Earth's orbit.
U.S. Military Launches New Missile Warning Satellite Into Space
The U.S. military's new GEO-1 satellite is the first in the new SBIRS missile warning system.
News in Brief: American Physical Society meeting
Gas sheds light on dark matter, plus cosmic ray clusters and blue-light imaging in the news
Paper announces discovery of one of earliest minerals formed in solar system
In the May-June issue of the journal American Mineralogist, a team of scientists announced the discovery of the new mineral krotite, one of the earliest minerals formed in our solar...
Cosmic Log: $99 robot rolls into classrooms
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Computer scientists roll out the $99 Finch Robot as a cute but powerful educational tool.
Daredevil to Attempt Grand Canyon Flyover with a Jet Pack
Renowned daredevil Yves Rossy, aka 'Jetman,' will attempt to flyover the Grand Canyon with a jet pack.
Gemini images a psychedelic stellar nursery
(PhysOrg.com) -- An all-time favorite of skywatchers on both hemispheres, the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8, or M8) is among the most striking examples of a stellar nursery in our neighborhood...
Mars Express sees deep fractures on Mars
Newly released images from the European Space Agency's Mars Express show Nili Fossae, a system of deep fractures around the giant Isidis impact basin. Some of these incisions into the...
Four planets huddle up before dawn next week
Four of the five planets visible to the unaided eye huddle quite close together in the pre-dawn sky next week, according to the editors of StarDate magazine.
NASA administrator visits jupiter-Bound spacecraft
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft on Thursday, May 5, 2011, at the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. The solar-powered Juno spacecraft will...
Finger on the pulse of the pulsars
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers including German scientists has succeeded in recording the most sensitive observations to date of pulsars at low frequency. The measurement was undertaken with...
Space Adventures wants to fly you to the moon
Space Adventures the company that brought the first space tourists to the International Space Station has longer space tourist excursions planned for as early as 2015: a trip...
China's First Space Station: A New Foothold in Earth Orbit
New details are emerging about Tiangong, China's first space station.
STAR TRAK for May 2011
The closest gathering of four bright planets in decades will be on display low in the eastern sky before dawn during May.
Irish President impressed with visit to ESA's largest centre
On her official visit to the Netherlands on 3 May, the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, included a visit to ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centere (ESTEC). She was...
Gravity Probe B: Simple Concept, Decades of Work
A star, telescope and a spinning sphere are all that are necessary but the precise technologies needed to make this orbiting time-space experiment reality took 4 decades to develop.
Leonid Meteor Shower Photos of 2002
The 2002 Leonid Meteor Shower event provided plenty of thrills -- and lots of exciting images as evidence by this collection of snapshots submitted by SPACE.com visitors.
How much rain can a cloud hold? We'll see ...
Why do some clouds produce lots of rain, while others do not? By flying an aircraft into rain clouds, NASA scientists are on a mission to find out.
NASA's Morpheus Lander Lights Engine
See early engine failures and successes of NASA's Project Morpheus to test novel technology for future moon landers and probes.
Comet Elenin: Preview of a coming attraction
You may have heard the news: Comet Elenin is coming to the inner-solar system this fall. Comet Elenin (also known by its astronomical name C/2010 X1), was first detected on...
1st American in space honored on 50th anniversary
(AP) -- More than 600 people marked the exact moment when the first American rocketed into space 50 years ago.
Pandora adds comedy to Internet radio line-up
US Internet radio darling Pandora has added comedy to its line-up of stations that listeners can personalize to their tastes.
Orbit raised to help crew return to Earth
KOROLEV, Russia, May 5 (UPI) -- The International Space Station's orbit was raised 0.62 miles Thursday to help NASA's Catherine Coleman and other crew members return to Earth, Russia...
Flying Space-time's Warps and Twists
In Einstein's universe, matter tells space-time where to bend; and space-time tells matter and energy how to travel. An Earth orbiting gyroscope proves Albert was right.
Registration Closes May 12 for Event to Honor UD Nobel Laureate Richard F. Heck
If you're planning to attend "Frontiers in Catalysis," the scholarly symposium set for May 26, honoring Richard F. Heck, the University of Delaware's Willis F. Harrington Professor Emeritus and winner...
Exploring the future with modern information technology
European researchers are seeking to create a global computer model named FuturICT, a collective analysis platform for a better understanding of the world. The visionary idea is to design this...