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Israel stunned by Hawking snub

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:03:00 -0400

It is an event "of cosmic proportions", said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description of Stephen Hawking's decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference slated for next June. It was also a decisive moral call which was communicated by the Cambridge University, where Hawking is a professor, on May 8. Hawking is a world-renowned cosmologist and physicist. His scientific work had ...

Earliest light in universe since Big Bang measured for 1st time

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:30:01 -0400

The evolution of the extragalactic background light (EBL) over the past 5 billion years has been measured for the first time. That bath of ancient and young photons suffusing the Universe today is called the extragalactic background light (EBL). An accurate measurement of the EBL is as fundamental to cosmology as measuring the heat radiation left over from the Big Bang (the cosmic microwave ...

Russia plans four spacecraft launches in 2014

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400

Russia's Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will make four launches next year from the Pacific Ocean-based Odyssey platform under the Sea Launch programme, an official said. Corporation president Vitaly Lopota said that after 2014, Energia will be able to make five or more launches a year. Next year's launches will be the first since one of Sea Launch's Zenit vehicles carrying an Intelsat-27 ...

Fears of a copycat Uniformed French soldier is stabbed in throat outside Paris

Sat, 25 May 2013 20:17:15 -0400

Police officers stand near the cordoned off spot where a French soldier was stabbed in the throat in the busy commercial district of La Defense, outside ...

Opportunity Discovers Clays Favorable to Martian Biology and Sets Sail for Motherlode of New Clues

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:14:11 -0400

NASA's Opportunity Mars rover discovered clay minerals at Cape York ridge along the rim of Endeavour crater – seen in this photo mosaic – which stands as the most favorable location for Martian biology discovered during her entire nearly 10 year long mission to Mars. Opportunity also established a new American driving record for a vehicle on another world on May 15, 2013 (Sol ...

Mars Society Proposes A Year-Long Arctic Mission To Better Prepare for the Red Planet

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:49:57 -0400

Outside view of a structure at Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station. Credit: Mars Society The Arctic’s a lot like Mars, according to the Mars Society. It’s cold, it’s isolated, and it’s kind of dangerous. And, the society says, it’s ready to bring humans to the Arctic for a year to make a mission there even more ...

French Soldier Stabbed in the Throat While on Patrol Outside Paris

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:16:36 -0400

A French soldier was stabbed by a robed assailant while he was on an antiterrorism patrol in a busy commercial district on the western outskirts of Paris. The 23-year-old soldier lost a lot of blood but he was quickly taken to the hospital and his wounds are not life-threatening. Still, the attack "sent a shudder through the French capital" considering it comes mere days after the ...

Two freight trains collide in Missouri bringing down overpass

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:06:49 -0400

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities ...

Official Woman killed in San Antonio flooding

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:32:55 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Eric Gay - A San Antonio metro bus sits in floodwaters after it was swept off the road during heavy rains, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric ...

Student-Built Robots to Race in Mock Mars Rover Challenge

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:15:37 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY What does it take to build and command a vehicle capable of exploring Mars? Ninety students from around the world are about to find out. Next week, in a remote desert in southern Utah, 10 teams from the United States, Canada, India and Poland will compete in the annual University Rover Challenge (URC). The competition is hosted by the Mars Society, a non-profit research ...

Powerful New US Military Satellite Launches Into Orbit

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:45:56 -0400

'); A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket carrying the fifth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-5) satellite lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on May 24, 2013. Wideband Global SATCOM provides anytime, anywhere communication for the warfighter through broadcast, multicast, and point to point ...

Watch 3 planets form triangle in sky

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:45:46 -0400

If skies are clear, you'll be able to see Venus, Jupiter and Mercury appear to group together just above the western horizon shortly after sunset on Sunday, May 26th. It is an optical illusion; the planets won't be close. But the grouping -- which will resemble a triangle -- will be distinct, and there won't be anything quite like it again until January 2021. The best time to look ...

Amazing Night Launch Photos Delta 4 Rocket Launches Military Satellite

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:45:15 -0400

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket carrying the fifth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-5) satellite lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on May 24, 2013. Wideband Global SATCOM provides anytime, anywhere communication for the warfighter through broadcast, multicast, and point to point ...

Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:41:57 -0400

The collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state brings new attention to the limits of the country’s infrastructure, especially older structures that were designed with little room for error and were never intended to carry the number of cars and trucks they see ...

Gay soccer player Robbie Rogers joins LA Galaxy

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:34:28 -0400

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File). FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 file photo, Columbus Crew's Robbie Rogers celebrates after scoring against the San Jose Earthquakes during the second half of an MLS soccer match in San ...

Space Trip With Leo DiCaprio Auctioned For $1.5 Million | Video

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:45:59 -0400

A star-studded celebrity auction for the charity amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, raises over 25 million dollars (19 million euros) at the Cannes film festival, with one lucky bidder winning the chance to fly into space with Leonardo ...

Russian police detain activists foes at gay rally

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:45:44 -0400

Police detain a gay rights supporter, left, and an opponent, right, who scuffle during an unsanctioned gay rally near the City Hall in Moscow, Saturday, May 25, 2013. The Kremlin initiated a bill banning "propaganda of homosexuality" and routinely banned gay rallies and parade. Russian police say they detained at least 30 gay rights campaigners and their opponents at an unsanctioned ...

Girls suicide after alleged attack troubles town

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:32:36 -0400

Audrie 's. Instead, the girls were having a party. A classic teenage ploy. By all accounts, Audrie was a gorgeous girl. Her lush brown hair framed a heart-shaped face. Light makeup outlined her sharp brown eyes, but round cheeks gave her a childlike charm. She was a soccer player, a painter, a girl who at age 4 had the gumption to stand in front of 1,000 people in church and belt out a ...

Rocky Alien Planets What The Heck Is On Their Surfaces

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:24:10 -0400

In 2011, NASA’s Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it was then the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar system. We don’t have the budget yet ...

Russian pays $1.5M to go to space with DiCaprio at Cannes auction

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:15:46 -0400

Leonardo DiCaprio arrives at a photocall for the film "The Great Gatsby" during the 66th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 15, 2013. UPI/David ...

Friend of alleged soldier killer arrested at BBC

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:10:10 -0400

LONDON (AP) -- Counterterrorism police on Saturday questioned a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the killing of an unarmed British soldier, a savage attack that has horrified ...

Thousands watch as murdered anti-Mafia priest is beatified in Sicily

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:32:17 -0400

Pope Benedict , put Puglisi on the fast track towards sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church when he signed a decree last year recognizing that Puglisi had been killed "in hatred of the faith." That meant he could be beatified - the last step before sainthood - without a miracle being attributed to his intercession with God. A miracle is required for him to be declared a saint, ...

Famed Pair of Stars Closer To Earth Than We Imagined

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:23:06 -0400

An artist’s conception of the SS Cygni system, with a red dwarf star’s material being pulled on to a nearby white dwarf. Credit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF If you’re a semi-serious amateur astronomer, chances are you’ve heard of a variable pair of stars calledSS Cygni. When you watch the system for long enough, you’re rewarded with a brightness outburst that then ...

Space History Photo LASRE Pod Mating to SR-71

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:42:40 -0400

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, a rear/side view of the Linear Aerospike SR Experiment (LASRE) pod on NASA SR-71, tail number 844 is shown. This photo was taken during the fit-check of the pod on Feb. 15, 1996, at Lockheed Martin Skunkworks in Palmdale, California. The LASRE experiment was designed to provide in-flight data to help Lockheed Martin evaluate the aerodynamic ...

What Detroit crisis Pension fund trustees hang out in Hawaii

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:20:26 -0400

Detroit's emergency financial manager Kevyn Orr talks to members of the media outside the Detroit Newspapers building about the report he delivered to the State of Michigan about Detroit's finances, in Detroit, Michigan May 13, ...

Paper Japan government says unaware of ghosts at PM residence

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:24:22 -0400

TOKYO (Reuters) - A delay in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife moving into their official residence, the site of past assassinations, has revived talk of ghosts in the corridors, prompting the government to deny any knowledge of hauntings. Abe has not moved into the prime minister's official residence for five months since he took power. Asked by an opposition lawmaker ...

