| New images reveal lava flows on Mars Newly released images from ESA's Mars Express orbiter show lava flows on the Syrtis Major region of the planet, which was nce thought to be a sea of water.
The lava flooded the older highland... | |
| NASA releases first video of moon's 'dark side' NASA has sent back its first footage of the 'dark' side of the moon, the one that is not visible from the Earth.
The footage shows a journey from the north to the south pole of the moon, revealing... |
| Two new planets revolving around twin suns discovered Researchers have discovered two new planets, named Kepler-34 and Kepler-35, each of which is circling around its own double suns.
Together with Kepler-16, discovered a few months ago, there are now... |
| Hubble zooms in on brightest ever "magnified" galaxy NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a uniquely close-up view of the brightest distant "magnified" galaxy discovered yet in the universe.
This observation provides a unique opportunity to... |
| Google Earth updates data on ocean terrains Google Earth has upgraded its ocean data to offer the most precise digital view of the seafloor to date.
The update application reflects new bathymetry data assembled by Scripps Institution of... |
| 'First Light' taken by NASA instrument to determine Earth's energy balance The latest version of NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is scanning Earth for the first time, helping to guarantee sustained availability of measurements of the... |
| Jupiter-Bound NASA Probe Adjusts Course Toward Giant Planet Jupiter is probably the best place in the solar system to study how the magnetic fields of planets are generated. The Juno spacecraft will make the five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter and... |
| Wanted: Mock Astronauts for Mission to Mars ... in Hawaii If you've ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut and have four months to spare, you might have the "right stuff" to fly to Mars … well, sort of. Scientists at Cornell... |
| NASA Awash In Astronaut Applications, But Still Lacks Spaceships NASA may not have space shuttles to launch people into the final frontier anymore, but that hasn't stopped Americans from lining up in droves for the chance to join the agency's iconic... |
| Oh Eros: Valentine's Day Asteroid Makes NEAR Fly-by The 21-mile long 'God of Love' space rock made its closest approach to Earth (15 million miles away) since 1975 on January 31st, 2012. NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Shoemaker... |
| Earth From Space: The Secret of NASA's Amazing 'Blue Marble' Photos This photo from NASA's Suomi NPP satellite shows the Eastern Hemisphere of Earth in "Blue Marble" view. The photo, released Feb. 2, 2012, is a companion to a NASA image showing the... |
| Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship Ramping Up Toward Passenger Flights The first WhiteKnightTwo/SpaceShipTwo launch system has undergone extensive tests. Next to come are critical rocket-powered flights of the two-pilot, six-passenger... |
| Week in Review: The Stars of 'The Voice' Return to TV , NBC's white-hot singing competition featuring Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton. We posted an excerpt of Brian Hiatt's cover story, in which the four stars... |
| IBEX Spacecraft Intercepts 'Alien' Particles February 3, 2012 As it circles Earth, NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer hunts for particles streaming in from beyond the solar system. It has intercepted hydrogen, helium, neon and oxygen... |
| Blue Marble: The Making Of February 3, 2012 NASA's iconic images of Earth from space date back to the late 1960s-with snapshots taken by Apollo astronauts. The modern "blue marble" images are captured by... |
| Space voyages shouldn't be politically incorrect CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It's the kind of question a presidential candidate might ask: "Why should we spend money on space programs and going to Mars, when we need dollars so... |
| NASA flooded with astronaut applications NASA may not have space shuttles to launch people into the final frontier anymore, but that hasn't stopped Americans from lining up in droves for the chance to join the agency's iconic... |
| Iran reports launch of small satellite into orbit A still from a broadcast report on the English-language Iranian Press TV is said to show the launch of the Navid observation satellite into orbit early... |
| Experiments look at how to fight fire in space New experiments on the International Space Station may reveal tips on fighting fires in space, and back here on Earth, too. In space, where there is no up or down, and the atmosphere and pressure... |
| Hubble captures Milky Way galaxy's twin An uncanny twin of our own Milky Way galaxy takes center stage in a new cosmic portrait by the Hubble Space Telescope unveiled Friday. The amazing photo shows the galaxy NGC 1073, a barred spiral... |
