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Unprecedented photo op for shuttle-space station

May 24, 2011

In this image provided by NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel works in the space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay during the mission's first spacewalk at the International Space Station Friday May 20, 2011....
Galactic ‘fountain of youth’ discovered in Hubble Telescope image

May 24, 2011

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the edge-on profile of the slender spiral galaxy NGC 5775, which is surrounded by a halo of gas that astronomers suspect is kicked up by star explosio...
Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano erupting

May 22, 2011

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) _ Iceland closed its main international airport Sunday as a volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam 12 miles (20 kilometers) into the air. Smoke rises from the...
Pope blesses astronauts in 1st papal call to space

May 22, 2011

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) _ Pope Benedict XVI had a direct line to the heavens Saturday, with NASA's help. Speaking from the Vatican, the pontiff bestowed a historic blessing upon the 12 astronau...
Study finds dark energy exapands universe

May 20, 2011

(AP-Yonhap News) The existence of “dark energy” that accelerates expansion of the Universe has been confirmed by an astronomical survey of about 200,000 galaxies, BBC reported. Dark energy makes up...
Lonely planet guide: Planets that have no stars

May 19, 2011

Astronomers on Wednesday said they had found a previously inconceivable phenomenon: planets that do not appear to be anchored to a host star but instead wander the heavens. In a two-year scan of the...
Could exoplanet be a haven for life?

May 17, 2011

Scientists said on Monday a rocky world orbiting a nearby star was confirmed as the first planet outside our solar system to meet key requirements for sustaining life. Modelling of planet Gliese 581...
Blood test tells you how long you will live

May 16, 2011

(MCT) A $700 blood test that tells someone’s biological age will go on sale in Britain later this year, the Independent reported Monday. The test will be able to offer the possibility of estimating...
Sleep loss promotes weight gain

May 16, 2011

A new study confirmed that sleep loss can contribute to weight gain by not only by boosting hunger but also slowing down the burning of calories. The research led by Christian Benedict of the Uppsal...
Jupiter moon has 'ocean' of molten rock

May 13, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A moon of Jupiter is the only place other than Earth in our solar system where volcanoes occur, and scientists have found an ocean of magma beneath its surface that feed its potent...
S. Korean woman dies from unidentified virus

May 10, 2011

A South Korean woman died on Monday at a Seoul hospital of pneumonia caused by an unidentified virus, the disease control agency said. The 36-year-old woman died in the morning in the intensive care...
Darwin's travels may have led to illness, death

May 9, 2011

Charles Darwin (AP-Yonhap News) BALTIMORE (AP) -- The very travels that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and shaped modern biology may have led to one of the illnesses that plagued the ...
Satisfaction depends on length of “happiness gene”

May 8, 2011

A person’s happiness and satisfaction in life depends on the form of a specific gene they have, a research conducted by a behavioral economist of the London School of Economics and Political Science ...
Rare fish costs almost as much as a car

May 6, 2011

(ANN/China Daily) A red dragon fish, costing almost as much as a BMW, is available at a shop in Chengdu, Sichuan province. The fish, which comes from Indonesia, is 55-centimeters long and weighs 1....
How coffee and blowing your nose can be harmful

May 6, 2011

(MCT) Researchers from Netherland have found 8 factors that may raise the risk of burst aneurysms in the brains of certain people. University Medical Center in Utrecht conducted the research on som...