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Astronauts Make Risky Space Repairs
Astronauts Take Risky Spacewalk to Fix Space Station's Crippled Power System
Astronauts Take Risky Spacewalk to Fix Space Station's Crippled Power System
Space
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:09pm
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:09pm
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Could An Asteroid Hit Planet Earth, Again?
Earth dodged a bullet today, when asteroid TU24 passed within 540,000 kilometers of our planet, which is just down the street on a galactic scale. Tomorrow, another asteroid – 2007 WD5 – will zip past Mars at a distance of only 26,000 kilometers away. Will we dodge the bullet the next time a near-Earth object (NEO) hurtles dangerously close to our home planet?
Earth dodged a bullet today, when asteroid TU24 passed within 540,000 kilometers of our planet, which is just down the street on a galactic scale. Tomorrow, another asteroid – 2007 WD5 – will zip past Mars at a distance of only 26,000 kilometers away. Will we dodge the bullet the next time a near-Earth object (NEO) hurtles dangerously close to our home planet?
Space
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:09pm
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:09pm
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Space Rock Misses Mars, Barely
An asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with Mars passed the Red Planet today without incident.
An asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with Mars passed the Red Planet today without incident.
Space
Source: Space.com
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:08pm
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Source: Space.com
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:08pm
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Galaxies give birth to stars on cosmic highways
Galaxies tend to give birth to their stars on the road, while travelling down intergalactic highways towards cosmic cities called galaxy clusters, new Spitzer Space Telescope observations reveal.
Galaxies tend to give birth to their stars on the road, while travelling down intergalactic highways towards cosmic cities called galaxy clusters, new Spitzer Space Telescope observations reveal.
Astronomy
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008, 1:41pm
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008, 1:41pm
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Remembering When U.S. Finally (and Really) Joined the Space Race
If Sputnik 1 was the beep-beep-beep heard round the world, Explorer 1 announced itself 50 years ago this week by the collective sigh of relief from an anxious American public.
If Sputnik 1 was the beep-beep-beep heard round the world, Explorer 1 announced itself 50 years ago this week by the collective sigh of relief from an anxious American public.
China: We Don't Want An Arms Race in Space
Put this one in the category of good ideas, disingenuous sources. According to Xinhua, the Chinese government's official news agency, Chinese officials will "actively push" for a treaty barring space-based arms this week.
Put this one in the category of good ideas, disingenuous sources. According to Xinhua, the Chinese government's official news agency, Chinese officials will "actively push" for a treaty barring space-based arms this week.
Research: Asteroids Pose Greater Danger
An asteroid that hit Siberia a century ago, leaving 800 square miles of scorched or blown down trees, wasn't nearly as large as previously thought, a researcher concludes, suggesting a greater danger for Earth.
An asteroid that hit Siberia a century ago, leaving 800 square miles of scorched or blown down trees, wasn't nearly as large as previously thought, a researcher concludes, suggesting a greater danger for Earth.
NASA Remembers Three Space Tragedies
NASA remembers three space tragedies across its 50-year history this week.
NASA remembers three space tragedies across its 50-year history this week.
Largest asteroid to come near Earth in 22 years
The largest asteroid to come near the Earth in more than 20 years will make its closest approach on Tuesday, venturing as close as 1.4 times the distance to the Moon. Already, the first radar observations of the space rock reveal it may have formed from two separate asteroids that fell together and stuck.
The largest asteroid to come near the Earth in more than 20 years will make its closest approach on Tuesday, venturing as close as 1.4 times the distance to the Moon. Already, the first radar observations of the space rock reveal it may have formed from two separate asteroids that fell together and stuck.
Space
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Jan 25, 2008, 10:13am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Jan 25, 2008, 10:13am
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Climate 'clearly out of balance'
The world's climate is "clearly out of balance and is warming", the world's largest society of Earth and space scientists has said in a statement.
The world's climate is "clearly out of balance and is warming", the world's largest society of Earth and space scientists has said in a statement.
