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Warped space-time visualized by physicists
Stretching and twisting lines can visually portray the warping of space-time and solve a mystery surrounding merged black holes.
April 13, 2011
Honoring Yuri Gagarin on 50th anniversary of human space flight
The voyage of Yuri Gagarin lasted 108 minutes, 89 minutes of which were in space. He orbited the Earth once in his Vostok 1 capsule.
April 12, 2011
To celebrate Yuri, first space-Earth duet
NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman and Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson perform the first space-Earth duet celebrating Yuri.
April 12, 2011
Galaxy collision causing black holes to merge and devour nearby stars
A galaxy collision and black holes merge, the resulting monster black holes may go on a rampage, devouring nearby stars.
April 9, 2011
Comet Wild-2 has evidence for liquid water on the surface
The first convincing evidence of liquid water on a comet comes from analysis of a sample of Comet Wild-2, returned to Earth by NASA’s Stardust space mission.
April 7, 2011
Two small asteroids pass within moon’s distance today
The moon is our closest neighbor in space, but today two asteroids come closer. One passed through the Earth/moon system this morning - and the other minutes ago.
April 6, 2011
Asteroid 2010 SO16 is following Earth in its orbit around sun
Astronomers in Ireland have found another asteroid , asteroid 2010 SO16, is Earth's companion, sharing our orbit around the sun.
April 6, 2011
Space exploration of planets the next 10 years of
Squyres led a committee for the U.S. National Research Council that in 2011 released a report on the future of space explorations in our solar system.
April 5, 2011
Vesta is it an asteroid or not an asteroid?
The asteroid Vesta will soon get a visitor. The Dawn spacecraft will enter Vesta orbit in July, 2011 and will map Vesta's terrain.
April 1, 2011
Mercury in first image from orbit by MESSENGER
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, first craft to orbit Mercury, has sent back a historic first image of Mercury as seen from orbit.
March 30, 2011
