Russian missiles to blow asteroids to bits
• cosmosmagazine.comA few tweaks to intercontinental ballistic missiles in time for a close flyby of asteroid Apophis in 20 years. Belinda Smith reports.
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SpaceX to Try Rocket Landing During Satellite Launch Today: Watch Live
• Space.ComLiftoff is scheduled to take place today at 6:46 p.m. EST (2346 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida; you can watch it live at http://www.spacex.com/webcast.
Epic footage of SpaceX's gutsy rocket landings...
• http://www.businessinsider.com, by Emma FierbergEpic footage of SpaceX's gutsy rocket landings -- and why this week's landing could be different
Virgin Galactic's New SpaceShipTwo Debut: Amid the Hoopla, Hope
• Space.comIf you asked me to choose one indelible memory from Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo unveiling gala Friday (Feb. 19), I would hem and haw for a few seconds, and then ultimately ask you to wait.
Virgin Galactic's New SpaceShipTwo Debut: Amid the Hoopla, Hope
• Space.comIf you asked me to choose one indelible memory from Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo unveiling gala Friday (Feb. 19), I would hem and haw for a few seconds, and then ultimately ask you to wait.
SpaceX Ready For Next Launch And Landing Attempt Tomorrow
• popsci.comWatch it live
Astronomers discover 300,000-light-year-long gas tail stretching from galaxy
• http://www.redorbit.comAstronomers have found an extraordinary trail of gas greater than 300,000 light years across originating from a nearby galaxy called NGC 4569, according to a report in Astronomy & Astrophysics.
This Man Knows the Secret to Successful Space Exploration
• By Simon WorrallLove your colleagues and let your freak flag fly, says NASA engineer Adam Steltzner.
NASA Receives Over 18,000 Astronaut Applications
• http://www.voanews.com, VOA NewsWhen NASA announced it was accepting applications for future astronauts last December, the space agency likely did not expect to receive over 18,000 applications. One-third of that number applied in 2012 and 8,000 in 1978, the previous record.
Apollo 10 astronauts heard unexplained 'outer-space type' music on dark side of moon
• http://www.redorbit.comWhile orbiting the dark side of the moon during their 1969 voyage, Apollo 10 astronauts Tom Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan described hearing unusual "outer-space type" music, and now, nearly four decades later, NASA has finally released
This Is Virgin Galactic's New Spaceplane, VSS Unity
• popsci.comStephen Hawking wants a ride. Do you?
Astronomer detected a new source of intense gamma-radiation in the sky
• sciencedaily.comAstronomer discovered a new source that confirmed the fact that binary systems with strong colliding stellar winds comprise a separate new population of high-energy gamma-ray sources
Gases detected in a super-Earth's atmosphere for the first time
• http://www.redorbit.comFor the first time, researchers have successfully detected the presence of gases in the atmosphere of a super-Earth, an exoplanet with a mass higher than that of our homeworld but far less than an ice giant such as Uranus or Neptune, a soon-to-be-pub
Big Bang's glow leads to discovery of distant black hole jet
• http://www.redorbit.comUsing some of the oldest light in the history of the universe as a sort of cosmic flashlight, a team of astronomers have discovered a jet being emitted by an extremely distant black hole, indicating that such phenomena were likely more common after t
Sarah Parcak Is a Space Archaeologist. Soon You Will Be Too
• WiredSarah Parcak is playing with her food.
The Silent Sun
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, Ellie ZolfagharifardEerie image revealed as solar activity remains the quietest it has been in more than a century - and some claims it could even trigger a mini ice age
Liquid-like graphene could be the key to understanding black holes
• http://www.gizmag.com, Dario BorghinoResearchers at Harvard University and Raytheon BBN Technology have discovered that the charged particles inside high-purity graphene behave as a fluid with relativistic properties.
Watch: Could We Live On Mars?
• popsci.comWatch: Could We Live On Mars?
Solar cycle 24 activity continues to be lowest in nearly 200 years
• http://wattsupwiththat.com, Anthony WattsIr has been a couple of months since WUWT has checked in on the progress of solar cycle 24.
Einstein's gravitational waves detected in landmark discovery
• yahoo.com, By Will Dunham and Scott Malone(Reuters) - Scientists for the first time have detected gravitational waves, ripples in space and time hypothesized by Albert Einstein a century ago, in a landmark discovery announced on Thursday that opens a new window for studying the cosmos.
NASA Bans the Word "Jesus," Christian Club Threatens to Sue
• http://www.trueactivist.comThe Liberty Institute, a legal group grounded in fighting for religious liberty is representing Christian employees at NASA who are saying they legally have the right to use the word "Jesus" as they please, including in the government agency's
North Korea Claims Rocket Successfully Put Satellite Into Space
• http://www.bloomberg.comNorth Korea said its launch of a long-range rocket succeeded in putting a satellite into orbit, just weeks after the isolated nation conducted its fourth nuclear test.
SpaceX Gears Up For Mass Production Of Falcon Rockets
• PopsciHarder, better, faster, stronger
LUXEMBOURG WANTS TO BECOME EARTH'S HUB FOR ASTEROID MINING
• http://www.popsci.com, By Sarah FechtGO TO WESTERN EUROPE, YOUNG COMPANIES
The Original Starship Enterprise from 'Star Trek' Is Getting a Face-Lift
• http://www.space.com, By Elizabeth HowellThe voyages of "Star Trek's" USS Enterprise now include an extensive restoration at the hands of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Construction is complete on the James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror
• http://www.gizmag.com, Chris WoodNASA engineers have been working tirelessly over the last few months, painstakingly assembling the James Webb Telescope's huge primary mirror. This week marks a significant milestone in the project, with the the last of the 18 individual segments now
Revealed: Russia's Crewed Lunar Lander
• popularmechanics.comFor the first time since the end of the Moon Race, Russian engineers have quietly begun working on a lunar lander capable of carrying cosmonauts to the Moon.?
Here's What NASA Will Launch Aboard Its New Rocket In 2018
• popsci.comThese lucky CubeSats will ride on the maiden voyage of NASA's Space Launch System
Aviation on Mars? Airbus Perlan 2 Glider To Help Test Its Limits
• http://www.forbes.com, Bruce DormineyBy pushing the atmospheric envelope at the edge of Earth's stratosphere, the Airbus Perlan 2 glider's next tests should pave the way for both future aviation on Mars and Earth-based commercial hypersonic aircraft, Allan McArtor, the Chairman and
China just released hundreds of stunning HD photos of the moon taken by its lander and rover
• Business InsiderMore than two years after China's lunar rover got away to a wonky start on the surface of the moon, the country's National Space Administration has released the stunning hi-def pictures it took.
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