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10 Scientific Objects that Changed the World

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 - 09:03:51 - Anuradha Menon

To mark its centenary, the Science Museum in London had its curators select the ten objects in its collection that made the biggest mark on history...

Little House on the Moon
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 - Anuradha Menon
Researchers from Malardalens University in Sweden and artist Mikael Genberg have collaborated to develop a robot that can...

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Apollo Scientist Dusts Off 'Lost' Lunar Data

Sunday, April 26th, 2009 - 13:59:13 - Ehud Rattner

A new analysis based on an Apollo scientist's copies of lost NASA data seeks to determine how sticky, abrasive moon dust will affect lengthier future...

Twilight Sky Show On Sunday

Saturday, April 25th, 2009 - 10:02:17 - Anuradha Menon

On Sunday evening, April 26, the crescent Moon, Mercury and the Pleiades star cluster will gather for a three-way conjunction in the western sky...

Ares Super-Chute Tests
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 - Janice Karin
NASA and the United States Air Force have successfully tested a new super-chute system aimed at reclaiming reusable Ares...

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Small Moon hidden in Saturn ring Discovered

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 - 10:04:54 - Iddo Genuth

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found within Saturn's G ring an embedded moonlet that appears as a faint, moving pinprick of light. Scientists believe...

China's Lunar Probe Lands on Moon

Monday, March 2nd, 2009 - 18:05:05 - Sarah Gingichashvili

China's first lunar probe landed on the moon in a controlled collision Sunday, marking the first phase of the nation's three-stage moon mission, the...

The Moon Reveals Its Weirder Side

Sunday, February 15th, 2009 - 09:55:47 - Sarah Gingichashvili

Results from the Japanese space agency's SELENE mission to the Moon are revealing details about why the lopsided lump of rock orbiting Earth is so...

Russia Aims towards the Red Planet
Friday, February 13th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili
Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has announced its intentions to build a low-orbit space station, which, according...