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Space flight likely affects astronauts’ eyes, study reveals
Astronauts who spend a minimum of six months on a space flight experience changes in their eyes, according to a new report.
November 4, 2011
NOAA projects 20% chance of X-class solar flares today
A huge sunspot has rotated into view. It has already spawned an X-class solar flare and NOAA is projecting more for November 4, 2011.
November 4, 2011
Gamma-ray burst illuminates new mystery in early galaxies
Astronomers use light from a gamma-ray burst -- GRB 090323 -- to study the chemical make-up of two galaxies in the early universe.
November 3, 2011
Robert Zubrin on why we should go to Mars
Robert Zubrin of the Mars Society says there are three reasons we should go to Mars: the science, the challenge, the future.
November 3, 2011
Budgets for NASA and Webb Telescope undecided
The Senate passed its version of the 2012 budget that delegates the budgets for NASA. It includes full funding for the James Webb Space Telescope.
November 2, 2011
Heavenly Palace modules makes historic space dock
China made a historic space first today with the dock of the Heavenly Palace modules, pieces of a permanent space station to be completed by 2020.
November 2, 2011
Star with spiral arms spotted by astronomers
SAO 206462 appears to be a relatively young star with spiral arms surrounding it, maybe it's a planetary system.
November 1, 2011
NASA in final preparations for large asteroid flyby November 8
NASA will be tracking 2005 YU55 with antennas of the Deep Space Network in California as the asteroid flies closer than the moon's distance on November 8, 2011.
October 30, 2011
October 30 successful Soyuz rocket launch is good news for ISS
The successful launch of the Soyuz rocket on October 30, 2011 means the International Space Station won't go unmanned, as some had feared.
October 30, 2011
Nebula NGC 281 dazzles in the infrared
Imagery from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) highlights erosion by a young star cluster in nebula NGC 281.
October 29, 2011
