May 19 2011
NASA Installs Cosmic Ray Hunter on Space Station
A new tool to look at the universe debuted Thursday, with the installation of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, nicknamed AMS, on the International Space Station.
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May 16 2011
‘Satellite on a Chip’ to Launch with Space Shuttle
When Endeavour launches, it will deliver three of prototype microchip mini-satellites to the space station for testing.
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May 11 2011
‘Hot Jupiter’ Puzzle Explained
Why do some exoplanets orbit their star the wrong way? Find out here.
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Apr 21 2011
Listening to the Symphony of the Stars with SKA
The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will be the size of a continent and potentially turn our view of the Universe upside down.
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Apr 15 2011
Space Music: The Sound of Pipe Organs on Mars
What does a pipe organ sound like on Venus and Mars? A British and American researcher are way ahead of you on this one.
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Apr 14 2011
Colliding Black Holes Twist and Stretch Spacetime
Using a new visualization tool, the extreme nature of spacetime surrounding colliding black holes has been modeled.
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Apr 13 2011
Could Life Survive Inside a Black Hole?
Stable planetary orbits are theorized to exist inside black hole event horizons, sufficiently advanced lifeforms may live there too.
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Apr 08 2011
LISA, the Gravitational Wave Hunter, Canceled
The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) would have hunted for elusive gravitational waves in space, but due to budget cuts, the mission has been scrapped by NASA. Which mission is next?
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Apr 08 2011
LISA, the Gravitational Wave Hunter, Canceled
The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) would have hunted for elusive gravitational waves in space, but due to budget cuts, the mission has been scrapped by NASA. Which mission is next?
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Apr 05 2011
Witnessing the Growing Pains of Teenage Black Holes
Astronomers are endlessly fascinated by the supermassive black holes that reside in the centers of most large galaxies. But how did they get so big?
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