Strange Dark Matter Interactions Could Create Galactic Disks and Dark Light

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Lest you think theoretical physicists have gone completely off the deep end, this form of dark matter, called double-disk dark matter, has some specific cosmological consequences that astronomers could observe. While traditional dark matter floats ... See all stories on this topic »

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Spaceport America Helps Launch Sci-Fi Film 'After Earth'

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I've flown to Spaceport America, planet Earth's first commercial space tourism outpost, for a press junket for the new science fiction film "After Earth." The spaceport, located nearly a mile above sea level in the desolate New Mexico desert, may not ...

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Philosopher Jill North Explores Quantum Reality

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Philosopher Jill North ponders what quantum mechanics has done to reality. In a post-Einstein world where wave/particles apparently exist in multidimensions, why do we seem to live in a space of only three dimensions? North, associate professor of ...

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Strange Dark Matter Interactions Could Create Galactic Disks and ...

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A small percentage of the dark matter in our universe might be able to interact ... Because it's subject to the attractive force of gravity matter tends to ...

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NASA Education Offers Summer of Innovation 'Mini-Awards'

NASA's Summer of Innovation project is accepting proposals through Monday, June 10, from organizations that want to offer students science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educational experiences this summer.

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Private Spaceships for Space Tourists to Launch Big Test Flights

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LONG BEACH, Calif. — Private suborbital space planes built by two space tourism companies will likely launch some major test flights before this year is out, their builders say. The commercial spaceflight company Virgin Galactic plans to launch its ...

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NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope Reveals the Ring Nebula's True Shape

The Ring Nebula's distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But new observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like star reveal a new twist.

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NASA Hosts Google+ Hangout with Recently Returned Space Station Astronauts

NASA will host a Google+ Hangout with the three recently returned International Space Station astronauts from 3-4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 23.

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NASA Announces Global Best in Class Winners for the International Space Apps Challenge

A panel of international judges from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and other partner organizations has selected five "best in class" solutions as winners of the 2013 International Space Apps Challenge.

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Herschel Space Observatory Finds Mega Merger of Galaxies

A massive and rare merging of two galaxies has been spotted in images taken by the Herschel space observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation.

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Reveals the Ring Nebula's True Shape

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The distinctive shape of the Ring Nebula, the glowing shroud around a dying Sun-like star, makes it a popular celestial object that appears in many astronomy books. New observations of the Ring Nebula by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, however, reveal a new twist on an iconic nebula.

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New hot semiconductor material MoS2 researched for atomic scale chips

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Carbon based Graphene and Molybdenum Sulfide (MoS2) are the hot material selected by researchers to make devices in nano-scale using a process different from the present IC manufacturing. Graphene is good but is more of better conductor than an ...

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BBC: Ecuador Pegasus satellite fears over space debris crash

The Ecuadorean space agency (EXA) is trying to pick up signals from its satellite after it crashed in space into debris from an old rocket.

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MIT Scientists Mix Graphene with Hexagonal Boron Nitride to Create ...

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But one long-sought goal has proved elusive: how to engineer into graphene a property called a band gap, which would be necessary to use the material to ...

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Why Are Google and NASA Getting a Quantum Computer | DWave Quantum ...

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A quantum computer chip can process information several orders of ... of the strange nuances of quantum mechanics the physics theory that describes a ...

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New California bill to limit liability for space tourism hardware ...

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Last year, the California Legislature passed the Space Flight Liability and Immunity Act, and Gov. Jerry Brown signed it into law, assisting space tourism firms by ...

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NASA Joins New Euclid Dark Energy Mission

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BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – NASA has joined the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Euclid mission, a space telescope designed to investigate the cosmological mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. This artist's concept shows the ...

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Branson: Virgin Galactic launch Christmas Day

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Branson, who made the remarks last week during a trip to Dubai, has long said he'd be on the inaugural space tourism flight, along with family members. Asked about Branson's remarks, a publicist for Virgin Galactic sent a company statement noting that ...

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Transparent electrode innovation could bring flexible solar cells, transistors ...

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The electrode is made of silver nanowires covered with a material called graphene, an extremely thin layer of carbon. The hybrid material shows promise as a possible replacement for indium tin oxide, or ITO, used in transparent electrodes for touch ... See all stories on this topic »

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Barcelona looks to build a space hotel with an anti-gravity spa

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Barcelona looks to build a space hotel with an anti-gravity spa. Adario Strange. Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 5:11pm. In the last few years, space tourism has taken several major steps toward making a vacation in space a reality. But the space tourism ... See all stories on this topic »

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