E.T. not likely to have human-like intelligence: Astronomer March 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Extraterrestrials will probably never ‘phone’ Earth in a way we’d understand as they’re unlikely to have evolved human-like intelligence – but that doesn’t mean we should give up the search for life beyond our planet, an ... | |
 First images of solar system's invisible frontier July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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NASA's sun-focused STEREO spacecraft unexpectedly detected particles from the edge of the solar system last year, allowing University of California, Berkeley, scientists to map for the first time the energized ... | |
 NASA sets date for final shuttle mission in 2010 July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Following a detailed, integrated assessment, NASA selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions on the current manifest in 2009 and 2010. | |
NASA safety panel worries about moon ship design August 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- NASA is not properly emphasizing safety in its design of a new spaceship and its return-to-the-moon program faces money, morale and leadership problems, an agency safety panel found Monday. | |
 Jupiter and Saturn full of liquid metal helium August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A strange, metal brew lies buried deep within Jupiter and Saturn, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and in London. | |
 Mystery Comet Explodes into Brightness October 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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A once-faint comet has made a sudden leap from obscurity to center stage. Comet 17P/Holmes, now visible to northern hemisphere residents, increased its brightness by a factor of one million this week, going ... | |
 Spacewalkers to Hook Up Harmony at its New Location November 16, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 4
A 6-hour, 40-minute spacewalk by International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Dan Tani will begin the external outfitting of the Harmony node in its new position in front of the ... | |
 Asteroid Threatens to Hit Mars December 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Astronomers funded by NASA are monitoring the trajectory of an asteroid named 2007 WD5 that is expected to cross the orbital path of Mars early next year. Calculations by NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at the ... | |
 Computer simulation predicts Voyager 2 will reach major milestone in space in late 2007-early 2008 November 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 62 vote(s)
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Using a computer model simulation, Haruichi Washimi, a physicist at UC Riverside, has predicted when the interplanetary spacecraft Voyager 2 will cross the “termination shock,” the spherical shell around the ... | |
 Mars rovers find new evidence of 'habitable niche' December 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Inch by power-conserving inch, drivers on Earth have moved the Mars rover Spirit to a spot where it has its best chance at surviving a third Martian winter -- and where it will celebrate its fourth anniversary ... | |
First evidence of under-ice volcanic eruption in Antarctica January 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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The first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica’s most rapidly changing ice sheet is reported this week in the journal Nature Geosciences. The volcano on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet erupted 2000 ... | |
 NASA to Beam Beatles' 'Across the Universe' Into Space February 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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For the first time ever, NASA will beam a song -- The Beatles' "Across the Universe" -- directly into deep space at 7 p.m. EST on Feb. 4. | |
 First advert to be broadcast into space March 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 4
The campaign to broadcast the first ever advert into space is launched today (Friday March 7)- with University of Leicester space scientists playing a key part in the process. | |
 Dark Halos Discovered on Mercury March 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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The surprises continue. Scientists studying the harvest of photos from the MESSENGER spacecraft's Jan. 14th flyby of Mercury have found several craters with strange dark halos and one crater with a spectacularly ... | |
 Icy Promethei Planum March 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Promethei Planum, an area seasonally covered with a more than 3500 m thick layer of ice in the martian south polar region, was the subject of the High Resolution Stereo Camera’s focus on 22 September 2005 ... | |
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