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NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:45:20 -0400

PASADENA, California - Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore.

Witnesses in Md. and region report seeing meteor

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:13 -0400

FREDERICK, Maryland - A bright light seen traveling across the sky over the weekend by dozens of witnesses across Maryland and the region is what astronomers are calling a fragmenting meteoric fireball.

Group claims Ball State prof teaching creationism

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:24:38 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - An atheist organization has complained to Ball State University that an honors course curriculum exploring the nature of the universe is religion disguised as science. University officials say they're investigating the issue.

Curiosity rover drills into second Martian rock

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:14 -0400

PASADENA, California - NASA's Curiosity rover drills again.

NASA craft's planet-hunting days may be numbered

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:40:20 -0400

LOS ANGELES - NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system.

Cyprus may get its moon rock after 40 years

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:01:43 -0400

NICOSIA, Cyprus - Cyprus may finally get its piece of the moon.

Opponents appeal permit for Thirty Meter Telescope

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:58:17 -0400

HONOLULU - Opponents of a plan to build the world's largest telescope at the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano are appealing their case in the state courts.

Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2013 so far

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:20:51 -0400

LOS ANGELES - The sun has fired off a massive flare, the strongest solar eruption this year.

Project aims to track big city carbon footprints

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:29:42 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward.

Another meteorite falls to Earth in Conn.

Fri, 10 May 2013 06:50:04 -0400

WATERBURY, Connecticut - A strange rock found in the front yard of a Waterbury home appears to be a meteorite.

'Ring of fire' eclipse crosses Australia, Pacific

Fri, 10 May 2013 06:38:28 -0400

SYDNEY - The moon glided between the Earth and sun, blocking everything but a dazzling ring of light, for the few skygazers lucky enough to see Friday's "ring of fire" eclipse in northern Australia and the South Pacific.

Hawaii residents will get view of solar eclipse

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:01:40 -0400

HONOLULU - Hawaii residents will have an opportunity Thursday not available to residents in any other state.

Meteor explodes above southern Wyoming

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:26:53 -0400

CASPER, Wyoming - The American Meteor Society says it has received reports of a meteor exploding in the sky above southern Wyoming on Sunday night.

NH sale features EKG of Armstrong's moon heartbeat

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:38:04 -0400

AMHERST, New Hampshire - A New Hampshire auction house will soon accept bids on space and aviation artifacts, including an electrocardiogram of Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong's heartbeat taken when he first set foot on the moon.

CU and NASA invite people to send names to Mars

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:50:45 -0400

BOULDER, Colorado - The University of Colorado and NASA are inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD that will be carried aboard a spacecraft that will probe the Martian upper atmosphere and ultimately be destroyed.

Neb. museum mobile observatory, lab to be unveiled

Wed, 01 May 2013 05:17:24 -0400

ASHLAND, Nebraska - The Strategic Air & Space Museum will unveil its new mobile observatory and outreach laboratory this week.

Hubble snaps image of approaching comet

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:50:03 -0400

BALTIMORE - The operators of the Hubble Space Telescope say the orbiting observatory has snapped photos of an approaching comet.

W.Va. broadband project nears completion

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:25:25 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - Frontier Communications is wrapping up work on projects expanding high-speed Internet across the state.