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    A theory of reality beyond Einstein’s universe is taking shape – and a mysterious cosmic signal could soon fill in the blanks IT WASN’T so long ago we thought space and time were the absolute and unchanging scaffolding of the universe. Then along came Albert Einstein, who showed that different observers can disagree

The Launch CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA’s last space shuttle voyage, dodging bad weather and delighting hundreds of thousands of spectators on hand to witness the end of an era. Live TV with chat Stream videos at Ustream If you have a iphone or a

    NASA’s final shuttle mission will feature outer space’s first iPhone, tricked out with an app to measure spacecraft radiation levels, orbital location and altitude.     The iOS-based software, called SpaceLab, will come pre-loaded on two iPhone 4s. Testing the software isn’t mission-critical, but it may lead to terrestrial commercial devices being repurposed for

  On June 8, NASA joins organizations from across the globe to test out the next generation of the Internet, called Internet Protocol version six or IPv6. As more devices and people come online, the older Internet Protocol version four (IPv4) addresses — those sets of numbers that uniquely identify every device on the Internet

  Regular readers know that CMOS can’t get enough of huge explosions on the surface of the sun. That puts us in a pretty good place right now, considering the current solar cycle is moving into a period of increased explosive activity. For those who might not understand why we love solar explosions, this video

  CASSINI MISSION from Chris Abbas on Vimeo.     Who would of thought? Go Nine inch nails !!!   CASSINI MISSION from Chris Abbas on Vimeo.     From Digital Kitchen Seattle creative Chris Abbas comes this sweet mashup video featuring music from Nine Inch Nails and pictures from NASA’s Cassini mission. The Cassini Solstice/Equinox Mission

      Despite NASA’s attempts at anthropomorphism, the Mars rovers do not talk, so Spirit was unable to utter any last words. But we did get to share its final view. Behold, our departed rover’s last Martian vista, the Columbia Hills.     This was the last panorama Spirit transmitted to Earth, on its 2,175th

Neat Video of of the history of the Endeavour. NASA Live TV The Landing Live real-time shuttle tracking is at http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html Stream videos at Ustream Live TV with chat If you have a iphone or a iPad click here for live TV http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/nasatv_live_iphone.html Space Shuttle Endeavour Returns to Earth for Final Time Wednesday CAPE CANAVERAL,

        The space shuttle Endeavour is docked at the International Space Station in a NASA photo released May 28, 2011. The shuttle will streak across the California coastline at hypersonic velocity for the last time on Wednesday. (NASA TV / May 28, 2011) Spare parts were collecting dust in warehouses in Bell,

Seil Collins, reporter 2MRSA.jpg (Image: T.H. Jarrett (IPAC/SSC)) Seil Collins, reporter     (Image: T.H. Jarrett (IPAC/SSC))     The most detailed view ever assembled of our universe is now available… and it’s even in 3D.   Covering 95 per cent of the sky in the infrared part of the spectrum, the 2MASS Redshift Survey

Your Universe (As Seen From the Home Planet) ESO/Stephane Guisard and Jose Francisco Salgado There’s very little we can write to preface the imagery below, so we’ll just set the scene and get out of the way. The video below was captured by Stephane Guisard and Jose Francisco Salgado at the European Southern Observatory’s Very

By: Miles O’Brien It was a cold night in Pasadena when NASA‘s rover Spirit landed on Mars. But if tension could generate heat, we would have been perspiring. On a good day, getting to Mars is a crapshoot. Over the years, only one in three missions to the Red Planet have succeeded. That is good

RAPHAEL G. SATTER This undated handout picture released by Warwick University on Thursday May 26, 2011 which shows the corner of sky where a team of astronomers say they found the most distant explosion ever detected. The little red dot at the center is the gamma ray burst, estimated by the researchers to be more

MALCOLM RITTER   This artist’s conception provided by NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech shows a newly discovered type of planet that wanders freely or follows very loose orbits. Astronomers have the mysterious denizens of the Milky Way are apparently as common as the stars. One expert called the discovery a huge surprise. (AP Photo/NASA JPL-Caltech) Are these

