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Giant Cannibal Galaxy's Last Meal

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

New images show results of collision between giant galaxy and smaller neighbor.

Dark Energy Search Could Aid Planet Hunters

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

A proposed space mission that aims to measure dark energy could also detect planets that current surveys are unable to find.

40 Years Ago: Apollo 12 - Truth of the Moon

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

Apollo 12 - the 2nd manned lunar landing - made a pinpoint landing in Nov. 1969 and helped reveal the moon's origins.

MISSION UPDATE: False Alarms Wake Astronauts Again

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

New Hope for Plucky Japanese Asteroid Mission

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

Japanese engineers have devised a plan to combine parts from two partially-failed ion engines to resume the Hayabusa asteroid probe's journey back to Earth.

NASA: Birth of Astronaut's Daughter Delayed

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

NASA has joined astronaut Randy Bresnik, who is in orbit, in the waiting game for the birth his daughter.

Astronauts Unfazed by False Alarms in Space

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

Astronauts on the linked shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station said Friday that they're not worried about recent false alarms that disrupted their sleep with erroneous reports of calamity.

Astronaut Stuck in Space for Daughter's Birth

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

Shuttle astronaut Randy Bresnik is stuck in space while his wife prepares to give birth to their first daughter.

Key Parts Returned from Hubble Telescope Now on Display at Smithsonian

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

The camera that captured many of the Hubble Space Telescope's most famous images and the "contact lenses" that focused the observatory's flawed mirror debuted Wednesday at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

NASA Recruits 'Planet 51' Actor Dwayne Johnson to Spread Message

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

Actor Dwayne Johnson, formerly known as "The Rock," is helping to spread the benefits of NASA in a new series of public service announcements (PSAs) timed with the release of Sony Pictures' animated feature film "Planet 51."

Stuck Mars Rover Finally Budges, a Little

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

NASA's second attempt to drive stuck Mars rover Spirit results in some small movement.

Maine Engineer Wins $250,000 in NASA Space Glove Contest

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

An aerospace engineer from Maine, the reigning champion of NASA's Astronaut Glove Challenge, held onto his title Thursday to win first prize in a competition to build a better space glove than those worn by astronauts today.

New NASA Sky Mapper Heads to Launch Pad

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

NASA's new asteroid-hunting spacecraft will roll out to the pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Nov. 20 in preparation for launch.

Teams Compete to Build a Better Astronaut Glove

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

NASA is offering $400,000 to the inventor who can make the strongest and most dexterous spacesuit glove Thursday in the second Astronaut Glove Challenge.

Astronauts Breeze Through Mission's First Spacewalk

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:44 EST

Atlantis astronauts breezed through the first spacewalk of their mission to the space station on Thursday.