| Matter Is Different Outside Solar System NASA says a spacecraft gathering data on material outside the solar system found matter out there doesn't look like the same stuff our solar system is made of. NASA's Interstellar... |
| Blue Marble: The science behind NASA's spectacular Earth images NASA 's newest Earth-watching satellite is beaming back spectacular views of our home planet - huge mosaics of many images stitched together at the highest-resolution yet obtained. But... |
| Does the Milky Way galaxy have an evil twin? The Hubble Space Telescope has detected a galaxy that is strikingly similar to our own Milky Way, but there's no reason to believe that it's... |
| Reports: Iran successfully launches small Earth-watching satellite Iranian state news reported that the Iranian Space Agency has successfully launched a 110-lb. satellite into orbit Friday, in what is being hailed as a huge achievement for the country's space... |
| Blue Marble: NASA releases hi-res image of Earth's B-side As a followup to last week's wildly popular shot of our planet's Western Hemisphere, NASA has now released the flipside (which just might turn out to be the more popular track in the long... |
| Vatican Launches 'Universe' Exhibit in Galileo's Hometown The Vatican announced that it will be co-hosting a major science exhibition in Pisa, Italy, the hometown of astronomer Galileo Galilei, who four centuries ago was branded a heretic by the... |
| Earth Day Celebrations on Oregon Coast Covering 180 miles of Oregon coast travel: Astoria, Seaside, Cannon Beach, Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler, Rockaway, Garibaldi, Tillamook, Oceanside, Pacific City, Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Newport,... |
| Hubble images reveal galaxy similar to Milky Way The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of a barred spiral galaxy -- a galaxy similar to our own and expected to give astronomers a better insight into the Milky... |
| Space accidents don’t shake NASA’s faith in Russia The Progress space freighter blasts off from its launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan October 30, 2011. Russia launched its first unmanned space flight to supply the International Space... |
| Hubble captures barred spiral galaxy image The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073 in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster). Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is a similar barred... |
| NASA sheds light on tech needed for space travel (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ) The technologies needed back in the days of the Apollo space missions were well understood. But with NASA's current missions, it faces a broader and more... |
| 'Super-Earth' planet spurs hope for billions more A depiction shows a "super-Earth" planet in the zone of its parent star, which is part of a group that involves two "binary" suns that orbit each other, plus a third that might... |
| A Modern Measurement of the Radius of the Earth A long time ago, but on this planet, a Greek philosopher created an experiment to measure the radius of the Earth. Really, it was a cool experiment. But should we trust the ancient Greeks? No. So why... |
| Iran Launches Small Earth-Watching Satellite Into Orbit: Report Artist's conception of Iran's small Earth-watching satellite "Promise of Science and Industry," a 50-kilogram satellite, which launched into orbit on Feb. 3, 2012 atop Iran's... |
| Stunning Photo Shows Growing Antarctic Ice Rift A massive crack in a huge sheet of Antarctic ice discovered in mid-October last year is steadily growing, as seen in recently released satellite images. ... |
| Astrophile: Pinball planets get wild, deadly ride That's not all. A chill runs down your spine when you see it: a massive, Jupiter-like planet looms above you, as large as the Earth's moon. Bands of rippling clouds and whirling storms roil... |
| Tiny volcanic moon controls Jupiter's auroras Auroras are shimmering curtains of light caused when charged particles slam into a planet's magnetic field. Earth's northern and southern lights are active only when the sun releases a big... |
| Over the moon: NASA's historic footage NASA's GRAIL mission has beamed back its first video of the far side of the moon, taken by the MoonKAM aboard the mission's "Ebb and Flow"... |
| Space Pictures This Week: Hubble Galaxy, Poet Nebula, More International Space Station .The brightest lights at bottom center come from Belgium and the Netherlands, while the glow of the British Isles is partially obscured by the solar arrays at... |
| NASA Ames awards San Jose State $73 million to improve air space travel San Jose State's research center received the largest federal award in university history this week: $73 million to help NASA Ames Research Center improve the safety and efficiency of air space... |
| Next-Gen Spacesuit Skintight And Tech Abundant Having said that, Duda, Newman and a team of other researchers are working on a project to develop a new spacesuit design that can help counteract these ';space threats'; as well as combat... |
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