| Man City striker Tevez dating 'Ugly Duckling' Ace striker Carlos Tevez is dating one of the stars of Ugly Betty's Argentinean... | |
| Massive asteroid could hit Earth in 2182 A massive asteroid might crash into Earth in 2182, scientists have... |
| Sydney 'dead running' buses equivalent to making 50 trips to the moon Sydney buses run empty for 19.4 million kilometers a year, which is equivalent to making 50 trips to the... |
| DataDirect Networks Delivers Remarkable TCO After a Decade of Continuous Use at Strategic NASA Site Information Infrastructure Leader Celebrates 10-Year Milestone of First Customer Shipment, and a Decade of Round-the-Clock, High-Performance Production Service for One of the Most Demanding Computing... |
| OSU Gets $7.5 Million NASA Technology Award STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State University says it has received a $7.5 million grant that will allow it to collaborate with NASA to improve the use and effectiveness of online learning... |
| Debate Heats Up Over Meteor's Role in Ice Age Some scientists have thought that the Earth's Ice Age conditions 12,900 years ago were triggered by a meteor or comet. But a recent study suggests that the evidence pointing to the ancient... |
| Borger: Obama, Congress on different planets Let's face it: The White House and congressional Democrats live on different life cycles. The Democrats are worried about 2010; the president, about 2012. In politics, that's a lifetime of... |
| Space Farms Could Mine Minerals From Moon Dirt This illustration shows a lush green land on the moon inside a crater covered by a dome to protect and feed lunar astronauts while siphoning elements from the moon's regolith. Credit: Pat... |
| Spinning black holes could expose exotic particles BLACK holes do not have a reputation for giving up their secrets, but they could prove instrumental in uncovering exotic particles that are difficult to detect on... |
| 'Eternal plane' returns to Earth The military will want to use them as reconnaissance and communications platforms. Civilian and scientific programmes will equip them with small payloads for Earth observation... |
| It was in the stars: Observatory becomes national historic site The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, a monument to Canada’s honoured place in the study of astronomy, has been recognized as a national historic site.That puts the 92-year-old landmark on shared... |
| Space shuttle workers to lose jobs Jul 29 2010 WalesOnline The private contractor that handles the bulk of the work servicing Nasa’s space shuttle fleet is notifying 1,400 employees that they will be laid off in the autumn. ... |
| Brilliant Star In A Colourful Neighbourhood This image of part of the Carina Nebula was created from images taken through red, green and blue filters with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory... |
| GOES-13 Satellite Sees Severe Storms Strike US East Coast One of the most destructive storms in years struck Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area on July 25, 2010. Strong winds downed trees and power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents... |
| James Webb Space Telescope Completes Cryogenic Mirror Test During cryogenic testing, the mirrors will be subjected to temperatures dipping to -415 degrees Fahrenheit, permitting engineers to measure in extreme detail how the shape of each mirror changes as... |
| Panel considers cost of space tourism U.S. space tourists hoping to buy a ticket for a suborbital flight could expect to pay between $50,000 and $100,000 by 2014, analysts say. For prices to drop that low, the commercial space tourism... |
| Hypatia - 4th Century Woman Astronomer The death of Hypatia, and the loss of the world's largest collection of scientific and mathematic writings, were factors that contributed to the halt of scientific advances in the West halt for... |
| Planets In Unusually Intimate Dance Around Dying Star Hundreds of extrasolar planets have been found over the past decade and a half, most of them solitary worlds orbiting their parent star in seeming isolation. With further observation, however, one in... |
| ISS Commander Responds To Love Letter From Earth International Space Station (ISS) Commander Alexander Skvortsov responded to a love letter he received in space from a 17-year-old girl from Moscow. The young girl sent a letter to the 44-year-old... |
| IceCube Spies Unexplained Pattern Of Cosmic Rays This "skymap," generated in 2009 from data collected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, shows the relative intensity of cosmic rays directed toward the Earth's Southern Hemisphere. Researchers from... |
