| 1 in 4 Brits admit visiting Wonders of the World that no longer exist A quarter of Britons have claimed that they have been to ancient Wonders of the World, wiped off the Earth hundreds of years ago.
Over one in eight (13 per cent) said that they have seen the... | |
| How to Observe Gemini, the Heavenly Twin Constellation If you head outside around 10:30 p.m. local time this week and look straight up, you'll be looking directly at Gemini, the Twin Brothers. The heads of... |
| Brightest Galaxy Ever Seen With Gravity Lens Shines in Hubble Photo This Hubble Space Telescope photo, released Feb. 2, 2012, shows a distant galaxy 10 billion light-years away (shown as) as it appears through the gravitational lens around the galaxy cluster RCS2... |
| Hidden Galaxies May Swarm Near Our Own Milky Way Artist's concept of the four tails of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy (orange clump on left of the image) orbiting the Milky Way. The bright yellow circle to the right of the Milky Way's... |
| Dating In The Digital Age According to new research, online dating has surpassed all forms of matchmaking in the U.S. other than meeting through friends. The team said the new digital age is providing greater and more... |
| Shuttle Engineer Who Warned Of Challenger Dangers Dies February 6, 2012 The rocket scientist who argued vigorously against the fatal launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger has died. Roger Boisjoly led a group of five Morton Thiokol engineers who tried... |
| Surface of Mars may be too dry for alien life The surface of Mars may have been parched for too long for any life-forms to exist on the planet today, a new study suggests. A team of researchers spent three years meticulously examining... |
| Virgin Galactic ramps up for spaceship flights The first WhiteKnightTwo / SpaceShipTwo launch system has undergone extensive tests. Next are critical rocket-powered flights of the two-pilot, six-passenger... |
| Russian woes show need for private spacecraft An artist’s rendition of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft with solar panels fully deployed on orbit. NASA is depending on developers of these private... |
| ExoMars cooperation between Nasa and Esa near collapse BBC February 6, 2012 The American space agency looks set to pull the plug on its joint missions to Mars with the European Space Agency. Nasa has told Esa it is now highly unlikely it will be able... |
| NASA: Record number of astronaut applicants, but no spaceships The space agency received more than 6,300 applications between Nov. 15 and Jan. 27 during the search for new astronauts - making it second-highest turnout ever and double the normal response, NASA... |
| Russia's Space Woes Stress NASA's Need for Private Spaceships The recent delay of the next manned launch to the International Space Station due to a damaged Russian space capsule highlights NASA's critical need for commercially built vehicles, space policy... |
| Mars 'Super-Drought' May Make Red Planet Too Dry for Alien Life The surface of Mars may have been parched for too long for any life-forms to exist on the planet today, a new study suggests. A team of researchers spent three years meticulously examining... |
| Will Tim Tebow go 'Dancing With the Stars'? By Anna Chan ABC's ballroom bash "Dancing With the Stars" has had quite a few athletes on its dance floor: Ochocinco, Metta World Peace (aka Ron Artest), Emmitt Smith, Hope Solo, Hines... |
| How NASA Makes Those Incredible High-Res Images of Earth Suomi NPP satellite, these pictures portray our planet’s incredible beauty with 8,000- by 8,000-pixel and 11,500- by 11,500-pixel detail. How were these highly detailed images created? The... |
| Intelligent, Condescending Life Discovered In Distant Galaxy HOUSTON—Marking a momentous leap forward in humankind's understanding of the universe, NASA scientists announced today they had received a radio transmission confirming the existence of... |
| Stephen Colbert Touts NASA's Life Improving Research The politically charged comedian gives his appreciation for the space agency's research on the International Space Station that is helping to create vaccines to the some of the world's... |
| Planets Can "Ping Pong" From Star to Star Scientists had previously theorized that gravitational interactions among multiple planets orbiting a star can sometimes cause a world to get ejected from its system, leaving the rogue planet to... |
| Samsung Galaxy S III Set For May Launch Samsung may be preparing to launch its thinnest smartphone yet, according to new rumors. The new Galaxy S III will be only 7 millimeters thick and will launch in May. At 7 millimeters, the Galaxy S... |
| Hauntingly Beautiful Aurora Video Time-lapse photographer Christian Mlhauser braved sub-zero temperatures and frozen camera equipment to capture this stunning aurora footage from Norway during the last week of January 2012.Powerful... |
| Google Pulls 'Atlantis' From Google Earth "Atlantis," reads my copy of The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, "a vast island-continent submerged under the waters of the Atlantic towards the year 9560 BC; parts of it are still... |