Environment
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Friday, Jan 25, 2008, 10:13am
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Source: BBC News
Posted on: Friday, Jan 25, 2008, 10:13am
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Stardust comet dust resembles asteroid materials
Contrary to expectations for a small icy body, much of the comet dust returned by the Stardust mission formed very close to the young sun and was altered from the solar system’s early materials.
Contrary to expectations for a small icy body, much of the comet dust returned by the Stardust mission formed very close to the young sun and was altered from the solar system’s early materials.
Space
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, Jan 25, 2008, 10:12am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, Jan 25, 2008, 10:12am
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Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo model
Entrepreneur Richard Branson on Wednesday unveiled a model of the spaceship he hopes will be the first to take paying passengers into space on a regular basis as soon as next year.
Entrepreneur Richard Branson on Wednesday unveiled a model of the spaceship he hopes will be the first to take paying passengers into space on a regular basis as soon as next year.
NASA survey refutes report about drunk astronauts
Astronauts and NASA flight surgeons overwhelmingly dismissed reports of a crewmember flying drunk, although they did confirm a single incident of an astronaut seemingly inebriated a few days before liftoff
Astronauts and NASA flight surgeons overwhelmingly dismissed reports of a crewmember flying drunk, although they did confirm a single incident of an astronaut seemingly inebriated a few days before liftoff
Dinosaur Demise Theory Is Soaking Wet
Dinosaur doomsday was wetter than scientists have thought, according to new images of the crater where the space rock that likely killed the dinosaurs landed.
Dinosaur doomsday was wetter than scientists have thought, according to new images of the crater where the space rock that likely killed the dinosaurs landed.
Geology
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, 11:47am
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Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, 11:47am
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The mystery of Jupiter's jets uncovered
At the end of March 2007, scientists all over the world observed with surprise and awe a rare change in the atmosphere of Jupiter. A giant perturbation occurred amongst its clouds and two extremely bright storms erupted in the middle latitudes of the northern hemisphere, where its most intense jet stream - reaching speeds of 600 kilometers per hour – resides.
At the end of March 2007, scientists all over the world observed with surprise and awe a rare change in the atmosphere of Jupiter. A giant perturbation occurred amongst its clouds and two extremely bright storms erupted in the middle latitudes of the northern hemisphere, where its most intense jet stream - reaching speeds of 600 kilometers per hour – resides.
Space
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, 11:46am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, 11:46am
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A Whole New View: Hubble Overhaul to Boost Telescope's Reach
When astronauts overhaul the Hubble Space Telescope this summer, they will leave behind a vastly more powerful orbital observatory to scan the universe.
When astronauts overhaul the Hubble Space Telescope this summer, they will leave behind a vastly more powerful orbital observatory to scan the universe.
Space
Source: Space.com
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 23, 2008, 9:54am
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Source: Space.com
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 23, 2008, 9:54am
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Mercury - in Color!
One week ago, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years, since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975.
One week ago, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years, since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975.
Milky Way's antimatter linked to exotic black holes
Legions of tiny black holes created during the big bang may lurk at the centre of the galaxy, creating a prodigious antimatter factory, a new study suggests. The work could explain where the Milky Way's antimatter comes from – one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics.
Legions of tiny black holes created during the big bang may lurk at the centre of the galaxy, creating a prodigious antimatter factory, a new study suggests. The work could explain where the Milky Way's antimatter comes from – one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics.
Space
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008, 2:12pm
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008, 2:12pm
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Sun’s Magnetic Secret Revealed
Powerful magnetic waves have been confirmed for the first time as major players in the process that makes the sun's atmosphere strangely hundreds of times hotter than its already superhot surface.
Powerful magnetic waves have been confirmed for the first time as major players in the process that makes the sun's atmosphere strangely hundreds of times hotter than its already superhot surface.
NASA's moon rocket design looking shaky
NASA is wrestling with a potentially dangerous problem in a spacecraft, this time in a moon rocket that hasn't even been built yet.
