The massive earthquake that devastated Chile and caused tsunami warnings in Hawaii may have also literally knocked Earth off its axis.
The quake, which measured 8.8 on the Richter Scale, may have also made our days shorter, according to NASA’s Richard Gross.
This type of small change to the Earth’s axis shouldn’t have much of an effect [...]

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I know what I want for Christmas in about 5 or 10 years.
Ever wanted your own hover-capable, electric-powered VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft? Of course you have.
Luckily for you, NASA is working on just such a thing.
The new Puffin aircraft design has been unveiled, showing just how far personal, electrically propelled flight could [...]

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Ready for the ultimate in green energy? If you watched 60 Minutes last night, you possibly caught a glimpse of the future.
The Bloom Box is a small, block-shaped power supply. Two of them can power your average American home, according to K.R. Sridhar, founder of Bloom Energy, who was on the popular news [...]

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The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-person crew are slated to return to Earth on Friday, November 27, 2009 after an 11-day mission.
The two chances for a landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be at 9:44 a.m. and 11:19 a.m. EST.
NASA will analyze weather conditions at the space center before allowing Atlantis [...]

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Science fiction is one step closer to becoming reality.
A researcher at the NASA Ames Research Center has created a proof of concept gadget that can convert an ordinary, everyday iPhone into a chemical sensor capable of detecting ammonia, chlorine gas, and methane.
The device is about the size of a postage stamp and plugs right into [...]

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The Leonid Meteor Shower 2009 is here.  The annual spectacle can be seen November 13-20, but the peak of meteoric activity will occur on Tuesday morning, November 17, 2009.
The best time to spot meteors will be after 1:30 a.m. EST and prior to sunrise.
This year, the view should be spectacular as the moon won’t be [...]

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NASA finished fueling the Space Shuttle Atlantis on Monday morning for an afternoon takeoff to the International Space Station, even though cloud cover continues to increase.
Watch the Atlantis launch in real time on our Live Video page.
Weather forecasters now say that the chances of acceptable weather are at about 70 percent, which is not nearly [...]

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The Vatican just wrapped up a five day conference on astrobiology where some of the world’s greatest scientists gathered to discuss the detection and implications of extraterrestrial life, i.e.: aliens.
The man who was the impetus for this conference was Director of the Vatican Observatory, Father Jose Gabriel Funes. In May 2008, Funes conducted an interview [...]

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After being scrubbed yesterday due to unfavorable weather conditions, the Ares 1-X launched at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday morning from Cape Canaveral.
The Ares 1-X is the biggest U.S. rocket to venture into space since the Saturn V.
The giant rocket executed a 90-degree roll as part of its test flight to verify the flight control [...]

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UPDATE: View the Ares 1-X launch video here.
Tuesday morning’s NASA rocket launch of the Ares I-X rocket had to be postponed due to weather, a stuck probe cover, and a surprise cargo ship in the rocket’s “danger zone.”
“We had some opportunities, but just couldn’t get there,” test director Jeff Spaulding said. “Weather didn’t [...]

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