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Introducing NASA’s Virtual Universe “Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond”
[/caption] If, like me, you are a fan of first-person computer games and space exploration, you may be more than…
Orbiting Carbon Observatory Launch Failure
[/caption]This morning (Tuesday), shortly after 2am PST (10am GMT), the launch of Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission resulted in failure.…
NASA Delays Discovery Launch Fourth Time
[/caption] NASA announced yet another delay for the launch of the Discovery STS-119 mission to the International Space Station…
Sweet Potatoes Flew into Space Aboard Columbia
[/caption] A team of researchers from the Deep South sent sweet potato plants into space, as part of an experiment…
NASA’s Kepler Mission Ready for Launch
[/caption] NASA's Kepler spacecraft is ready to be moved to the launch pad today and will blast off within…
New Recipe for Dwarf Galaxies: Start with Leftover Gas
[/caption] Apparently, dwarf galaxies can spring out of thin air. Astronomers using NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer have spotted unexpected new…
NASA Study Predicted Outbreak of Deadly Virus
Scientists have long suspected that climatic variables like sea surface temperature and precipitation could foreshadow outbreaks of disease. Now, they…
New Theory: Bizarre Martian Deposits from Vast Ice at Equator
[/caption] Ice core from Mars? Not quite. But this aggregation of soil grains, from Antarctica ice, derived from the same…
Fermi, Swift spy outburst from gamma-ray star
[/caption] NASA's Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have keyed in on a rowdy stellar remnant 30,000 light-years away. The…
The Journey of Space Exploration: Ex-Astronaut Views on NASA
[/caption]It reads like the annual progress report from my first year in university. He lacks direction, he's not motivated and…