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Voyagers push toward interstellar space, carrying a record of love
Voyagers carries a golden record with greetings from Earth in 55 languages, music, and an EEG showing the brain waves of a woman in love.
May 1, 2011
Green flash from moon captured by photographer
ESO astrophotographer captures elusive green flash as moon sets over Chile's Atacama Desert.
May 1, 2011
Andromeda Galaxy video in many colors
Rainbow colors from Andromeda Galaxy, our neighboring galaxy - some invisible to the eye, but visible to ESA telescopes - reveal the life cycle of stars.
April 29, 2011
Exploding star helps reveal secret of supernova origins
A study of x-rays emanating from the remnant of a 1572 supernova provides strong evidence that a companion triggered the exploding star.
April 27, 2011
Gallup survey: In U.S., 53% worry about having enough money in retirement
Gallup survey shows those closest to retirement worry less about having enough than workers in 30-49 age group. Most project retirement age at 66.
April 27, 2011
Rhinos in Nepal boosted by world-wide support
A focused effort by many groups helps the greater one-horned rhinoceros resulting in an increase in number of the greater one-horned rhinos in Nepal.
April 27, 2011
Fukushima health effects studied, 25 years after Chernobyl
The sad lessons learned from Fukushima should allow more accurate estimates of the aftermath of nuclear power plant accidents in the past and present.
April 26, 2011
Gallup survey: Worldwide, blame for climate change falls on humans
Gallup survey shows that Americans are more likely to blame nature for global warming, the exception in a world where most residents blame human activity.
April 25, 2011
Dietary supplements can give you the illusion of health invulnerability
A new study confirmed that taking dietary supplements increases the frequency of health-risk behaviors such as exercising less and eating poorly.
April 22, 2011
Icy moon zaps Saturn with electron beams
Cassini camera detects unusually strong current looping from the icy moon Enceladus to Saturn, 150,000 miles away.
April 21, 2011
