As the LHC starts up, what exotic physics does a key scientist hope to discover?
The Mars rover has been suffering bouts of amnesia and is currently stuck in the sand.
A rogue star mysteriously exploded in 2002. Was it the victim of a cosmic smash-up?
Posted by Robert Lamb 1 HOUR AGO | 0
As I've mentioned before, I love a good outrageous space headline -- and the more they personify science or mold it to sound like a space opera, the better. But it's interesting to note that the "great galactic ghoul" traces ... Read more
Posted by Irene Klotz 2 HOURS AGO | 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 by Ian O'Neill 2 HOURS AGO | 0
For the first time since September 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has circulated a beam of protons fully around its 17 mile-long ring of supercooled electromagnets. The last time this happened was shortly before the LHC suffered a devastating... Read more
Posted by Jennifer Ouellette 6 HOURS AGO | 0
Fractal geometry has broad appeal because of the amazing colorful shapes that can be created, but it's easy to forget that there is actual information -- and some pretty rigorous math -- underlying the pretty pictures. Algebra and geometry are ... Read more
Posted by Ian O'Neill 9 HOURS AGO | 0
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is about to be fired up and Professor Jonathan Butterworth hopes that the ATLAS detector uncovers far more exotic physics than just the Higgs particle. Read more
Posted 11 HOURS AGO | 0
Take a look back at the top stories of the past week in the Discovery News Flashback Slide Show. Read more
Posted Thu Nov 19, 2009 02:59 PM ET | 0
A pair of spacewalking astronauts hustled through work outside the International Space Station. Read more
Posted by Irene Klotz 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 Wed Nov 18, 2009 03:03 PM ET | 0
NASA's Mars Expedition Rover Spirit has been stuck in a sand trap since April and the prognosis for the robot to drive again isn't good. However, NASA is currently staging an escape attempt. Let's have a look at the problem they are facing. Read more
Posted Wed Nov 18, 2009 03:00 PM ET | 0
Atlantis arrived at its intended destination Wednesday, carrying much needed cargo to the space station. Read more
Posted by Ray Villard Wed Nov 18, 2009 02:06 AM ET | 0
It's a solid doomsday prediction that in about 5 billion years the dying sun will expand as a bloated red giant and engulf the Earth. But imagine if in just a few weeks the middle-aged sun suddenly ballooned out to ... Read more
Posted by Ian O'Neill Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:48 PM ET | 0
It was never going to be a quick-fix to Mars Expedition Rover Spirit's predicament, but today's first attempt at rolling the wheeled robot out of the soft sand was aborted in less than 1 second. Fortunately, this isn't an indicator ... Read more
Posted by Irene Klotz Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:40 PM ET | 0
Space shuttle Atlantis launched carrying a few unexpected passengers. Read more
Posted by Ian O'Neill Tue Nov 17, 2009 02:41 AM ET | 0
The world will come to an end. In approximately 4 billion years time, when the sun has depleted its supply of hydrogen in its core, our nearest star will swell like a balloon when it starts to burn heavier elements, ... Read more
Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Mon Nov 16, 2009 01:06 PM ET | 0
Tuesday is shaping into a big night for star gazers, since that's when the 2009 Leonid meteor shower will peak, giving those in Asia in particular something of a spectacular light show. The fireworks will be further helped by the ... Read more
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