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Microscopic Worms Could Hold the Key to Living Life on Mars
November 29, 2011 — The astrophysicist Stephen Hawking believes that if humanity is to survive we will have up sticks and colonize space. But is the human body up to the challenge? Scientists believe that Caenorhabditis ... > full story -
NASA's Nanosail-D 'Sails' Home -- Mission Complete
November 29, 2011 — After spending more than 240 days "sailing" around Earth, NASA's NanoSail-D -- a nanosatellite that deployed NASA's first-ever solar sail in low-Earth orbit -- has successfully completed its Earth ... > full story -
Mars Science Laboratory: NASA Launches Most Capable and Robust Rover to Red Planet
November 26, 2011 — NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an ... > full story -
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Insect Cyborgs May Become First Responders: Search and Monitor Hazardous Places
November 23, 2011 — New developments may lead to insects monitoring hazardous situations before humans are sent in. The principal idea is to harvest the insect's biological energy from either its body heat or movements. ... > full story -
NASA Flies Robotic Lander Prototype to New Heights
November 21, 2011 — NASA successfully completed the final flight in a series of tests of a new robotic lander prototype at the Redstone Test Center's propulsion test facility on the U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal in ... > full story -
Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos? New Test Confirms Accuracy of Experiment's Initial Measurement in Flight Time of Neutrinos
November 21, 2011 — After inviting the particle physics community to scrutinize their surprising neutrino time-of-flight measurements, a collaboration of physicists has rechecked many aspects of its analysis and taken ... > full story -
NASA Develops New Game-Changing Technology
November 21, 2011 — Two NASA California centers have been selected to develop new space-aged technologies that could be game-changers in the way we look at planets from above and how we safely transport robots or humans ... > full story -
NASA's TRMM Satellite Sees Deadly Tornadic Thunderstorms in Southeastern U.S.
November 19, 2011 — Tornadoes are expected to accompany severe storms in the springtime in the US, but this time of year they also usually happen. When a line of severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front swept ... > full story -
How the Fly Flies: Scientists Discover Gene Switch Responsible for Flight Muscle Formation
November 17, 2011 — Flies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists have recently identified the genetic switch that regulates the formation of flight ... > full story -
Voyager 2 Completes Switch to Backup Thruster Set
November 14, 2011 — NASA's Voyager 2 has successfully switched to the backup set of thrusters that controls the roll of the spacecraft. Deep Space Network personnel sent commands to the spacecraft to make the change on ... > full story
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