| A Telescope as Sharp as Hubble but on the Ground (VIDEO: 30 Years of the Space Shuttle: What Now?) In fact, though, the Hubble is relatively puny. The mirror at its heart is just 7.9 ft. (2.4 m) across, which gives it only about one-seventeenth of... |
| Sun's Super Bowl Spitfire: Pre-Game Solar Fireworks The Sun unleashed a whipping filament hundreds of thousands of miles long on Sunday February 5th, starting around 1:45pm EST. The display was caught by the many different filtered camera's... |
| Wanted: 'Astronauts' with the right stuffing If you've ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut and have four months to spare, you might have the "right stuff" to fly to Mars ... well, sort of. Scientists at Cornell University... |
| Sauteing With the Stars: Celebrities Cook Up a New Way To Stay In Limelight It's as natural a pairing as steak and baked potato. Americans love their celebrities, and Americans love to eat. So why not celebrity cookbooks? Except ... Eva Longoria desperately hawking... |
| Economic squeeze takes shine off Lunar spending Chinese shoppers on their Lunar New Year holiday were less lavish than expected at Hong Kong jewellers. They also curbed spending on beauty brands and slowed spending at South Korean stores. They may... |
| Wanted: Mock Astronauts for Mission to Mars ... in Hawaii If you've ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut and have four months to spare, you might have the "right stuff" to fly to Mars … well, sort of. Scientists at Cornell... |
| Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship Ramping Up Toward Passenger Flights LOS ANGELES, Calif. - This year is key for Virgin Galactic's bid to become the first commercial spaceliner service, as rocket-powered flights of its SpaceShipTwo are on the books for summer. ... |
| Gallery: China celebrates last day of Lunar New Year with Lantern Festival As good as trade with China has been for Australia, its relationship with the emerging superpower is complicated and there are lessons in it for Ottawa which hopes to sign a deal for Canadian natural... |
| Superslim Samsung Galaxy S III could drop in May (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) Here comes yet another tasty tidbit for the multitudes eagerly awaiting news of the Samsung Galaxy S III: it could measure just 0.28-inch, or 7 millimeters, thick. The... |
| Samsung's Galaxy Note phablet now ready for preorder If you're burning to secure Samsung's Galaxy Note, AT&T is now taking preorders of the hybrid slate for $300. Samsung was the only tech company with... |
| 600 Million Year Drought Makes Life on Surface of Mars Unlikely View of Mars' surface near the north pole from the Phoenix lander. Credit: NASA/JPL-Calech/University of Arizona Mars is often referred to as a desert world, and for good reason – its... |
| High-rise condominium living that's been brought back down to earth In the months right after last year's March 11 earthquake, sales of condominiums in Tokyo dropped 30 percent compared to the previous year. Much of the drop was in areas surrounding Tokyo Bay,... |
| Samsung Galaxy Note: 5 Things to Know About the New 'Phone with a Pen' Samsung Galaxy Note as being "very similar to an actual pen." Called an S Pen, it slides right into the top of the phone for easy storage. The pen can be used to generate anywhere on the... |
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| The universe withholds the mystery of magnetism Why is the universe magnetized? It's a question scientists have been asking for decades. Now, an international team of researchers including a University of Michigan professor have demonstrated... |
| Mel B to host Australian 'Dancing with the Stars' Mel B has been confirmed as the new host of the Australian version of 'Dancing with the Stars'. The former Spice Girls singer - who competed in the US version of the ballroom dancing show... |
| API: Three Letters That Change Life, the Universe and Even Detroit Apigee , a company that builds and operates APIs. That’s tech-world speak for the software that lets things like Facebook, Google and Twitter talk to all those applications on your iPhone. ... |
| Mock astronauts wanted for mission to Mars ... in Hawaii Crew training for 'Marswalk' at the simulated martian terrain of the Mars500 experiment. The terrain, about 10 m long and 6 m wide, is covered with reddish sand and is built to resemble the... |
| Google Earth update erases underwater 'Atlantis' Google Earth map that raised rumors of the lost city of Atlantis has gotten a much-needed update, ridding the seafloor of a gridlike pattern that some vigilant users suspected were sunken streets... |
| Samsung Galaxy Note Pre-Order Starts, Releasing on Feb. 19: Can it Bulldoze iPhone 4S's Dominance? Samsung 's "next big thing," the Galaxy Note smartphone or "phablet" (phone+tablet) with a massive 5.3-inch Super AMOLED screen, is now available for pre-orders from... |
| Policymakers with ties to NASA spending await SpaceX launch Follow this company spending will closely watch this spring's SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral to see if the private company is successful in safely docking its spacecraft with the... |
