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First-ever private rocket launch to ISS postponedThe unmanned Dragon space capsule, built by SpaceX was scheduled to launch toward the space station on Feb. 7, but the company has decided to postpone the flight to accommodate more engineering tests.
Scientists find 'lost' Darwin fossils in gloomy corner of British Geological SurveyUsing a flashlight to peer into drawers at the聽British Geological Survey, a paleontologist聽saw one of the first specimens he had picked up was labeled 'C.聽Darwin聽Esq.'
Why it's hard to predict where failed Russian craft will fallPhobos-Grunt launched toward Mars on Nov. 8, but it failed to leave low-Earth orbit. Reentry into Earth's atmosphere could happen anywhere from Sunday morning to Monday night, according to current estimates.
Elusive particles could help to stem climate changeThe particles are called Criegee intermediates, or Criegee biradicals, and are short-lived molecules that form in the Earth鈥檚 atmosphere when ozone reacts with alkenes.
Space station moves to avoid space junk in orbitThe International Space Station had to make a slight adjustment Friday to dodge a piece of a satellite, caused by an orbital collision over two years ago.
Russian space probe turned space junk crash will have worldwide audienceAccording to ESA, studies by the Russian space agency and NASA indicate that Phobos-Grunt's fuel tanks should burst high above the Earth, releasing a load of propellant that will subsequently dissipate.- Albatross species finds it easier to fly with changing winds near South PoleWinds off the Southern Ocean, around Antarctica, are shifting, making it easier for a particular species of albatross to fly farther.
Amazing planets: mini solar system, 'Star Wars' lookalike among new findsThe catalogue of newly found planets is becoming richer by the day. By one new estimate, virtually all the billions of stars in the Milky Way could have a planet orbiting them.
Russian space probe may crash into Indian OceanIf Phobos-Grunt comes down at the in the predicted window it will fall over a stretch of empty ocean west of the Indonesian island of Java, according to a re-entry projection map Roscosmos published with the update. 聽
NASA able to observe a long time ago, in newly found galaxies far, far awayResearchers used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to find five tiny but bright galaxies clustered together 13.1 billion light-years from Earth.
Newly discovered frog is smallest known vertebrateThe tropical forest of聽Papua New Guinea is home to the smallest animal with a backbone, a frog dubbed聽Paedophryne amanuensis.
Most stars in our galaxy have planets, study suggestsRocky, roughly earth-like planets orbiting stars seem to be the rule, rather than the exception, an new study reveals.聽
Scientists discover a real-life Tatooine orbiting two sunsBut there are probably no jawas, moisture farmers, sand people, banthas, dewbacks, womp rats, sandcrawlers, a Pit of Carkoon, nor a strange old hermit who lives beyond the Dune Sea.聽
Scientists discover three smallest alien planets yetAll three exoplanets are thought to be rocky like Earth. However, their closeness to their star makes them too hot to be in the habitable zone, the area around a star neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist on the surface.
Humongous 'El Gordo' galaxy cluster packs mass of 2 quadrillion starsLocated some7 billion light-years from Earth, 'El Gordo' is the biggest and hottest cluster of galaxies ever observed in the early universe.聽- Doomsday Clock suggests danger to world growsThe Doomsday聽Clock lost one minute due to the proliferation of聽nuclear weapons and continuing inaction on climate change.
Newly discovered carnivorous plant devours underground wormsFound in the tropical savannas of Brazil,聽Philcoxia minensis聽uses its sticky underground leaves to trap tiny roundworms.
Scientists unveil biggest ever map of universe's dark matterEven though it cannot be seen directly, dark matter, which represents 98 percent of the mass of the universe, exerts a gravitational pull on normal matter,聽including聽light. By measuring its tug on starlight, astronomers have mapped the聽distribution聽of this mysterious substance.聽- Scientists 'see' dark matter web for first timeBy observing how light is bent, a team of astronomers have created a visual map of how dark matter is distributed throughout the universe.聽
'Extinct' humongous Galapagos tortoise could be making a comebackA genetic analysis of a Galapagos tortoise revealed DNA from a related species thought to have gone extinct 150 years ago, suggesting that the two species are mating and producing hybrid offspring.聽
