NASA is inviting the public to choose an area in northern Arizona where explorers will conduct part of the annual Desert Research and Technology Studies, known as Desert RATS.
Using a combination of instruments on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered the most massive stars to date, one weighing at birth more than 300 times the mass of the Sun, or twice as much as the currently accepted limit of 150 solar masses. The existence of these monsters — millions of times more luminous than the Sun, losing weight through very powerful winds — may provide an answer to the question “how massive can stars be?” Photos: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1030/
"GENEVA – The world's largest atom smasher broke the record for proton acceleration Monday, sending beams of the particles at 1.18 trillion electron volts around the massive machine.
The Large Hadron Collider eclipsed the previous high of 0.98 1 TeV held by Fermilab, outside Chicago, since 2001, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, said.
The latest success, which came early in the morning, is part of the preparation to reach even higher levels of energy for significant experiments next year on the make-up of matter and the universe."
"After five years of secret construction, the cloak is coming off a privately funded spacecraft designed to fly well-heeled tourists into space.
The long-awaited glimpse of SpaceShipTwo, slated for rollout Monday in the Mojave Desert, could not come sooner for the scores of wannabe astronauts who have forked over part of their disposable income for the chance to float in zero gravity."
From a single cell to a complex, self-sustaining organism, a human baby has been through an incredible transformation before it even takes its first breath. With ground-breaking photography, computer graphics, and 4-D imaging, "In the Womb" reveals this amazing process as the first heart cells begin to beat, the nerve cells flicker to life, and the senses develop.
House ethics panel hits longtime N.Y. congressman with 13 ethics violations, then begins meeting on his fate — offering little indication of whether a plea deal is at hand or if Rangel is headed for a rare public trial.
BP's departing chief executive says he did everything he could following the oil rig explosion, claims he 'became a villain for doing the right thing' | FULL COVERAGE
One of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, Ignacio 'Nacho' Coronel, is killed in gunbattle in a major victory for President Calderon
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