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Feb 15, 2013 01:36 AM EST

Asteroid Mining Company Will Help to Detect and Deflect Them

Nascent asteroid mining company Planetary Resources, Inc. (PRI) announced, on the eve of 2012 DA14's close pass of Earth, that it will provide the capability to aid the deflection of potentially hazardous objects near Earth. The company is currently testing prototypes of its Arkyd-100 space telescop...

Feb 15, 2013 12:03 AM EST

Asteroid to Come Within Record Distance From Earth Friday

The asteroid 2012 DA14 is set to pass Earth Friday at a recording-breaking distance of roughly 17 miles – lower than most communication and television satellites.

Feb 14, 2013 03:20 PM EST

Mysterious Origin of Cosmic Rays Discovered: Supernovas (Video)

Cosmic rays are produced by the aftermath of exploding stars, according to new research.

Feb 14, 2013 11:16 AM EST

Dark Nebula Contrasts in Front of Milky Way's Bright Core

The full splendor of the billions of stars crammed together in the core region of our galaxy is illustrated by a small dark nebula contrasting in front of it, featured in this new image shot by the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

Feb 13, 2013 11:32 PM EST

SETI Institute Sponsors Public Contest to Name Two Pluto's Moons

California-based SETI Institute is organizing a contest to name two of Pluto’s five moons.

Mars Also Has Land Mass Faults Like Earth

Feb 13, 2013 02:15 PM EST

Scientists Search for Aliens on Earth: Evidence for Life on Mars

Scientists are helping search for evidence of alien life in rocks on Earth.

Feb 13, 2013 03:22 PM EST

Baby Black Hole of Milky Way May Created by Rare Explosion

A highly distorted supernova remnant shown in the image below may contain the most recent black hole formed in the Milky Way galaxy. The image combines X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in blue and green, radio data from the NSF's Very Large Array in pink, and infrared data from Caltech's...

Feb 13, 2013 12:42 PM EST

European Satellite Confirms Arctic Ocean is on Thin Ice, Global Warming Strikes Again

New European satellite imagery has confirmed that Arctic sea ice volume is shrinking rapidly.

Feb 13, 2013 11:34 AM EST

NASA Grows Space Rose: Valentine's Day in Orbit

Just in time for Valentine's Day, NASA has grown a space rose.

Feb 13, 2013 06:10 AM EST

NASA: Rapid Loss of Freshwater from Middle East Region

A recent study by NASA reveals that large parts of the dry Middle East region lost freshwater rapidly, almost the size of the Dead Sea, during the past decade. According to the researchers, nearly 60 percent of the loss is due to the growing demand of groundwater and the 2007 drought.

Feb 12, 2013 11:33 PM EST

NASA: Asteroid Won’t Hit Earth; Russians Were Wrong

Russians have got that one completely wrong. According to NASA, we can all, it seems, let out a collective sight of relieve.

Feb 12, 2013 04:51 PM EST

Europe's ISS Columbus Laboratory: Five Years Science in Space

A variety of scientific results were achieved thanks to now 5 years of experiments aboard the European Columbus laboratory module attached to the International Space Station. By now, 110 ESA-led experiments involving some 500 scientists have been conducted since 2008, spanning fluid physics, materia...