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Vatican searches for extra-terrestrial life
Is there life on other planets? The Vatican has asked that age-old question over the past five days during a "study week" on astrobiology gathering leading scientists from around the world.
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Great Observatories Combine for Stunning Look at Milky Way
All we can say is, "Wow!" In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, NASA's Great Observatories - the Hubble Space Telescope , the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory - have collaborated to produce an unprecedented image of the central region of our Milky Way galaxy .
'Mayan 2012 apocalypse theory' not true Nasa says
The latest big screen offering from Sony Pictures, "2012," arrives in theatres on Friday , with a $200 million production about the end of the world supposedly based on theories backed by the Mayan calendar.
Wild solar system spotted around distant starA
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured this infrared image of a giant halo of very fine dust around the young star HR 8799, located 129 light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.
Middleweight Black Hole: Swift, XMM-Newton Satellites Tune Into X-ray Source
Now, astronomers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., find that an X-ray source in galaxy NGC 5408 represents one of the best cases for a middleweight black hole to date.
The Vatican joins the search for alien life
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is holding a conference on astrobiology, the study of life beyond Earth, with scientists and religious leaders gathering in Rome this week.
Vitaly Ginzburg, Nobel physicist
Vitaly Ginzburg, a Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist and one of the fathers of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, died Sunday in Moscow.
NASA on crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths
The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie.
Planetary Society plans new attempt to launch 'solar sail' spacecraft propelled by sunlight
Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a spacecraft that will be propelled by the subtle pressure of sunlight.
Peter Ross: Scots Astronomer Royal always ready with a star turn
PROFESSOR John C Brown, the 10th man since 1834 to hold the title Astronomer Royal for Scotland, is standing on the balcony outside his office on the top floor of Glasgow University's Kelvin Building.
More than a million Galileo moments, and counting
More than a million Galileo moments, and counting! As the International Year of Astronomy draws to a close, Canadians are reporting a new appreciation for the beauty and mysteries of our universe.
Relax, the world won't end in 2012
A scene from Columbia Pictures' 2012. The action film will be released November 13, 2009.
Gamma Ray Astronomy: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
The current golden age for gamma ray astronomy is creating more questions than answers.
Physics department celebrates International Year of Astronomy 2009 with lectures, exhibits
The UW-Whitewater physics department is celebrating the International Year of Astronomy 2009 with a lecture series and exhibits.
Astronomers from The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics have been heading out into the streets of Manchester to show passers-by close-up views of the Moon and the planet Jupiter.
Astroinformatics: A 21st Century Approach to Astronomy
Abstract Data volumes from multiple sky surveys have grown from gigabytes into terabytes during the past decade, and will grow from terabytes into tens of petabytes in the next decade.
Attack of the galactic subatomic particles
What is the source of cosmic rays? Seems like an easy enough question. Cosmic rays are little subatomic particles zipping across the Universe.
New type of supernova discovered
A new type of supernova a ' the explosive death of a star a ' has been discovered in which helium detonates on the surface of a white dwarf star.
Some of the Universe's First Galaxies Discovered
This is a composite of false color images of the galaxies found at the early epoch around 800 million years after the Big Bang.
Controversial study suggests vast magma pool under Washington state
A vast pool of molten rock in the continental crust that underlies southwestern Washington state could supply magma to three active volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains -- Mount St.
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