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How to Put Out a Fire In Space

Posted by Eric Niiler 14 HOURS AGO | 0

In space, flames burn like blobs instead of teardrops and it can be hard to find the source. Read more

Project Icarus: The Interstellar Communication Problem

Posted Mon Feb 6, 2012 04:42 PM ET | 0

Guest contributor Pat Galea discusses how a starship may transmit signals across the light-years between the stars. Read more

Project Icarus: Reaching for Interstellar Space

Posted Mon Feb 6, 2012 02:00 PM ET

What would a mission to the stars look like? Read more

Earth's Mugshot Explained

Posted Sat Feb 4, 2012 12:26 PM ET | 0

NASA's newest Earth-watching satellite is beaming back spectacular views of our home planet. Here's how it works. Read more

We're Living in a Space Cloud

Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Feb 1, 2012 02:14 PM ET | 0

Our solar system is traveling slowly through an interstellar cloud of gases. Read more

Declassified US Spy Satellites Land in Ohio

Posted Mon Jan 30, 2012 09:15 AM ET | 0

The trio of Cold War-era satellites were among the most prolific U.S. spy systems between the 1960s and 1980s. Read more

Cold Plasma Layer Detected High Above Earth

Posted Fri Jan 27, 2012 02:00 PM ET | 0

Cold, electrically charged particles have long been suspected to exist tens of thousands of miles above the Earth's surface, and now satellites have detected such ions there for the first time. Read more

Project Bifrost: Rockets of the Future?

Posted Fri Jan 20, 2012 05:57 PM ET | 0

Guest contributor Tabitha Smith introduces Project Bifrost, the potential foundation for interstellar space exploration. Read more

Dead Russian Mars Probe Reenters Over the Pacific

Posted Sun Jan 15, 2012 05:27 PM ET | 0

Any surviving components of the doomed Phobos-Grunt spacecraft plunged into the ocean on Sunday. Read more

Russian Mars Spacecraft Reentry Imminent

Posted Sun Jan 15, 2012 04:47 AM ET | 0

The stranded Phobos-Grunt probe will likely reenter Earth's atmosphere late on Sunday. Read more

Virus Attacks Japanese Space Agency Computer

Posted Fri Jan 13, 2012 04:05 PM ET | 0

Sensitive data -- possibly including information on JAXA's H-2 Transfer Vehicle -- appear to have been leaked. Read more

No Shoot-Down Despite Incoming Satellite's Toxic Fuel

Posted by Irene Klotz Fri Jan 13, 2012 01:25 PM ET | 0

A Mars probe's tank is expected to melt during re-entry, so there's no need for a missile intercept, like in 2008, experts say. Read more

Stranded Russian Mars Probe to Crash in 11 Days

Posted Wed Jan 4, 2012 01:49 PM ET | 0

The Russian military says the doomed Phobos-Grunt spacecraft may reenter the Earth's atmosphere on Jan. 15. Read more

Twin NASA Probes Enter Moon Orbit

Posted Sun Jan 1, 2012 11:50 PM ET | 0

The GRAIL spacecraft are now orbiting the moon -- GRAIL-A arrived on Saturday, GRAIL-B arrived on New Year's Day. Read more

Probes May Find Remnants of Moon's Lost Sibling

Posted by Irene Klotz Thu Dec 29, 2011 02:52 PM ET | 0

NASA's GRAIL mission will determine what lies beneath the lunar crust by measuring the moon's gravitational field. Read more

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