Friend of suspect in U.K. slaying arrested

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:24:19 -0400

Lee Rigby , hacking at his body with knives and a meat cleaver, on a London street in front of dozens of passersby on Wednesday afternoon. Both suspects were shot by police at the scene and are hospitalized under guard in stable condition. The BBC said Nusaybah was arrested by police outside its studios Friday night immediately after recording the interview. "This interviewee had important ...

Russia wants US to pay for astronaut flights to Space Station

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:39:37 -0400

Russia will ask the United States to contribute more toward the costs of flying US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for the Russian space agency said Thursday.Roskomos spokesman Vyacheslav Davydenko told AFP that since the US space shuttles stopped supplying the jointly manned station in the wake of the February 2003 Columbia disaster Russia had been shouldering ...

NASA One shuttle tank fixed

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:39:36 -0400

NASA has modified the first huge external space shuttle tank, a fix meant to avoid repeating a 2003 tragedy that killed seven astronauts and has grounded the shuttles since, the agency said Tuesday.An inquiry board recommended the repair to prevent pieces of insulating foam breaking away from the skin of the tanks and striking the shuttle itself, which was the apparent cause of the February 1, ...

Female suicide bomber injures 11 in Russian region of Dagestan

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:21:37 -0400

MAKHACHKALA, Russia - A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said. Police spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said the bomber blew herself up in the central square in the provincial capital, Makhachkala. He did not give details about the injured children. Since 2000, at least two ...

Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:12:15 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan-A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an international compound in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers. Another blast in the country's east killed 12 people at a mosque during ...

No Quick Fix for Downed Bridge on Holiday Weekend

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:41:08 -0400

Washington state officials are scrambling to find a temporary fix for a bridge that collapsed on an important interstate highway and, incredibly, left just three motorists with injuries. Whatever the solution, it won't come in time to help with Memorial Day's highway hoards. Transportation experts are also working to find out whether the spectacular disintegration of the heavily used ...

Scientists get first up-close images of Saturn storm

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:28 -0400

NASA scientists have got the first-ever, up-close details of a Saturn storm that is eight times the surface area of Earth, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( JPL) announced on Wednesday.The images were captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraf, according to JPL in Pasadena, Los Angeles.On Dec. 5, 2010, Cassini first detected the storm that has been raging ever since. It appears approximately 35 ...

Astronomers find massive black holes common in early Universe

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:25 -0400

Using the deepest X-ray image ever taken, astronomers found the first direct evidence that massive black holes were common in the early universe, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said Wednesday in a statement.The discovery from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that very young black holes grew more aggressively than previously thought, in tandem with the ...

Chiles Indians take on worlds largest gold miner

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:20:50 -0400

In this May 23, 2013 photo, security officers walk away from the entrance of the Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama facilities, in northern Chile. Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday, May 24, 2013, and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its ...

16 children 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:06:27 -0400

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught ...

Angel Flight Crashes in NY 2 Killed 1 Missing

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:29:09 -0400

The crash of a volunteer Angel Flight in upstate New York that killed at least two people is under investigation, and the search for the missing pilot is ongoing, authorities said. Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey said the flight's two passengers were found dead near where the twin-engine plane crashed in a wooded area in Ephratah, about an hour west of Albany. He said the search for ...

Improving economy alters political landscape

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:22:01 -0400

FILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The economy is clearly, if slowly, recovering on Obama s watch and robbing Republicans of a central argument against Democrats. But the alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue ...

Chinas Lunar Exploration Program

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:17:53 -0400

China had collected all the data needed to draw its first full map of the moon surface and was almost done with the mapping work, Sun Jiadong, the chief designer of the country's Chang'e -1 lunar probe has ...

Haynes Johnson Dead Pulitzer-Winning Journalist And Author Dies At 81

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:29:51 -0400

WASHINGTON - Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. In a statement to the Post newsroom, Managing Editor Kevin Merida said Johnson died of a heart ...