| Huge satellite to become 'space junk' The European Space Agency is set to become the owner of what could become the most dangerous piece of space debris orbiting the Earth, officials say. The agency will take control of the Envisat... |
| Space walk successful despite lost parts Two Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station have successfully completed a space walk despite losing a tool and a washer, U.S. controllers said. Fyodor Yurchikhin and Mikhail Kornienko... |
| DLR Investigates The Existence Of Liquid Salt Solutions On Mars On this image, wide expanses of Kieserite, a hydrated magnesium sulphate salt, can be seen. Hydrated implies that water molecules are incorporated into the crystalline structure. Kieserite produces... |
| Astronomer: Manned missions less likely Future manned space exploration will be the province of adventurers rather than state-backed missions, Britain's astronomer royal says. In an interview 40 years after the first manned moon landing,... |
| GRAIL Spacecraft Takes Shape Engineers have conducted a fuel tank check of one of NASA's GRAIL mission spacecraft (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory), scheduled for launch in 2011. Confirming the size and fit of... |
| Sea Launch Signs Agreement With EchoStar Sea Launch Company, a leading provider of launch services to the commercial satellite industry, has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of EchoStar Satellite Services L.C.C., a wholly owned... |
| July 29, 1958: Ike Inks Space Law, NASA Born in Wake of Russ Moon President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The plot had thickened months before. Beep … beep … beep … They... |
| NASA Contractor to Lay Off 1,400 Employees The private contractor that handles the bulk of the work servicing NASA's space shuttle fleet is notifying 1,400 employees in Florida, Texas and Alabama that they will be laid off in the fall. United... |
| Exhibition Review: ‘Beyond,’ the Solar System at Air and Space Museum “Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System,” the exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, features a photograph of Jupiter’s moon Io, with an 86-mile-high volcanic plume... |
| Extreme Close-Up of the Face on Mars The 'face' on Mars, a popular landform in Cydonia Region on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Here's a picture you probably won't see in the tabloid racks while waiting in line... |
| Neptune jumps as investors punt on strong profit Shares in Neptune Marine Services fell after it drew a blank to an ASX price query following a run on its shares.The ASX noted in a so-called speeding ticket to the company that its shares had risen... |
| Planets Found in Unusually Intimate Dance Around Dying Star Hundreds of extrasolar planets have been found over the past decade and a half, most of them solitary worlds orbiting their parent star in seeming isolation. With further observation, however,... |
| World's oldest Twitter user, and friend of the stars, dies aged 104 Messages were still appearing yesterday on the Twitter feed of IvyBean104 – but only to relay the news that the woman reputed to be the world's oldest twitterer had died. Ivy Bean, who grew up... |
| New Space Telescope Mirrors Get Frosty Treatment During cryogenic testing, the mirrors will be subjected to temperatures dipping to -415 degrees Fahrenheit, permitting engineers to measure in extreme detail how the shape of each mirror changes as... |
| Alien planets locked in close embrace An artist's conception shows multiple gas giants in orbit around an alien star. A recently detected planetary system has two gas giants in "the tightest system that's ever been... |
| Cosmic Log: Bright stars burn out fast Alan Boyle says: "Live fast, die young" may sound like a life lesson, but it’s actually an astronomical observation, borne out by a spectacular image of a hot young star from the European... |
| Planetary triangle forming in evening sky A trio of planets converging in the night sky this week and for several nights will give casual skywatchers the perfect chance to easily see and identify worlds they might not normally notice. The... |
| Shuttle contractor laying off 1,400 workers CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The private contractor that handles the bulk of the work servicing NASA's space shuttle fleet is notifying 1,400 employees in Florida, Texas and Alabama that they will be... |
| Huge Star Burns Fast and Furious in Photo This image of part of the Carina Nebula was created from images taken through red, green and blue filters with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory... |
| Earth's climate future may be etched in Greenland bedrock PARIS (AFP) – Scientists hit Greenland bedrock this week after five years of drilling through 2.5 kilometres (1.6-mile) of solid ice, a 14-nation consortium announced Wednesday. Ice core... |
