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Trick Telescopy Aids in Search for Alien Life

Precision mirrors could show stargazers
planets far, far away

Oct 13, 08 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Telescope technology currently in the works will use light measurements to search for planets beyond our solar system whose orbit around a star means they could support life, Wired reports. The system, called nulling interferometry, uses tiny mirrors that move at atomic levels to combine the power of several telescopes,... More »

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planet • space • telescope • extraterrestrial life

 It's Snowing on Mars 

Phoenix lander can't tell whether wet stuff is reaching ground

Sep 30, 08 4:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Snow has been falling nightly in the Mars atmosphere for about a month now, giving scientists more reason to believe that life may have once existed in the red planet's polar regions. Lasers onboard the Phoenix lander have tracked icy snow falling for a mile from clouds drifting 2.5... More »

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NASA • water • Mars • science • space • Phoenix Mars Lander • snow

China's First Space Walker
Back on Earth

Landmark mission ends on live TV in Mongolia

Sep 29, 08 1:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - China's third manned space mission ended successfully yesterday when the Shenzou 7 spacecraft made a soft landing in Inner Mongolia, reports Space.com. The re-entry vehicle descended beneath a giant parachute, a hatch opened and the happy astronauts clambered out. The flawless return to earth was broadcast live on television.... More »

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China • space • spacewalk • Zhai Zhigang • Shenzou 7 • Liu Boming • Jing Haipeng • U.S. Naval War College

 Chinese 
 Astronaut 
 Takes 
 Spacewalk 

Next up: assembling space station

Sep 27, 08 6:52 AM CDT
(AP) - A Chinese astronaut took the nation's first spacewalk today, floating outside the orbiter module's hatch for about 13 minutes. "Greetings to all the people of the nation and all the people of the world," he declared in a live broadcast on state TV, waving a Chinese flag. More »

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China • space • spacewalk • space race

 Discoveries
 Boost Hope
 for Alien Life 

New forms of extreme bacteria fuel hope for extraterrestrial life

Jul 20, 08 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Humans have always wondered about the possibility of alien life somewhere out there. And while scientists seem to agree that the discovery of extraterrestrials will not happen soon, growing numbers are convinced it will happen. The search is being fueled in part by recent discoveries of strange new life forms... More »

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NASA • space • bacteria • extraterrestrial life • aliens • astrophysics • extrasolar planets • Mars rover

 There's a New
 Space Race,
 and US Is Losing 

Rest of the world collaborates while fearful US falls behind

Jul 9, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - While the rest of the world cooperates incessantly on all matters extraterrestrial, the US, hampered by self-imposed regulations meant to keep weapons out of enemies' hands, is swiftly losing dominance of the final frontier, the Washington Post reports. The US’ military space program is still gargantuan, but the civil... More »

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China • NASA • space exploration • European Space Agency • space • space shuttle • satellite • rocket • space program

Thinking 'Bots May Probe Planets for Us

Gizmos could direct airships over Titan, Europa by 2017

Jul 6, 08 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - WALL-E they aren't, but future space robots may decide how and where we explore other planets, Space.com reports. Using what expert Wolfgang Fink calls “tier-scalable reconnaissance,” orbiting spacecrafts could choose where to deploy airships that drop rovers on planet surfaces. NASA and Europe may test the software... More »

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artificial intelligence • space exploration • planet • space • robot • Wall-E

 Earth Hits Cosmic Pitch 

Cacophonous radiation beamed from planet could easily be intercepted by aliens

Jul 1, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Earth’s atmosphere produces a natural sound and beams it off into the universe, Space.com reports. The sound—a painful series of chirps and whistles—is made by the collision of charged particles from the solar wind with Earth’s magnetic field. More »

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radio • space • Earth • sound • aliens • solar system • radiation • solar wind

 There's a Huge Moon 
 on the Rise 

Solstice makes heavenly body look bigger tonight, tomorrow—but it's an illusion

Jun 17, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Northern Hemisphere residents, check out the night sky tomorrow for an extra-large-looking moon. The moon illusion—a trick our brain plays on us—is enhanced by the summer solstice, and when Earth's satellite rises close to the horizon, conditions are perfect, LiveScience notes. More »

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astronomy • space • Earth • solar system • moon • illusion • Northern Hemisphere

 Strange Object
 Baffles Astronauts 

Mysterious rectangle floats by

Jun 13, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Discovery’s crew was perplexed today when it spotted a mysterious object floating past the right wing, the Houston Chronicle reports. The astronauts sent videos and photos of the light-colored, rectangular object to NASA. They also noticed an unusual protrusion on the tail rudder. “We’re in... More »

