Jun 02
The neutralino has been the leading candidate for dark matter, but it might not be so special after all (full text available to subscribers)
Jun 02
Scientists overseeing NASA’s new Mars spacecraft say the lander’s robotic arm has touched soil on the red planet for the first time.
Jun 02
Ingenious liquid mirrors will soon help astronomers peer out to the edge of the visible universe
Jun 02
The satellites would electromagnetically beam gigawatts of solar energy back to ground-based receivers, where it would then be converted to electricity and transferred to power grids. The floating power plants could provide round-the-clock clean, renewable electricity.
Jun 02
A spokeswoman for the Phoenix Mars Lander mission says a hacker took over the mission’s public Web site during the night and changed its lead news story.
Jun 02
The shuttle blasted its way into orbit through wispy clouds against blue skies on its way to deliver a bus-size laboratory to the International Space Station.
Jun 02
Take a look at this image sent back from the Phoenix Mars lander. It shows that below the lander there may be a ice layer covered by a thin blanket of soil, exposed in the blast zone by the retrorockets used for the landing. This is just what the Phoenix mission was hoping to find, and how incredible to land directly over your goal.
Jun 02
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifted off from its Florida launch pad on Saturday on a mission to deliver a bus-sized Japanese laboratory to the International Space Station.