NASA Head Envisions Bright Future For Ames Research Center In Mountain View

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:19:00 -0400

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – The Ames Research Center will play an important role in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's future, despite sequestration cuts that have impacted some day to day operations recently, said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Cutting edge technology such as 3D printers capable of creating almost anything needed for a space mission, and experiments ...

Gas cylinder blast on Pakistan school bus kills 17

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:17 -0400

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A pair of suspected militant attacks killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.In the deadlier of the two attacks, suspected militants armed with heavy weapons attacked a police convoy in Mattani, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing six policemen and wounding seven others, said senior ...

Dead Pa. babys dad believes in divine healing

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:28:51 -0400

FILE - This undated file photo combination provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Herbert and Catherine Schaible. At a bail hearing Friday, May 24, 2013, a Philadelphia judge ordered the couple, who believe in faith healing over medicine, be held without bail on third-degree murder charges in the April death of their 8-month-old son, Brandon. They previously had been convicted of ...

Chinas satellite data network reaches South China Sea

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:24:55 -0400

A satellite data receiving station was launched on Friday enabling China to now obtain observation information about the South China Sea. The station, in Sanya in south China's island province of Hainan, was launched by the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. China will now be able to obtain satellite remote sensing data of the ...

Delta 4 rocket boosts military comsat into orbit

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:05:54 -0400

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket vaulted away from Cape Canaveral Friday and lofted a $342 million military communications satellite into orbit after a picture-perfect climb to space. Running a day late because of trouble with a launch pad helium system, the 217-foot-tall Delta 4's RS-68 main engine ignited and throttled up to full thrust at 8:27 p.m. EDT (GMT-4), followed an instant ...

Report Fallen bridge had earlier gouges impact damage

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:10:33 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Elaine Thompson - Workers walk past the collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge at the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. A truck carrying an oversize load ...

Ohio kidnap rescuer wont endorse free burgers

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:10:32 -0400

Knight were rescued in Cleveland. Ramsey, the man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown. Ramsey has been promised free burgers for life at more than a dozen Cleveland-area restaurants. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Scott Shaw, ...

Supermoon rare planetary lineup in Fridays night sky

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:56:03 -0400

The holiday weekend and unofficial start of summer will kick off Friday night with some good skywatching: a closer-than-usual full moon, and a rare planetary cluster. Because it's within a day of lunar perigee - the moon's closest point to Earth for the month - the moon will be about 17,000 miles closer than average. That qualifies it as a "supermoon." Rising at 8:09 p.m. in ...

View stunning changes to the Earth’s landscape

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:13:51 -0400

Google and Time magazine have stitched together satellite images collected by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, showcasing developments in our planet's landscape via time-lapse. NBC's Rehema Ellis ...

Space station leaking vital coolant above Earth

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:13:50 -0400

NASA says that a radiator leak on the power system of the International Space Station, 200 miles above Earth, is serious but not life-threatening. Engineers are working to re-route electronics to avoid the leak and as of now, there are no emergency plans to evacuate the crew of six, including two American ...

Jury foreman says life or death decision unfair

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:05:21 -0400

They were 12 ordinary citizens who didn't oppose the death penalty. But unlike spectators outside the courthouse who followed the case like a daytime soap opera and jumped to demand Jodi Arias' execution, the jurors faced a decision that was wrenching and real, with implications that could haunt them forever.In an interview Friday, jury foreman William Zervakos provided a glimpse into ...

Stone Temple Pilots Sue Ex-Frontman Scott Weiland

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:46:34 -0400

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Stone Temple Pilots accuse former frontman Scott Weiland of misusing the band’s name to further his solo career and want a judge to strip the rocker of his ability to use the group’s name or songs. A lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles accuses Weiland of being chronically late to concerts while the group was together and having his lawyer try to interfere with ...

Judge Ariz. sheriffs office profiles Latinos

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:05:38 -0400

A federal judge must now decide whether the nation's largest police force has been unjustly stopping black and Hispanic men under a polarizing tactic known as stop, question and frisk, and whether changes are needed to department policy, training and ...

