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2004/06/28 Morphology of Our Galaxy´s ´Twin´ - NASA´s Spitzer Space Telescope has captured these infrared images of a  nearby spiral galaxy that resembles our own Milky Way. The targeted  galaxy, known as NGC 7331 and sometimes ref
Astronomy   Nasa   Photos   Spitzer Space Telescope   Wikipedia: Milky Way  
 Space 
See the Milky Way Galaxy Like Never Before in Stunning 360-Degree View (Video)
A new 360-degree view of the Milky Way allows astronomy buffs to explore the galaxy in a comprehensive new way. | Scientists with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have created a zoomable mosaic craf... (photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI)
In a photo provided by NASA, Family of the newly arrived International Station Expedition 33/34 crew members, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, front left, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, front center, and Russian cosmonaut Evgeny Tarelkin, front right, talk via phone to the crew from the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after the three joined Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, back left, Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, back center, and Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012.
2014 Crimean Crisis   Kazakhstan   NASA   Photos   Soyuz TMA-12M   Wikipedia: Soyuz TMA-12M  
 Space 
Soyuz Rocket Launches New US-Russian Crew Toward Space Station
The latest three spaceflyers launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 25, 2014. | Credit: NASA TV View full size image | A Russian Soyuz rocket l... (photo: AP / Bill Ingalls)
The (almost full) Moon (29 degrees elevation, 91% Waxing Gibbous / First quarter to Full moon.)  BBC News 
Doubt cast on evidence for wet Moon
Scientists have cast doubt on a major part of the case for the Moon having once held abundant water. | A US team studied a mineral called apatite, which is found in a variety of lunar rock types. | Ap... (photo: Creative Commons / mikebaird)
Lunar Water   Photos   Solar System   Space   Wikipedia: Lunar water  
Ancient Earth hammered by double space impact  BBC News 
Ancient Earth hammered by double space impact
We've all seen the films where an asteroid hurtles towards our planet, threatening civilisation. | What's less well known is that menacing space rocks sometimes come in twos. | Researchers h... (photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech)
Asteroid   Impact of Asteroid on Earth   Photos   Space   Wikipedia: Near-Earth object  
Top Stories
 Time Line of the Universe -- The expansion of the universe over most of it´s history has been relatively gradual. The notion that a rapid period "inflation" preceded the Big Bang expansion was first put forth 25 years ago. The new WMAP ob Inhabitat
NASA-Funded Study Predicts Impending Collapse of Industrial Civilization
For years, scientists and social activists have warned that income inequality, resource depletion, and unchecked population growth could lead to the collapse of civilizat... (photo: NASA)
Human And Nature Dynamical   NASA   Photos   Scientists   Wikipedia: Big Bang  
This is a computer generated image provided by the European Space Agency which shows an artist impression of catalogued objects in low-Earth orbit viewed over the Equator. Scientists are keeping a close eye on orbital debris created when two communications satellites one American, the other Russian _ smashed into each other hundreds of miles above Siberia Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009. Think of it as a galactic garbage dump. The Hindu
Space debris can make future space missions impossible
There may soon be so much debris in orbit around the Earth that future space missions could become impossible, scientists have warned. | Researchers at the European Space... (photo: AP / ESA)
Earth   Photos   Scientists   Space   Wikipedia: Space debris  
An artist's concept of MRO using SHARAD to "look" under the surface of Mars looking down on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Xinhua
NASA's Mars orbiter suffers computer glitch
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space agency NASA said Tuesday its scientists are working to restore the long-lived Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to full operations a... (photo: Creative Commons / Bricktop)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter   Nasa   Photos   Space   Wikipedia: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter  
This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows a simulation of asteroid 2012 DA14 approaching from the south as it passes through the Earth-moon system on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. The 150-foot object will pass within 17,000 miles of the Earth. NASA scientists insist there is absolutely no chance of a collision as it passes. National Journal
NASA Is Calling All Nerds to Help Save the World
By Alex Brown | Follow on Twitter | March 10, 2014 | NASA needs a hand finding asteroids that threaten our planet—so it's turning to crowdsourcing. | The space agency a... (photo: AP / NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Earth   NASA   Photos   Space Programme   Wikipedia: Near-Earth object  
Koichi Wakata The Japan News
Wakata to become 33rd commander of ISS on Sunday
The Yomiuri Shimbun Astronaut Koichi Wakata, now serving his second long-term assignment on the International Space Station, was set to become the first Japanese commande... (photo: Public Domain / Discostu)
Astronaut   Photos   Science   Space   Wikipedia: Koichi Wakata  
Sir Richard Branson poses with SpaceShipTwo, a spacecraft designed to rocket wealthy tourists into space as early as 2011, during the unveiling in Mojave, Calif., Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Belfast Telegraph
Branson: phone-in sparked space bid
Businessman Sir Richard Branson has admitted he got the idea for his commercial space flight venture during a phone-in on a children's TV show. | The Virgin boss told Jon... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hong)
Photos   Science   Space   Transport   Wikipedia: Richard Branson  
Solar System Galaxies
- Dwarf planet discovered in solar system's backyard
- Dwarf planet discovered in solar system's backyard
- New dwarf planet redefines edge of solar system
- New discovery may redefine solar system's outer frontier
The (almost full) Moon (29 degrees elevation, 91% Waxing Gibbous / First quarter to Full moon.)
Doubt cast on evidence for wet Moon
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- Samsung irked by early Galaxy S5 release in South Korea
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2004/06/28 Morphology of Our Galaxy´s ´Twin´ - NASA´s Spitzer Space Telescope has captured these infrared images of a  nearby spiral galaxy that resembles our own Milky Way. The targeted  galaxy, known as NGC 7331 and sometimes ref
See the Milky Way Galaxy Like Never Before in Stunning 360-Degree View (Video)
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Eclipse SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
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- Drake Equation: Estimating the Odds of Finding E.T.
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Universe Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids
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Student alleged to have ricin had been reported to Georgetown
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- Asteroid-Capture Mission Will Bring Mars Within Reach, NASA
- Asteroids can have celestial rings too
- First ever asteroid with rings: Chariklo causes big buzz
- Comets, exoplanets and undiscovered worlds
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