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British UFO sightings spiked when blockbusters released

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Lemon-headed aliens, scrambled fighter jets and mysterious lights over a cemetery were among details of some 800 UFO sightings released by British authorities Monday.


A doctor and a fighter jet pilot were welcomed into the Canadian Astronaut Corps

Pair beat thousands to join Canada's space program

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A doctor and a fighter jet pilot were welcomed into the Canadian Astronaut Corps on Wednesday, beating out 5,351 applicants who underwent a year of intense evaluations.


Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times (AP)

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years.





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NORAD is tracking Santa Claus's progress

Follow Santa Claus, courtesy Google and NORAD

Technology / Internet

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Santa Claus is coming to your town -- and NORAD is tracking him as he drops off presents around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which monitors the North American airspace, on Thursday ...


New materials designed to deal with hypersonic and supersonic hot stuff (w/ Video)

New materials designed to deal with hypersonic and supersonic hot stuff (w/ Video)

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 6

University of Queensland researchers are testing new materials to withstand the extreme heat experienced by hypersonic vehicles in flight so they can fly for substantially longer.


Keck Telescopes Take Deeper Look at Planetary Nurseries

Keck Telescopes Take Deeper Look at Planetary Nurseries

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have peered far into a young planetary system, giving an unprecedented view of dust and gas that might eventually form planets similar to Jupiter, ...


NASA Flight Tests Unique Jumbo Jet with Opening in Side

NASA Tests Unique Jumbo Jet with Opening in Side; Plane's Airborne Telescope Will Be Used to Study Cosmos

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone Friday when doors covering the plane's telescope were fully opened ...


Research in aircraft control systems and robotics helps improve flight safety

Research in aircraft control systems and robotics helps improve flight safety

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- At first blush, it may not seem like robots and aircraft control systems have anything in common. When you put them together, however, you arrive at the core of Guangjun Liu’s unique research ...


Calif. space tourism firm launches S. Korea deal

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A California company developing a rocket plane for space tourism announced Thursday that it has an agreement with a nonprofit group in South Korea to conduct launches in that nation.


Glint of Sunlight Confirms Liquid in Northern Lake District of Titan

Glint of Sunlight Confirms Liquid in Northern Lake District of Titan

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini Spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, ...


Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Resumes Observations

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are receiving new science data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter after the spacecraft's six science instruments resumed observations today.


Scientists study hummingbirds flight to develop self-propelled surveillance devices

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The secret to the flight of the hummingbird and other tiny birds and insects lies in the looping, swirling flow of air, called a vortex, that their flapping wings create.


NASA Outlines Recent Breakthroughs in Greenhouse Gas Research

NASA Outlines Recent Breakthroughs in Greenhouse Gas Research (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers studying carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas and a key driver of global climate change, now have a new tool at their disposal: daily global measurements of carbon dioxide ...



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