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First Stars in Universe May Have Spun Like Crazy
The first stars may have spun at more than 1 million mph, scientists say.
Historic Star Explosion's Trigger Discovered
New evidence for what may have caused an historic supernova explosion has been found by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Telescope array seeking alien life shut by cutbacks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The search for intelligent life in the universe beyond planet Earth has been dealt a major blow by government spending cutbacks in the United States.
Royal Wedding Mania Reaches Astronauts in Space
Royal wedding fever has extended all the way into space.
Russian Cargo Ship En Route to Space Station
A Russian robot cargo ship will dock at the space station today, just hours before the launch of shuttle Endeavour.
NASA technology looks inside Japan's nuclear reactor
Design techniques honed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for Mars rovers were used to create the rover currently examining the inside of Japan's nuclear reactors, in areas...
Shuttle Launch to Carry Experimental Cracker-Size Satellites Into Orbit
These super-tiny satellites could transform future space exploration and the cost of launching satellites.
News in Brief: Atom & Cosmos
Clearing out space junk with dust, plus new black holes, sonic-boom star birth and more in this week’s news
Video: Giffords' attendance brings extra attention to shuttle launch
Chris Wragge talks to CBS News space analyst, Bill Harwood, about the preparations surrounding the upcoming space shuttle mission.
Spinstars: First polluters of the universe? Imprints of fast rotating massive stars in Milky Way's bulge
From the analysis of the chemical composition of some of the oldest stars in our galaxy, an international team of astronomers presents new clues on the nature of the first...
AMS particle detector heads for the International Space Station
(PhysOrg.com) -- The AMS particle detector will take off on 29 April 2011 at 21.47 CEST onboard the very last mission of the space Shuttle Endeavour. AMS, the Alpha Magnetic...
NASA mission seeks to uncover a rainfall mystery
Scientists are on a mission to unlock the mysteries of why certain clouds produce copious amounts of rain. In a field mission that is now under way, aircraft are carrying...
NanoSail-D satellite continues to slowly de-orbit Earth's upper atmosphere
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's nanosatellite NanoSail-D is slowly descending after successfully orbiting the Earth's upper atmosphere for 95 days since deploying its 100-square-foot sail on Jan. 20. The small satellite demonstration...
Andromeda’s coat of many colors
ESA's fleet of space telescopes has captured the nearby Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, in different wavelengths. Most of these wavelengths are invisible to the eye and each shows...
Alien search telescope is shelved
A monitoring system for potential extra-terrestrial communication has been shelved due to budget cuts.
E.T., Hold Please: SETI Halts Alien Search Due to Cutbacks
If alien civilizations have been trying to contact us for the last week and a half, their calls have been falling on deaf ears.
Shrinking budgets force shutdown of alien search
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- In the mountains of Northern California, a field of radio dishes that look like giant dinner plates waited for years for...
GOES-13 satellite eyeing system with a high risk of severe storms
A low pressure area currently over northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin has created conditions that call for a forecast of severe weather in the eastern third of the U.S. today...
Pulling 6 Gs: A Wild, Intense Ride Awaits Space Tourists
I've never been to space, but I've felt the closest thing there is to a spaceship ride on the ground.
Gitmo Doctors Ignored Signs of Torture, Study Charges
In at least 9 cases, clinicians ignored signs of abuse, study finds.
Does dark matter link gamma rays to galactic haze?
Theory connects astronomical mysteries
5 Real Hazards of Air Travel
Airport body scanners are small change compared with the cosmic rays, loud noise, spread of disease and other hazards of air travel.
T-38s soar as spaceflight trainers
Years before the space shuttle would glide home to a safe touchdown on runways in California and Florida, astronauts pitched the noses of T-38 jet trainers toward the same runways...
Giant black holes revealed in the nuclei of merging galaxies
Subaru Telescope research team led by Dr. Masatoshi Imanishi at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan sampled many infrared bright, merging galaxies and determined the presence of active supermassive black...
Planets party in the morning April 28-May 1
Set your alarm clocks for an early treat about a half an hour before sunrise on Thursday April 28 through Sunday, May 1, 2011, as there will be a planetary...
Russia's Space Station Mir: The First Space Tourist Hotspot?
Before Dennis Tito blasted into space in 2001, two private citizens journeyed to the Russian space station Mir.
Image: Inspecting Raffaello
In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-135 crew inspects the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module with the carrier's technician.
Saturn moon may harbor liquid ocean
UCCLE, Belgium, April 25 (UPI) -- Titan, Saturn's largest moon, may have a massive liquid ocean below its surface of frozen dunes, astronomers in Belgium say.