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Sunday's solar flare strongest so far of the year, but no radiation streamed toward Earth
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The sun has fired off a massive flare, the strongest solar eruption this year. The powerful flare occurred Sunday and erupted on the side of the sun that was not facing Earth. While the planet was not hit with radiation, space... -
Einstein, Kepler combine to discover Earth-like planet.
These days, it’s not just finding an exoplanet. It’s how you find that Earth-like body. Scientists using sophisticated telescopes and arrays can detect a planet revolving around a distant star by looking at radial velocity of the star (a...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Tel Aviv (Israel), Science, Science and Technology
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Entitlements' unimpeded growth is a benefit to seniors
WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress increasingly unable to resolve budget disputes, federal programs on automatic pilot are consuming ever larger amounts of government resources. The trend helps older Americans, who receive the bulk of Social Security...
Tags: U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Medical Research, Budgets and Budgeting, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Spacewalking repairmen replace space station's leaky pump
ReutersCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A pair of spacewalking astronauts wrapped up a hastily planned repair job on Saturday to replace a suspect coolant pump needed to keep the International Space Station at full power. NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and...Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology, Italy, Science
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World passes carbon dioxide level milestone; Experts say 'we're stuck' with global warming
AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone. The chief greenhouse gas was measured Thursday at 400 parts per million in Hawaii, a...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Global Change, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology
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Mars Curiosity rover's next drill target a bumpier challenge
After a four-week spring break, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has set its sights on the next drill target: Cumberland, a rock lying about 9 feet away from where the rover first broke ground in Yellowknife Bay. The new target will be a greater...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Mars Exploration Program, Science and Technology
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Astronauts end spacewalk after fixing coolant leak
Astronauts replaced a leaking component on the International Space Station after a 5-hour, 30-minute spacewalk, NASA reported. Engineers Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn燾ompleted their spacewalk at 11:14 a.m. PDT Saturday, after gingerly gliding out...
Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology
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Astronautas reemplazar bomba con filtraci贸n de Estaci贸n Espacial Internacional
ReutersPor Irene Klotz CABO CA脩AVERAL, 11 mayo (Reuters) - Un par de astronautas concluy贸 una caminata espacial para reparar una bomba de enfriamiento que se sospecha presentaba filtraciones y es necesaria para mantener a la Estaci贸n Espacial Internacional... -
Spacewalk underway at International Space Station to fix leak
This post has been corrected. See note below.In a spacewalk, Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn replaced a pump component that has been gushing ammonia coolant, NASA reported Saturday. The spacewalk got underway at 5:44 a.m. PDT and was expected to last more than six hours, according to...Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology
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NASA fast-motion video of sun: 'Violent dance'
The sun is ramping up toward solar maximum -- the white-hot peak of activity in an 11-year cycle -- and NASA has been snapping images of the phenomenon every 12 seconds for three years. The space agency put together a three-minute video showing images...
Tags: Transit of Venus (2012), Science and Technology
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Space walk from ISS slated for Saturday, NASA says
Astronauts from the International Space Station will start their space walk Saturday about 5:45 a.m. Pacific time, in an effort to locate and fix an ammonia leak in a coolant system, NASA officials said Friday. The unscheduled emergency walk was...Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology
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Battle looms as commercial space interests seek piece of federal wildlife refuge
The coastal ghost town of Shiloh, where the nation's rock-star rocketeer wants to build a space town, is for now a place of orphan oranges, turkey tracks and lonesome tombstones. Above all, Shiloh is surrounded by the healthiest part of Merritt Island...
Tags: Cape Canaveral, Air Transportation Industry, Wildlife, Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX
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