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Probe Zips Over Mercury Today

Messenger will take 1,200 pictures from 124 miles up

Jan 14, 08 4:33 AM CST
(Newser) - NASA's Messenger spacecraft this afternoon will whiz past Mercury at 141,000 mph and snap an estimated 1,200 detailed photos of the planet's surface from a mere 124 miles up. It will be the first of three passes before the craft starts orbiting the planet closest to the sun... More »

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NASA • planet • space • research • sun • photograph • Mercury • Messenger

Space Shuttle Astronauts Gain Fame

Hall to welcome 4 newcomers, including leader of Hubble launch mission

Jan 11, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Four space shuttle pilots have taken one giant leap toward immortality, NASA announced this week: They'll make up the Astronaut Hal of Fame class of 2008. The inductees, who will be honored at a May ceremony, include the commanders who presided over the initial assembly of the International Space Station... More »

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NASA • space • astronauts • space shuttle • International Space Station

Asteroid Won't Slam Into Mars After All

Disappointed scientists were hoping
to study collision

Jan 11, 08 4:24 AM CST
(Newser) - An asteroid heading toward Mars won't crash into it after all, according to disappointed scientists. They had initially calculated there was a 1-in-27 chance of the space rock hitting the red planet, but after new observations researchers estimate the odds are only 1 in 10,000, "effectively ruling out... More »

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NASA • Mars • space • asteroid • near earth objects

NASA Plans Daring Hubble Fix

Unprecedented spacewalk will make for spiffier 'scope

Jan 9, 08 12:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Astronauts will save—and drastically upgrade—the Hubble Space Telescope in an unprecedented mission this year, NewScientist Space reports. The mission will make the Hubble 90 times more powerful than it originally was, but will require spacewalkers to complete a delicate electronics repair job in zero gravity while wearing bulky... More »

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NASA • astronomy • Hubble • space • astronauts • spacewalk • John Grunsfeld • neutral buoyancy laboratory

'08 NASA Missions Called Risky

Space agency pushing up against 2010 deadline

Jan 6, 08 11:32 AM CST
(Newser) - NASA is speeding up its space shuttle flight schedule to meet the 2010 deadline for the completion of the International Space Station. This year alone, the space agency will launch six missions—twice the number of the last two years—and some experts worry that the crunch is a recipe... More »

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NASA • space • space shuttle • International Space Station • Atlantis Space Shuttle • Columbia disaster • shuttle fleet

Is Time Running Out on Time?

Scientists speculate
that the universe is
winding down and
could one day stop

Jan 1, 08 5:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Astronomers have been scratching their heads for years trying to figure out why exploding stars at the very edge of the universe seem to be moving faster than ones in the middle. Some theories say the acceleration is due to mysterious "dark energy,"but a new one posits... More »

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astronomy • space • Big Bang • astrophysics

Mars Smash Looking Likelier

Still a longshot, but cosmic collision now a 25-1 chance

Dec 29, 07 7:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists say the chances of a giant asteroid smashing into Mars on January 30 have gone up steeply, the AP reports. It's still a 25-1 longshot, but stargazers have their fingers crossed. I think it'll be cool," said a NASA tracker. "Usually when an asteroid is headed toward... More »

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NASA • Mars • space • asteroid

Astronaut Grieves From Space Station

Tani speaks to family via teleconference
to help plan mother's memorial service

Dec 22, 07 8:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Before they blast off for missions that could take months, NASA asks astronauts to choose if they want to learn if there's important news from home. Daniel Tani said yes, and is this week mourning his mother from space. Tani has chosen to continue his daily tasks, and yesterday spoke... More »

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NASA • space • International Space Station • Daniel Tani

NASA Delays Mars Probe to 2013

Conflict of interest in purchasing phase pushes mission back

Dec 21, 07 6:40 PM CST
(Newser) - A conflict of interest has forced NASA to delay a scheduled Mars probe by two years and spend an extra $40 million, the Associated Press reports. The panel choosing between two firms for the mission had to be replaced, and because Mars is only within reach every 26 months, the... More »

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NASA • Mars • space • Colorado • conflicts of interest

Solar System Is Dented: Voyager

Intrepid spacecraft finds strange bulges in the heliosphere

Dec 11, 07 9:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Far out in space, a violent boundary zone marks the point where our solar system ends and outer space begins. NASA's Voyager 2 has now confirmed what its sister ship indicated: that this region is squashed and uneven, Space.com reports. This shock wave "sloshes back and forth like... More »