By Rebecca Boyle Posted 05.20.2011 at 12:01 pm 36 Comments     The Cosmic Microwave Background NASA Largest-Ever Survey of Cosmic History Confirms That Dark Energy Exists, Is Tearing the Universe Apart After a five-year study of 200,000 galaxies, scientists are more certain than ever that dark energy acts as a repulsive force, tearing the

        Virgin Galactic has tested the return capabilities of their SpaceShipTwo spacecraft for the first time. The video of its first feathered flight is just too beautiful and elegant to describe. Just watch it:     Click on video to see at full screen     The test was conducted at the

Nice !!! Live Nasa TV Video chat rooms at Ustream     Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesThe space shuttle Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Monday to began a mission to the International Space Station.    May 16, 2011 The space shuttle Endeavour made a picture-perfect liftoff Monday morning as it

This image released by NASA shows an enhanced photo image of Mercury from its Messenger probe’s 2008 flyby of the planet. NASA says it was a taste of pictures likely to come after March 17, 2011, when the probe enters Mercury’s orbit. This photo shows the eastern part of the smallest and closest planet in

  Did you go out and see the Supermoon last night? It was huge! Well, in some places. I went out in New York and didn’t even notice a difference. Nonetheless, here’s the gigantic, fiery Supermoon hanging over Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. She looks pretty scary. [MSNBC] Updated: Be sure to check out the

It took the Messenger spacecraft more than 6 years to make the 4.9-billion-mile trip to Mercury. STORY HIGHLIGHTS It takes the probe more than six years to get to Mercury It’s a 4.9-billion-mile (7.9-billion-kilometer) journey to the solar system’s innermost plant The space agency is hoping to get the first pictures from the probe by

The full moon this weekend will look close enough to touch, but it will still be some 211,600 miles from Earth. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The last full moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993 Saturday’s full moon will be the biggest in almost 20 years Saturday’s full moon will still be

We lucked out on this one. These Monsters can really screw up are electronic communications and power grids. This huge solar flare certainly lives up to its name. It’s called the Monster Prominence, and was filmed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory when it exploded on 24 February. The magnetic eruption has been sped up here

    Forecast Stands at 90 percent “Go”   Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:08:37 AM MST Meteorologists expect fine weather this afternoon for the launch of space shuttle Discovery. The forecast calls for a 90 percent chance of acceptable conditions at launch time, 4:50 p.m. EST. The shuttle stands on Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s

Amazon.com Widgets Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration Robonaut 2, dressed for pigskin punditry. But is it a Packers fan or a Steelers fan? —-  Wow, he has his own Facebook and Twitter Account — › NASA to Launch Human-Like Robot to Join Space Station Crew › Star Wars Meets UPS as

Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Scientists using NASA‘s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before. Scientists think the antimatter particles were formed in a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF), a brief burst produced inside thunderstorms and shown to be associated with lightning. It

Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse from William Castleman on Vimeo. Image by Getty Images via @daylife Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse from William Castleman on Vimeo. William Castleman made a beautiful time lapse of the Winter Solstice lunar eclipse, which was truly spectacular. If you missed it, you are going to love it. And if you watched

NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft Nearing Edge of the Solar System NASA’s Voyager 1 probe is nearing the edge of our solar system after 33 years and nearly 11 billion miles of spaceflight. The spacecraft may make the final crossing into interstellar space in just four more years, NASA announced today (Dec. 13). Image by FlyingSinger

Thin Air – Cassini Finds Ethereal Atmosphere at Rhea 11.26.10 The cratered plains of Saturn’s moon Rhea are visible in this image obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 21, 2009. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute › Full image and caption NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected a very tenuous atmosphere known as an exosphere, infused

PASADENA, Calif. — Eighty-six days out from its appointment with a comet, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft fired its thrusters to help refine its flight path. The Stardust-NExT mission will fly past comet Tempel 1 next Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14, 2011). It will perform NASA’s second comet flyby within four months. “One comet down, one to go,”

WASHINGTON — Astronomers may have lucked into the ultimate in cosmic baby pictures: a voracious black hole fresh from its violent birth. Image via Wikipedia After watching a nearby star that exploded into a supernova in 1979, astronomers now believe the star’s death wasn’t an ordinary one. The star’s explosion was big enough to cause