NASA is wrestling with a potentially dangerous problem in a spacecraft, this time in a moon rocket that hasn't even been built yet.
Space
Source: USA Today
Posted on: Saturday, Jan 19, 2008, 6:55pm
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Source: USA Today
Posted on: Saturday, Jan 19, 2008, 6:55pm
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Nasa investigates virtual space
The US space agency is exploring the possibility of developing a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game.
The US space agency is exploring the possibility of developing a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game.
Slide show: Space Shots: Flights of fancy
See a galaxy-sized “Cosmic Bird,” a black hole’s powerful jets and other amazing sights from outer space.
See a galaxy-sized “Cosmic Bird,” a black hole’s powerful jets and other amazing sights from outer space.
High School Kids Discover, Get to Name, New Asteroid
Three Wisconsin high school students found out Monday that the celestial object that they found during a recent science project has been verified as a sun orbiting asteroid. The trio will also get the rights to name the body, currently referred to as "2008 AZ28," according to the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the international authority on known objects in the solar system.
Three Wisconsin high school students found out Monday that the celestial object that they found during a recent science project has been verified as a sun orbiting asteroid. The trio will also get the rights to name the body, currently referred to as "2008 AZ28," according to the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the international authority on known objects in the solar system.
Pools of Invisible Matter Mapped in Space
A new map reveals dense pools of invisible matter tipping the scales at 10 trillion times the mass of the sun and housing a cosmic city of ancient galaxies.
A new map reveals dense pools of invisible matter tipping the scales at 10 trillion times the mass of the sun and housing a cosmic city of ancient galaxies.
Astronomy
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Friday, Jan 18, 2008, 9:57am
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Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Friday, Jan 18, 2008, 9:57am
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NASA Offers High-Res Close-Ups of Mercury's Surface
NASA has released two more high-resolution images from the MESSENGER probe's Monday flyby of Mercury, this time showing close-up images of the planet's surface.
NASA has released two more high-resolution images from the MESSENGER probe's Monday flyby of Mercury, this time showing close-up images of the planet's surface.
Ice Clouds Put Mars In The Shade
Until now, Mars has generally been regarded as a desert world, where a visiting astronaut would be surprised to see clouds scudding across the orange sky. However, new results show that the arid planet possesses high-level clouds that are sufficiently dense to cast a shadow on the surface.
Until now, Mars has generally been regarded as a desert world, where a visiting astronaut would be surprised to see clouds scudding across the orange sky. However, new results show that the arid planet possesses high-level clouds that are sufficiently dense to cast a shadow on the surface.
Space
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 17, 2008, 10:43am
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 17, 2008, 10:43am
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First Image Returned Of Mercury's Unseen Hemisphere
NASA's MESSENGER probe flew by the hot planet Mercury at a distance of about 124 miles on Monday, the closest any spacecraft has ever come.
NASA's MESSENGER probe flew by the hot planet Mercury at a distance of about 124 miles on Monday, the closest any spacecraft has ever come.
Satellite Launched From Ocean Platform
A Boeing-built satellite for mobile voice and data services was placed in orbit Tuesday by a rocket launched from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean.
A Boeing-built satellite for mobile voice and data services was placed in orbit Tuesday by a rocket launched from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean.
Space
Source: AOL News
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 9:47am
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Source: AOL News
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 9:47am
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Funding edict for mission has NASA over a barrel
Astronomers in the United States are up in arms after Congress told NASA that it must spend $60 million next year building a controversial planet-hunting telescope. NASA says the money, nearly three times the $22 million it had earmarked for the project, will have to be siphoned from the budgets of other missions.
Astronomers in the United States are up in arms after Congress told NASA that it must spend $60 million next year building a controversial planet-hunting telescope. NASA says the money, nearly three times the $22 million it had earmarked for the project, will have to be siphoned from the budgets of other missions.
Dozens Report UFO Over Texas Town
In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO.
In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO.
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