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NASA • aerospace • space • Discovery space shuttle

 NASA Deploys Mars 
 Probe's Robotic Arm  

Radio glitch delays plan by 1 day

May 29, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander extended its robotic arm for the first time late last night, the AP reports, a day late because of a temporary radio blackout. The arm, which will unfurl over a 2-day period, will eventually be used to take samples of ice below the surface in... More »

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NASA • space exploration • Mars • space • Arctic • Phoenix Mars Lander • soil sample

 Martian Arctic Says Cheese 

NASA sees what it expected to see

May 26, 08 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Mars Phoenix Lander is sending NASA the first photos of the red planet's northern polar region, CNN reports. On its 3-month mission, the lander will “taste and sniff the northern polar site’s soil and ice,” the agency said. The photos show brown polygons checkering the landscape... More »

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NASA • Mars • space • Phoenix Mars Lander • Mars rover

OPINION

 Why It's Time to Sell the Moon 

Lunar property rights can save the space program

May 22, 08 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The moon isn't up for sale—but it should be, argues Glenn Harlan Reynolds in Popular Mechanics. Dishing out lunar property rights would boost the stagnating government space program, and the interest is proven: One enterprising American has already sold 500 million "novelty" acres of the moon at about... More »

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property rights • space • moon • space race

Space Shuttle Discovery
Makes a Date

With concerns over Soyuz safety allayed, voyage to ISS is a go

May 20, 08 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The investigation into last month's scary landing by a Russian Soyuz spacecraft is still going on, but another Soyuz at the International Space Station is off the hook, so NASA has cleared the Discovery shuttle for launch on May 31, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The shuttle is expected to attach... More »

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NASA • space • International Space Station • Discovery space shuttle • Soyuz

 Asteroids Could Reseed
 a Devastated Earth 

Rock-dwelling microorganisms would make it back from space

May 18, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - If a comet ever obliterates life on Earth, don't worry—space rocks could later fall in and reseed a few basic life forms. A new study shows that organisms can survive being hit by a meteor, ejected into space, and hurtled back to Earth on the face of a rock—... More »

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Mars • space • Earth • microorganisms • life • asteroid • meteorites • space debris

 Microsoft Puts Universe
 on Your Desktop 

Astronomers swoon over internet stargazing program

May 13, 08 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stargazers got a new toy today, when Microsoft unveiled WorldWide Telescope, a free new program that gives armchair astronomers an unprecedented look at the stars. The program brings Internet space programs to new heights, rendering complete 3D models of thousands of galactic destinations, the New York Times reports. More »

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astronomy • Google • Microsoft • space • telescope

Mars Photos Suggest
Ancient
Hot Springs

Possible sign that life once existed on planet

Apr 28, 08 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have found what look like the remains of hot springs on Mars—a sign life could have existed there, reports the Washington Post. Sophisticated equipment returned images of “mounds” that appear remarkably similar to springs found in Australia, according to scientists. They appear to have dried up tens... More »

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NASA • Mars • space • images • geology

Yankee Stadium Gets Celestial First Pitch Tomorrow

US astronaut will do honors via video from space station before meeting with rival Sox

Apr 15, 08 6:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Yankees' final season at Yankee Stadium will see another first tomorrow night, the Daily News reports, with a US astronaut throwing out the first pitch—via video link from the International Space Station. Garrett Reisman, a 40-year-old New Jersey native and lifelong fan of the Bronx Bombers,... More »

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Boston Red Sox • New York Yankees • space • Yankee Stadium • International Space Station • Garrett Reisman

 Black Mini Still Has
 Hole Lotta Power 

15-mile-wide black hole is smallest ever found

Apr 2, 08 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astronomers have spotted the smallest black hole ever discovered, Reuters reports. It is just 15 miles across—the size of a city—but still has a pull strong enough to "stretch your body into a strand of spaghetti," said a NASA researcher. The relative pipsqueak weighs about as... More »

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NASA • astronomy • space • star • black hole • Milky Way

 Saturn Moon Holds 
 Recipe for Life  

Life's 'building blocks' found in massive geysers

Mar 27, 08 9:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Basic components of life like heat, organic chemicals, and water have been found on a Saturn moon, Reuters reports. A spacecraft flying over Enceladus this month spotted 500-mile-high geysers spouting off its surface, containing water vapor and the organic molecules found in living things. Though no one’s saying there’... More »

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space • extraterrestrial life • Saturn • solar system • moon • organic compounds • Enceladus • geyser

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