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Voracious black holes said to limit their own growth
Researchers find black holes spew off such huge amounts of gas and dust, stunting emergence of new stars
NASA adds 13th day to Discovery's final flight
(AP) -- The 12 orbiting astronauts took care of a little maintenance work aboard the International Space Station on Thursday before a well deserved break on their twice extended...
Kepler's Ongoing Exoplanet Findings Show Bizarre Solar Systems And Peculiar Planets
As astronomers continue mining data from the Kepler telescope, the planetary peculiarities keep on coming. We've already seen the smallest rocky world, 54 planets in a Goldilocks comfort zone around their stars, and...
Discovery hints that meteorites seeded life on Earth
Meteorite rich in ammonia could have provided nitrogen for biological molecules
Moscow, Ankara to discuss oil pipeline
MOSCOW, March 2 (UPI) -- Moscow and Ankara plan to meet Friday to discuss on an oil pipeline meant to ease tanker traffic in the region, a bilateral commission...
STAR TRAK for March 2011
Mercury will make its best evening appearance of the year in March. It will become visible to the unaided eye during the second week of the month about 40 minutes...
Hawaii Approves Plan for Giant Telescope Atop Dormant Volcano
A giant proposed telescope has been given the green light to be built atop the Hawaiian peak of Mauna Kea. The Thirty Meter Telescope will be one of the largest,...
NASA readies for world's largest can crusher test
Place a soda can on the floor in an upright position and then stand on it -- gradually applying weight -- until the can ripples and collapses. It's similar to...
What's Hitting Earth?
Have you ever seen a fireball streak through the night sky and gone to bed wondering, "What was that?" NASA is deploying a network of smart cameras that could have...
Sky & Telescopes
Four of the European Southern Observatory's Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) antennas gaze up at the night sky. Milky Way is visible at left.
Boiling bubbles are cool in space
It may seem illogical, but boiling is a very efficient way to cool engineering components and systems used in the extreme environments of space. An experiment to gain a basic...
Scientists book commercial spaceflights
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A Colorado research institute says it has booked tickets with two commercial spaceflight companies to take its scientists into suborbital space to work.
U.K. scientists to search for alien life
LONDON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- British scientists say they will lead a $650 million program searching for chemical signs of life on planets orbiting distant stars.
Scientists Book Trips Aboard Private Spaceships, In An Industry First
SpaceShipTwo Courtesy Virgin Galactic The commercial space industry has booked its first science expeditions, the Southwest Research Institute announced today. At least two researchers have tickets to fly on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, with...
Russia slams 'childish' space agency errors
Russian space agency Roskosmos has committed "childish" errors and failed to build enough spacecraft, the government said Monday in an unprecedented rebuke to the Russian equivalent of NASA.
Space Tourism: One Giant Leap for Researchers
The predicted lower cost of space travel is set to transform the practice of conducting experiments in space.
Subaru telescope discovers a Rosetta Stone cluster of galaxies
An international team of researchers led by Ichi Tanaka from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has discovered an aggregate of galaxies undergoing a burst of star formation that...
SpaceShipTwo's First Solo Glide Flight
See photos from the first solo glide flight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo.
Lockheed Martin flies first production F-35 stealth fighter
The first production model of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II made its inaugural flight today in preparation for delivery to the U.S. Air Force this spring. The jet will...
ESA Bulletin 145 (February 2011)
In this issue of ESA's flagship magazine, we feature the latest 'flagship' of ESA's space fleet, ATV Johannes Kepler. Read the Bulletin and other publications online, with our visualiser tool. .ro_link{color:#00338D;} .ro_link:hover{color:#00549F;} Read...
VIDEO: Sir Patrick Moore on The Sky At Night
The BBC's The Sky At Night programme was first broadcast on 24th April 1957 - making Sir Patrick Moore the longest-running presenter of the same television show in the world.
Skip the Sundae? Christie Is on the First Lady’s Side
In a campaign against obesity, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas are siding with Michelle Obama, not Sarah Palin.
NASA Solar Sail Visible Over Parts of U.S. and Canada
Want to spot a NASA solar sail satellite NanoSail-D in the night sky? Here's how.
Dot Earth: A Defense of Acting on Ephemeral Sources of Heat
An atmospheric scientist defends the case for stopgap steps to limit warming while not forgetting the primacy of CO2.
Shuttle Astronauts Get Extra Sleep After Late Work Night in Orbit
Discovery's six astronauts are gearing up for a busy day of unpacking.
For Astronauts in Space, No Time for the Oscars
Film stars may descend on L.A. for the Academy Awards tonight, but real-life astronauts will pass.
George Best - An Elizabethan Climate Scientist
George Best - An Elizabethan Climate Scientist whosoeuer could finde out in what proportion the Angle of the Sunne beames heateth, and what encrease the Sunnes continuance doeth adde thereunto, it...
A Space First: Spaceships From 4 Different Fleets Linked Together
For the first time ever, spaceships from four different space agencies are linked in orbit at the same time.