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Life Beyond Earth? There’s Hope in Kepler 22-b

Nasa's newly-dicsovered planet Kepler 22-b which is about 2.4 times the size of Earth is now the new target for possible life beyond Earth. For one, the planet which lies in the 'Goldilocks zone' is said to ... continue

Toads May Help Us Predict Earthquakes

Days before the devastating earthquake in Italy in 2009, toads in L'Aquila were said to have abandoned the pond where its colony live. The Telegraph reports that researchers led by Friedemann Freund from NASA and Rachel Grant ... continue

Mars Curiosity Rover Starts Search for Alien Life [Video]

At a little after 10:00 this morning, the Mars Curiosity Rover launched from Cape Canaveral on an 8 1/2 month journey to the red planet. NASA is hoping that the Curiosity will be able to find evidence ... continue

Scientists Rank Planets On “Livability” Index

Scientists have been working hard to create an index of "livable" planets that they believe are similar enough to Earth's makeup which in turn may be able to support human life. Known as the “Planetary Habitability Index,” scientsists index ... continue

NASA Prepares To Launch Largest Mars Rover Ever Created

NASA officials on Saturday will launch what they are calling “a Mars scientist's dream machine," a new Mars Rover that is the largest-ever created. According to the rover's lead developer: It’s not just big—it’s “the largest and most complex ... continue

Russia’s Mars probe responds after week of silence

Yesterday, it was looking as if Russia's Phobos-Grunt probe was as good as dead. Ever since its launch on November 8, officials were having difficulties making contact with the craft after it failed to fire its engines ... continue

Two U.S. satellites hacked multiple times, report says

A report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released today says that on two separate occasions, hackers managed to take over U.S. satellites in 2008. The first satellite hacking listed in the report was of NASA's ... continue

Asteroid 2005 YU55 to make close pass at Earth on Tuesday

On Tuesday, Earth and our moon will get a surprise cosmic visit from 2005 YU55, an asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier - or, to be more specific, an asteroid 1,300 feet long. Before you work ... continue

NASA’s Operation IceBridge Discovers Gigantic Crack In Antarctic Glacier

NASA officials working on Operation IceBridge have discovered a gigantic crack in one of Antarctica's glaciers. The crack was discovered when a NASA plane mission provided some of the first ever airborne measurements of the major iceberg. IceBridge ... continue

NASA Sting Operation Terrifies Grandma, Could Lead to Lawsuit

NASA wanted its moon dust and it wanted it bad. So the government agency developed an elaborate NASA sting operation involving heavily armed agents, a Denny's, and a terrified 73-year-old woman. The NASA sting operation was carried out ... continue

German Satellite ROSAT Will Hit Earth This Weekend

A month after avoiding a deadly collision with NASA's UARS satellite, the citizens of the world have a new piece of falling space junk to worry about. The German satellite ROSAT is expected to hit earth this weekend. And ... continue

NASA’s New Satellite to Monitor Earth’s Weather and Climate

A new satellite from NASA has been pencilled in for an October 27th launch, and will be the first dedicated to observing key aspects of both Earth's climate and its weather The catchily-named National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite ... continue

Google’s YouTube launches the YouTube Space Lab [Video]

Even if you aren't the world's biggest fan of Google, which I'm not, you have to admit that they are always doing some pretty interesting stuff, especially when it comes to utilizing their existing service for interesting ... continue

Asteroid Vesta Features Massive Mountain Twice the Size of Mount Everest

Want to see a big mountain? Take a look at Asteroid Vesta. NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which is currently orbiting the massive asteroid, discovered a mountain that is taller than Mount Everest and almost as tall as the ... continue

NASA Seeking Candidates For Astronaut School

NASA is preparing to accept their next school of Astronaut candidates with the space agency announcing that they will begin seeking applicants in November. The company's announcement comes after a National Research Council report revealed that the astronaut corp. ... continue

All electric super-efficient aircraft wins largest prize ever from NASA [Video]

While NASA may be relinquishing near space exploration that hasn't stopped them from doing what it can on Earth to encourage green aviation as it has done in conjunction with the Google-sponsored CAFE Green Flight Challenge. The CAFE (Comparative ... continue

Electric Plane Wins $1.35 Million Prize from NASA

NASA has just announced the winner of its CAFE Green Flight Challenge. The electric plane from the Pipistrel-USA.com team won the top prize of $1.35 million after two days of competition held last week at the Sonoma ... continue

Mercury isn’t the planet they thought it was say planetary scientists

Back in 2004 when the MESSENGER craft was launched to begin its trip to study the planet Mercury planetary scientists had some basic ideas of what the planet would be like but now that images are finally ... continue

Good News: NASA Has Identified Most Killer Asteroids

Good news for anyone worried about an unexpected asteroid hitting earth and destroying mankind, NASA officials say they have identified more than 90% of all giant asteroids that could potentially destroy the planet. A NASA scientist told the Associated ... continue