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NASA has awarded three contracts totaling $137.3 million to improve the affordability, reliability and performance of an advanced booster for the Space Launch System (SLS). The awardees will develop engineering demonstrations and risk reduction concepts for a future version of…
NASA will host a media teleconference at 5 p.m. EDT today to discuss the selection of a new Discovery-class mission that will further NASA’s exploration of the solar system. The selection will be the 12th in NASA’s series of Discovery-class…
Get a behind the scenes look a the tension, anticipation and exhilaration experienced by scientists and engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. during the Curiosity rover’s harrowing descent through the Martian atmosphere — known as “Seven Minutes…
CERN issued a press release today that indeed the group found the God Particle or, scientifically known as, the Higgs Boson. Read the statement below. Also read: Higgs Boson May Have Been Found. At a seminar held at CERN1 today…
The Astronomers without Borders group created an interactive time-checker to help you find out the specific times of the Venus Transit 2012. To those in the U.S., Tuesday afternoon is your time to see the rare phenomenon as the planet…
Here is a link of where to watch the Venus Transit 2012 happening later today, Tuesday. The planet Venus will cross in front of the sun. Watch the live streaming of Transit Venus.
A study from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) that was published in the Journal of Physiology, showed that a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup can disrupt learning and cause memory loss. Via AFP: Researchers at the University…
The Astrophysical Journal, a leading professional astronomy research publication, will issue a special edition of its Letters volume on April 20 with papers about observations made with NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) airborne telescope. SOFIA is a highly…
The L’ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women in Science program is welcoming the 15 International Fellows in Paris for a week of scientific meetings and debates. – On Wednesday, March 28, from 4 pm to 5:15 pm, the International Fellows will be presenting…
Obesity appears to significantly increase the risk of death tied to sleeping pills, nearly doubling the rate of mortality even among those prescribed 18 or fewer pills in a year, researchers reported Friday. “Obesity emerged as a marker of increased…