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NASA • space • solar system • cosmic rays • solar wind • cosmology • Voyager 1 • Voyager 2

Astronauts Wire Up 'Harmony'

Two spacewalkers attach a new room to international space station

Nov 20, 07 7:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Two astronauts set up a new room on the international space station today, the AP reports. Their relatively quick, successful work was greeted with smiles from Mission Control: The room has to be functional before NASA can send up its next shuttle, currently scheduled for a Dec. 6 launch, which... More »

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NASA • space • astronauts • space shuttle • International Space Station • Daniel Tani

Planet Found Orbiting Star

Gas giant is 45 times the size of Earth

Nov 6, 07 10:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Astronomers have found a planet that’s at least 45 times the size of Earth orbiting a star 41 light years away, Space.com reports. The giant ball of gas is the fifth planet discovered around the star 55 Cancri. And while it's not a "twin of our solar... More »

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astronomy • planet • space • solar system • Cancri 55

Discovery Crew Bids Teary Bye

Astros exit space station after 11-day renovation project

Nov 5, 07 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Astronauts bid each other teary goodbyes yesterday as the shuttle Discovery prepared to leave the international space station and return to Earth. Seven people will make the two-day journey home, including astronaut Clay Anderson, who completed a 152-day mission aboard the station. Crew member Dan Tani is taking his place... More »

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space • astronauts • Clayton Anderson • International Space Station • Daniel Tani • Discovery space shuttle

China Launches 1st Lunar Probe

Plans to land astronaut on lunar surface by 2020

Oct 24, 07 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - China launched its first lunar mission today, beginning its gambit to be the third country to put a man in space. The Chang'e-I probe fired into space unmanned, but the lunar orbiter should earn China’s space program respect—and lucrative contracts, Bloomberg reports. China next plans to land a... More »

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China • NASA • space exploration • European Space Agency • space • moon • Chinese space program • Discovery space shuttle

Teams Fail to Build Elevator to Heaven

Contestants still struggling to realize Willy Wonka fantasy

Oct 22, 07 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The race was on and the wind was up, which was something of a problem because contestants in the second annual Space Elevator Games in Utah yesterday were vying to send a vehicle 400 feet up a vertical cable attached to a crane. The prize of $500,000 in NASA... More »

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NASA • cable TV • space • Roald Dahl • elevator • vehicle

Orion Nebula Closer to Us

Famous stellar nursery 300 light-years nearer to Earth than thought

Oct 11, 07 9:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The famed Orion Nebula is the closest stellar nursery to Earth, and it's even nearer than scientists previously thought, a study finds. Researchers had pinned it at about 1,565 light years away 25 years ago, but using multiple telescope shots to create a "virtual telescope" as wide as... More »

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space • star • astrophysics • Orion Nebula • Very Long Baseline Array • parallax

NASA Probe Gets Lucky with Jupiter Flyby

Spacecraft New Horizons sees storms and supervolcanoes

Oct 9, 07 10:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Horizons, the robotic probe destined to reach Pluto in 2015, took some exciting photos when it flew within 1.4 million miles of Jupiter last February. Data from the fruitful detour for NASA’s fastest spacecraft will be published in Science this month. Highlights include photos of Jupiter’s... More »

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NASA • space • Jupiter • Pluto • New Horizons • Great Red Spot

After Sputnik: Satellites Today

Fifty years later, thousands of descendants have made a home in space

Oct 4, 07 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Satellites have lost a bit of their star power since Sputnik blasted into orbit. But 50 years later, its grandkids continue to look down at the Earth and out into deep, deep space. Here are some of the coolest, according to Wired:
  • James Webb Space Telescope: Putting the Hubble
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science • space • list • Department of Defense • satellite • International Space Station

Scientists Stumped by Blast From Outer Space

Mysterious pulse could be sign of black hole evaporating or supernovas colliding

Sep 29, 07 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bizarre burst from outer space has scientists talking black holes and colliding stars, Physorg reports — and may even help us "determine the amount of material in intergalactic space," one researcher says. The radio waves, which were measured in milliseconds, might be a blast from 2 superdense... More »

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astronomy • space • black hole • radio spectrum • radio telescope

Hidden Galaxies Come to Light

Scientists discover star systems obscured by quasars

Sep 24, 07 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Astronomers have added 14 “invisible galaxies” to their map of the heavens, thanks to an imaginative breakthrough and a massive telescope. Researchers realized that some galaxies might be hidden by the bright lights of quasars behind them, so they scanned quasar data for “dips” where those lights might... More »

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astronomy • space exploration • space • deep space • quasars • galaxy

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