Paula Broadwell regrets affair with ex-CIA director Patraeus

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:54:24 -0400

Paula Broadwell told WSOC-TV in Charlotte on Thursday (http://bit.ly/10RjHXE ) that she credited her husband and friends for standing by her as she rebuilds her life six months after her relationship with the married Petraeus was revealed by an FBI investigation and ignited a political firestorm. TV crews camped out front of her family home for days and Broadwell went into seclusion. The couple ...

Search scaled back for abducted Iowa teenage girl

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:54:23 -0400

law enforcement will narrow their search around Dayton on Saturday for 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard. Authorities say they're focusing on terrain that's difficult to navigate and requires specialized skills and equipment, so citizen volunteers are not needed. Residents are encouraged to check their rural properties for anything suspicious. Police ...

Ariz. Sheriff Arpaio loses racial profiling suit

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:54:22 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio addresses the media about a simulated school shooting in Fountain Hills, Arizona, February 9, 2013. REUTERS/Darryl ...

Country moves against restaurants holding wild bears

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:54:20 -0400

Kosovo (Reuters) - Kosovo has launched a campaign to seize wild bears held in restaurants and private zoos, responding to concerns over dwindling numbers in the Balkan country's mountainous border areas. Authorities have so far traced at least 15 caged bears held in restaurants to help lure customers, to the outrage ...

Ky. uranium plant closes 1000 jobs lost

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:54:18 -0400

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- The operator of a Cold War-era plant in western Kentucky that supplies enriched uranium to nuclear power plants said Friday it planned to cease production after federal energy officials decided to end its work, putting more than 1,000 workers out of high-paying jobs with benefits. ...

Griffith Observatory Astronomy for the Public

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:02:35 -0400

Skywatcher Maxim Senin turned his camera on the crowd of people gathered at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles to view the annular solar eclipse, May 20, ...

3-D printer going to space station in 2014

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:59:33 -0400

News from the biggest beat in the cosmos, going out 13.7 billion light-years and taking in everything from astronomy to zoology. Join the adventure ...

Cold Fusion Experiment Maybe Holds Promise … Possibly … Hang on a Sec ….

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:37:32 -0400

Two images from the test of a E-Cat deviceperformed on Nov. 20th 2012. Credit: Levi, Foschi et al. Cold fusion has been called one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs that might likely never happen. On the surface, it seems simple - a room-temperature reaction occurring under normal pressure. But it is ...

Space station astronauts snap amazing photos of Alaskan volcanic eruption

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:25:32 -0400

Pavlof Volcano has been erupting for over a week, releasing a humongous plume of ash, steam, and smoke visible from the International Space Station. The eruption has quieted down, but seismic data suggests that it's not ...

3D Printer Launching to Space Station in 2014

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:53:31 -0400

A 3D printer is slated to arrive at the International Space Station next year, where it will crank out the first parts ever manufactured off planet Earth. The company Made in Space is partnering with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center on ...

How 3D Printers Could Reinvent NASA Space Food

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:53:31 -0400

NASA officials confirmed this week that the space agency awarded $125,000 to the Austin, Texas-based company Systems and Materials Research Consultancy (SMRC) to study how to make nutritious and ...

Obama to visit Oklahoma tour Jersey Shore

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:38:21 -0400

A battered sign stands outside the wreckage of Plaza Towers Elementary School, where seven children were killed … President Barack Obama will travel to Oklahoma City on Sunday "to see first-hand the response to the devastating tornadoes and severe weather" that ravaged the area, meet with families affected by the devastation, and thank emergency responders, the White House ...

Planetary alignment peaks with celestial show this weekend

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:31:51 -0400

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets in the sky this month, will be joined by tiny Mercury for a rare celestial show this ...

Lunar Eclipse 2013 Tonights Sky Show To Be Webcast By SLOOH Space Camera

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:28:55 -0400

By: Tariq Malik Published: 05/24/2013 12:46 PM EDT on SPACE.com The moon will take the smallest of dips through the Earth's shadow in a minor eclipse tonight (May 24) and you can watch the lunar event live online via a webcast. ...

