UCLA astronomers solve mystery of vanishing electrons
Findings further efforts to better predict geomagnetic storms in space UCLA researchers have explained the puzzling disappearing act of energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt, using data collected from a fleet of orbiting spacecraft. In amore
Astrophoto: Transit of Europa by David Billington
Transit of Europa. Image Credit: David Billington David Billington captured this image of the transit of Jupiter?s moon Europa, 10:20PM on November 4, 2011 at St. Agnes, Cornwall, UK. Europa is the smallest of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter.more
NASA Study Solves Case of Earth's 'Missing Energy'
Two years ago, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., released a study claiming that inconsistencies between satellite observations of Earth?s heat and measurements of ocean heating amounted to evidence ofmore
Space Station Dodges Debris From Destroyed Chinese Satellite
The International Space Station fired its thrusters Saturday (Jan. 28) in order to steer clear of orbital debris from China's 2007 anti-satellite test. The dodging maneuver was required to avoid Fengyun 1C, which peppered low-Earth orbit with anmore
Stars Over the Coast astronomy column Jan. 29-Feb. 4 Mars tags along with bright zodiac constellation Leo
PLANETS TO VIEW: Venus continues to shine brightly in the southwest after dusk, with Jupiter high in the south as twilight fades. Mars is low in the east by 9 p.m. and nicely placed in two hours.Saturn is low in the east just after midnight, and Mercurymore
Legonaut (Lego astronaut) rises high into the sky
Science - Space Canadian teenagers Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad bought an inexpensive weather balloon. They connected it to a Styrofoam box with several cameras and a Lego astronaut. And, then they filled the balloon with helium for an 80,000-footmore
Astronomers solve mystery of vanishing energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt
UCLA researchers have explained the puzzling disappearing act of energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt, using data collected from a fleet of orbiting spacecraft. In a paper published today in the journal Nature Physics, the team shows thatmore
International Space Station Maneuvers to avoid Chinese Satellite Debris
Flight control teams in the U. S. and Russia orchestrated a debris avoidance maneuver of the International Space Station late Saturday to avoid a series of collision threats posed by a fragment from the Fengyun 1-C weather satellite blasted apart duringmore
From Clearwater High to aviation hall of fame for astronaut Stott
Astronaut Nicole Stott, a Clearwater High graduate, and former airlines captain William Krusen were inducted into the Florida Aviation Historical Society's Hall of Fame on Saturday ... Read the full story at News 13more
Mesmerizing, towering loops of solar magnetism
I know I?ve been writing about the Sun quite a bit lately, but I have a followup to ? and you?re gonna like it. I was fooling around with helioviewer.org, watching the flare in different wavelengths of light detected by NASA?s Solar Dynamics observatory,more
YouTube, school kids and the International Space Station
Wonder if you knew about this. YouTube's been running a contest called SPACELAB. Fourteen to eighteen year olds from around the world were asked to dream up an experiment they'd like to see carried out in space. They needed to make a short videomore
Russia to delay space mission due to technical problems 1/27/2012 Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to delay the next mission carrying U.S. and Russian astronauts to the International Space Station by several weeks due to problems with the spaceship's descent vehicle, Interfax news agency quoted an industry source asmore
Surprise Asteroid Passed Really Close to Earth
If some of you heard a giant whoosh overhead on Friday, not to worry, it was just an asteroid passing by 37k miles from the Earth. Friday's flyby was the closest approaches ever recorded and to make it even a bit scarier, it wasn't spotted until two daysmore
Mesmerizing, towering loops of solar magnetism
I know I?ve been writing about the Sun quite a bit lately, but I have a followup to yesterday?s cool video of the big solar flare ? and you?re gonna like it. I was fooling around with helioviewer.org , watching the flare in differentmore
Contest Challenges Students to Control Space Station Robots
Two basketball-size robots gave off puffs of compressed gas as they flew around inside the International Space Station to simulate the mining of virtual asteroids. Their success or failure depended completely upon computer coding provided by studentmore
Treasury approves NIS 165 million for Israel space program
The Finance Ministry approved an investment of NIS 165 million for Israel's space program, Army Radio reported Sunday. According to the report, the funding is meant to bolster the Ministry of Science and Technology's satellite development, as well asmore
Mesmerizing, towering loops of solar magnetism | Bad Astronomy
I know I?ve been writing about the Sun quite a bit lately, but I have a followup to yesterday?s cool video of the big solar flare ? and you?re gonna like it. I was fooling around with helioviewer.org , watching the flare in differentmore
Asteroid Close Calls: Past, Present and Future
The bus-sized asteroid that flew past Earth on Friday may have garnered headlines, but it is far from alone, as experts claim that approximately 50 million objects pass by our planet each day. As previously reported here on redOrbit.com [more
Asteroid Close Calls: Past, Present...
The bus-sized asteroid that flew past Earth on Friday may have garnered headlines, but it is far from alone, as experts claim that approximately 50 million objects pass by our planet each day. As previously reported here on redOrbit.com [more
From Clearwater High to aviation hall of fame for astronaut Stott
Astronaut Nicole Stott, a Clearwater High graduate, and former airlines captain William Krusen were inducted into the Florida Aviation Historical Society's Hall of Fame on Saturday 2012/01/29 LAKELAND -- Prominent Bay area astronaut Nicole Passonnomore
Contest Challenges Students to Control Space Station Robots (SPACE.com)
Two basketball-size robots gave off puffs of compressed gas as they flew around inside the International Space Station to simulate the mining of virtual asteroids. Their success or failure depended completely upon computer coding provided by studentmore
Skywatching Guide: How to Observe the Bright Twin Stars Gemini (SPACE.com)
Gemini is the northernmost constellation in the zodiac, which places it high in the winter sky in the northern hemisphere. Gemini represents a pair of in the night sky now. To remember which is which, look at the first letters in the stars' names. Castormore
New Star Discoveries Found in Antique Telescope Plates (SPACE.com)
A century's worth of astronomical photographic plates have revealed a slew of new variable stars, many of which alter on timescales and in ways never before seen. The discoveries come from a new analysis of the 500,000 plates made by the Harvard Collegemore
A cobalt complex redox shuttle for dye-sensitized solar cells with high open-circuit potentials
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Russian space freighter docks with ISS
} MOSCOW, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- An unmanned Russian space freighter docked with the International Space Station Saturday, mission control said. The Progress M-14M spacecraft, which was launched Thursday, hooked up with the space station at 4:08 a.m. Moscowmore
The space program: The Times-Picayune covers 175 years of New Orleans history
The people of metro New Orleans began helping America explore outer space long before Neil Armstrong took one giant leap for mankind on the face of the moon. Throughout the mid- and late 1960s, during the height of NASA?s Apollo program, workers at themore
Russia to delay space mission due to technical problems
Russia plans to delay the next mission carrying US and Russian astronauts to the International Space Station by several weeks due to problems with the spaceship's descent vehicle, Interfax news agency quoted an industry source as saying Friday. Themore
North Carolina becomes home of White Spaces network
(PhysOrg.com) -- America?s first commercial ?TV White Spaces Network? was launched this week in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. Wilmington, as the first U.S. city to shift from analog to digital TV, was chosen as the present-daymore