Space : Science World Report

May 22, 2012 01:03 PM EDT

SpaceX Launches First Private Spacecraft To International Space Station

Early Tuesday morning SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket to carry the unmanned Dragon capsule to the International Space Station.

May 21, 2012 02:40 PM EDT

Tropical Storm Alberto "Visited" the South Carolina Coast This Weekend

The Atlantic hurricane season officially starts June 1, but the 2012 season's first storm arrived a little early. On May 19, 2012, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Tropical Storm Alberto had formed off the South Carolina coast. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ...

May 21, 2012 10:22 AM EDT

Proba-2 Catches Solar Eclipse

Europe missed Sunday's solar eclipse on the other side of the planet but ESA's space weather microsatellite Proba-2 passed repeatedly through the Moon's shadow.

May 21, 2012 08:43 AM EDT

Lake Powell and The Rincon, Utah

This astronaut photograph highlights part of Lake Powell, which extends across southeastern Utah and northeastern Arizona. Lake Powell started filling in 1963 when the Glen Canyon Dam was completed along the Colorado River in Arizona, and the canyon was flooded.

May 20, 2012 03:31 PM EDT

Rare "Ring of Fire" Solar Eclipse to Dim Skies

The sun and moon will align over the earth in a rare astronomical event on Sunday - an annular eclipse that will dim the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire.

May 20, 2012 03:20 PM EDT

Possible Engine Problem Delays U.S. Rocket Launch

The launch of a privately owned Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was delayed on Saturday when a computer detected a possible problem with one of the rocket's engines, a Space Exploration Technologies official said.

May 18, 2012 01:01 PM EDT

Is the Earth a Cosmic Feather-duster?

Scientists at the University of Leeds are looking to discover how dust particles in the solar system interact with the Earth's atmosphere.

May 18, 2012 11:56 AM EDT

Hinode Mission to Capture Annular Solar Eclipse This Weekend

On May 20-21, 2012 an annular eclipse of the Sun will be visible from within a narrow corridor along Earth's northern Hemisphere -- beginning in eastern Asia, crossing the North Pacific Ocean, and ending in the western United States. A partial eclipse will be visible from a much larger region coveri...

May 18, 2012 10:03 AM EDT

Newfound Exoplanet May Turn to Dust

Researchers at MIT, NASA and elsewhere have detected a possible planet, some 1,500 light years away, that appears to be evaporating under the blistering heat of its parent star. The scientists infer that a long tail of debris - much like the tail of a comet - is following the planet, and that this t...

May 18, 2012 08:21 AM EDT

Fresh Lava Flow on Bagana Volcano

Despite being one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea, Bagana is poorly monitored. Located on the mountainous spine of Bouganville Island, it is both far from any cities or large towns and hard to reach due to the rough terrain.

May 18, 2012 08:02 AM EDT

SpaceX Launch on May 19, 4:55 AM

Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, of Hawthorne, Calif., on Friday targeted May 19 for the launch of its upcoming demonstration mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff time is at 4:55 a.m. EDT, with a launch window that is instantaneous.

May 17, 2012 05:03 PM EDT

Herschel Space Observatory Study Reveals Galaxy-packed Filament

A McGill-led research team using the Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament connects two clusters of galaxies that, along with a third cluster, will smash together and give rise to one of the largest galaxy superclust...