Battlestar Galactica Flight Simulator Can Spin Any Direction | Video

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:44:35 -0400

This flight simulator modeled from the Viper spacecraft featured in the Battlestar Galactica television show can flip and spin completely in any ...

Memorial Day Planet Parade See Jupiter Mercury Venus

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:44:34 -0400

A trio of bright planets is shining together in the sunset sky, a must-see night sky sight for stargazers this Memorial Day weekend. Three planets ...

Exquisite Map of Cosmos Hints at Universes Birth

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:44:34 -0400

'); This map shows the oldest light in our universe, as detected with the greatest precision yet by the Planck mission. The ancient light, called the cosmic microwave background, was imprinted on the sky when the universe was 370,000 years old. It shows tiny temperature fluctuations that correspond to regions of slightly different densities, representing the seeds of all future structure: ...

Ring Nebula Is More Like A Jelly Doughnut NASA Says

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:41:43 -0400

The famous Ring Nebula is shown here in striking detail, in a composite image made from images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and infrared data from telescopes on ...

Four girls killed in a civil rights-era church bombing honored

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:29:18 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama signs a bill designating the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating the lives of the four young girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist ...

Venus Jupiter and Mars to perform Dance of the Planets

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:27:54 -0400

During sunset on Saturday, three planets will form a bright cluster in the western sky known as the Dance of the Planets. Venus, Jupiter and Mars -- the brightest planets visible on Earth -- will move into a triangle only three degrees wide. The triple conjunction of planets is fairly rare. The last time the three bright planets aligned in that formation was on May 9, 2011. According to NASA, ...

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies crack cocaine allegations

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:27:51 -0400

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has vehemently denied allegations that he was seen on a cellphone video smoking what appeared to be crack cocaine. "I do not use crack cocaine," Ford told a jam-packed news conference at Toronto City Hall. "Nor am I an addict of crack cocaine." The beleaguered mayor said it was "business as usual at city hall" and gave no indication that he ...

Illinois judge charged with possession of heroin guns

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:20:34 -0400

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A southwestern Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family's hunting lodge was charged Friday with possession of heroin and guns. Wearing cutoff shorts and a T-shirt with the slogan "Bad is my middle name," St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook pleaded not guilty to federal counts of possessing heroin ...

Train engineer noted unusual condition before Connecticut wreck

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:17:29 -0400

the commuter train that derailed last week in Connecticut observed an "unusual condition" on the track before the wreck, federal officials said Friday without explaining what the condition was, though they did say repair work was done last month in the area of the crash. ...

Western IQs drop 14 points over last century researchers say

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:17:28 -0400

the average IQ in Western nations dropped by a staggering 14.1 points over the past century. "We tested the hypothesis that the Victorians were cleverer than modern populations using high-quality instruments, namely measures of simple visual reaction time in a meta-analytic study," ...

Planets Converge to Form Rare Glowing Triangle This Weekend

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:11:15 -0400

. This weekend, three planets will nestle together in the western sky at twilight to form a rarely seen glowing triangle. With good timing and a bit of luck you should be able to see it without a telescope. Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter have been converging in the sky in the past month and will form their tightest clump on Sunday, May 26. This triple conjunction — visible from most of North ...

Pink Champagne | Space Wallpaper

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:11:11 -0400

This intriguing space wallpaper reveals the spectacular stellar nursery IC 2944. The image was released on May 23, 2013 to celebrate a milestone: 15 years of ESO's Very Large Telescope. This photo also shows a group of thick clouds of dust known as the Thackeray globules silhouetted against the pale pink glowing gas of the nebula. These globules are under fierce bombardment from the ...

Minor Lunar Eclipse Tonight How to Watch It Online

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:21:41 -0400

The moon will take the smallest of dips through the Earth's shadow in a minor eclipse tonight (May 24) and you can watch the lunar event live online via a webcast. ...

During video hangout astronauts review star-studded space mission

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:18:03 -0400

By Megan Gannon, Space.com Three astronauts who recently spent months together aboard the International Space Station reunited on Earth on Thursday during ...