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Positrons, the antimatter equivalent to electrons, were detected in gamma ray bursts during lightning storms. Read more
Posted Sat Nov 21, 2009 05:31 AM ET | 0
Depressurization and smoke alarms woke the shuttle and station crews for a second consecutive night on Friday. Flight controllers quickly determined they were false alarms, but the station's ventilation system automatically shut down, prompting NASA... Read more
Posted Fri Nov 20, 2009 04:30 PM ET | 0
NASA’s stuck Mars rover Spirit took the tiniest of steps to free itself from a sand trap that brought it to a standstill six months ago. After spinning its wheels for the equivalent of 8.2 feet, the rover moved about ... Read more
Posted Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:56 PM ET | 0
Whether the United States and its partners in the International Space Station program will get their money’s worth out of the $100 billion endeavor is still to be determined, but there’s one point even the skeptics concede: it’s been a ... Read more
Posted Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:40 PM ET | 0
Space shuttle Atlantis launched carrying a few unexpected passengers. Read more
Posted Fri Nov 13, 2009 01:30 PM ET | 0
A "significant amount" of frozen water is detected inside a lunar crater. Read more
Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 02:42 PM ET | 0
After almost six years exploring the surface of Mars, NASA's intrepid rover Spirit may have settled in its final resting place. NASA is not overly optimistic attempts to free the rover from a sand pit, where its been stuck for ... Read more
Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:59 PM ET | 0
A Russian docking port arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday, becoming the 11th module to be hooked up to the orbiting outpost. The new room, named Poisk -- a Russian word for "search" -- will double as a ... Read more
Posted Tue Nov 10, 2009 04:00 AM ET | 0
Enceladus, Saturn's moon, may harbor liquid water, a prerequisite for life. Read more
Posted Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:46 PM ET | 0
Four hundred years after tossing astronomer Galileo Galilei into jail for his “heretical” findings that the Earth revolved around the sun, the Vatican is dipping its toe into the brave new world of astrobiology. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is... Read more
Posted Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:29 AM ET | 0
Is this an oxymoron, or is it just me? Read more
Posted Fri Nov 06, 2009 02:09 PM ET | 0
Our story about a NASA space radiation study that will use squirrel monkeys as subjects caught the eye -- and ire -- of a group known as the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which is petitioning NASA administrator Charlie Bolden ... Read more
Posted Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:39 PM ET | 0
Astronomers have just solved a decade-old mystery that explains the unusual behavior of a neutron star at the center of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. Read more
Posted Thu Nov 05, 2009 09:32 AM ET | 0
A NASA competition to stimulate commercial space projects has a winner -- Masten Space Systems of California is being awarded the top $1 million prize for demonstrating a lunar lander. The race literally came down to the wire, reports the ... Read more
Posted Thu Nov 05, 2009 05:33 AM ET | 0
A pair of unmanned military aircraft have been turned over to NASA for research on Earth's environment. Read more
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