Scientists at Durham University's Department of Physics have found evidence of a catastrophic event that they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early...

Scientists have discovered tiny amounts of water in some of the famous moon rocks brought back to Earth by Apollo...

The Oscars must have been given away, but the stars and their words at the prestigious ceremony are still echoing and would stay in people's mind for...

The famous giant size Hollywood landmark has inspired another massive sign that will welcome visitors to the home of Middle Earth and Pandora in New...

Reports indicate that a series of 12 flybys by Europe's Mars Express spacecraft might reveal the deepest secrets of the Martian moon...

Nancy Saturn , a longtime key figure in Nashville's art community who founded American Artisan arts and crafts gallery and the annual American Artisan Festival in Centennial Park, died Tuesday from...

ESTERO, FL, March 10, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Earth Savers Institute, a Florida-based eco education and certification firm, today announced they are offering Virtual Assistant services to...

Twenty-year-old Maiko Itai won Miss Universe Japan 2010 in Tokyo on March 9, 2010. She will be on behalf of Japan to compete in Miss Universe Pageant at the end of the year. (Photo Source:...

With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month. NASA's...

SAN FRANCISCO -- IBM researchers on Tuesday said they have discovered a way to make Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products tough on the...

Big Bang , a massive galaxy exploded in a series of blasts trillions of times more powerful than any caused by an atomic bomb. The blasts happened every second for millions of years. "We are...

After a decade of mystery, astronomers have now shown that a pair of white dwarf stars spin around each other in just 5.4 minutes, making them the fastest-orbiting and tightest binary star system...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually...

Buzz Aldrin — the second man to step foot on the moon — will be one of 11 contestants who pair up with professional dancers to compete in the series' weekly...

S ally Ride, America’s first female astronaut, was in Boston yesterday reminding civic leaders that girls still tend to steer away from math and science in early adolescence. “There are...

The US space shuttle fleet can continue flying beyond NASA's September 30 deadline if the money is made available to keep it going, a US space agency official told reporters Tuesday. "I think the...

The Glonass navigation satellite system is expected to start operating worldwide by the end of 2010. As soon as global operations are launched, India will be able to use the civilian signal, allowing...

The flying saucer will have low fuel consumption as compared to ordinary aircraft due to its aerodynamic form and will be able to transport outsized cargoes to remote and inaccessible...

China has recently unveiled comprehensive space exploration plans, including plans to build its own orbital space station and laboratory before 2020. The ultimate goal of the Chinese project is to...

Russia's Institute of Medical and Biological Problems announced on Thursday the names of 11 volunteers on the shortlist to take part in a 520-day simulation of an expedition to Mars, a spokesman...

The 70-meter antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in the Mohave Desert in California. This complex is one of three comprising NASA's Deep Space Network. Image:...

Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) is responsible for providing communications services for all of NASA's missions. The interactive demonstration shows how SCaN's ground and space based...

"Based on my experience as a student space experimenter at the dawn of the Shuttle era," Mr. Yoel continued, "we plan to establish a competition to award a university student research team's...

An international team of astronomers, including Professor Tom Marsh and Dr Danny Steeghs from the University of Warwick, have shown that the two stars in the binary HM Cancri definitely revolve...

Significant time, effort and resources are dedicated each year to the tracking, identification and elimination of satellite interference and By Light is excited about the opportunity to work with GVF...

There is a growing industry consensus that it is an important goal to train every VSAT technician to at least Basic Certification status. Some satellite operators have even begun planning to ask...

Belgian newspaper issues 3D editionBrussels (AFP) March 9, 2010 - A Belgian daily newspaper offered its readers a new perspective on the world Tuesday with a 3D edition complete with special...

NASA says it is now offering the public an interactive computer program that allows virtual explorers to experience many space-related simulations. The "Space Communication and Navigation," or SCaN,...

The recently unveiled secret agreement that Apple makes iPhone developers sign supports what many have suspected all along: Apple is trying to control the universe. Much has been written anecdotally...

— Researchers at the Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics at Vienna University of Technology (TU) are investigating the effects of the Earth's atmosphere on our planet's shape, its rotation and...

HOUSTON, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Three women, who are among the seven crew members of space shuttle Discovery slated to lift off April 5 for the International Space Station, called Tuesday for...

SpaceX just released the official word on what happened with Tuesday's 3.5 second test-fire of the Falcon 9 rocket. The test aborted immediately after it started, and a a spin start system...

The Martin Jetpack in flight. Image courtesy Martin Jetpack Step right up — you can now get your very own jetpack. That's right, a real, not-science-fiction-honest-to-goodness jetpack. New...

Google's roving helicopter/spy satellite/gigantic flaming all-seeing eye must have been hovering over Bristol on a Saturday afternoon in April 2007. Zooming in over Ashton Gate reveals Gary Johnson's...

Shrink BERLIN - A German woman has failed in a bid to force her country's government to halt experiments at the world's largest atom smasher which she feared would lead to the Earth's destruction. ...

Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin drove around the lunar surface for three days during their 1971 mission, but the moon hung onto its secret for the next 40 years. If only they had...

gave birth to life on Earth may have had an extra, previously unrecognised ingredient: a "molecular midwife" that played a crucial role in allowing the first large biomolecules to assemble from their...

I live around the corner from a dry cleaner, but there's also a "green" dry cleaner on the other side of town. Am I total jerk if I keep going to my regular...

By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided...

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, flanked by showgirls Meda Bell, left, and Candice Dickerson, speaks during a 2010 Earth Hour news conference at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign Tuesday, March 9,...

Space Exploration Technologies fired up the engines of its debut Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to...

ever found, the researchers claim. The record-setting stellar duo, known as HM Cancri or RX J0806.3+1527, offer challenges in explaining how such a system might form. The super-quick stars may...

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