Space & PhysicsNovember 18, 2010
Extragalactic Expat: Newfound Exoplanet Likely Came from Another Galaxy
Astronomers locate an oddball exoplanet that orbits a star from a cannibalized galaxy
Stories by John Matson
John Matson is a former reporter and editor for Scientific American who has written extensively about astronomy and physics.
The SciencesNovember 17, 2010
Upping the Anti: CERN Physicists Trap Antimatter Atoms for the First Time
Antihydrogen has been produced before, but it must be corralled for detailed physical study
Space & PhysicsNovember 17, 2010
Hayabusa probe succeeded in returning asteroid dust to Earth
Space & PhysicsNovember 15, 2010
Was Tycho Brahe poisoned? 16th-century astronomer exhumed--again
Space & PhysicsNovember 15, 2010
Hidden in Plain Sight: Researchers Find Galaxy-Scale Bubbles Extending from the Milky Way
An analysis of public data from a NASA satellite turns up massive, previously unseen galactic structures
Space & PhysicsNovember 12, 2010
Deficit commission proposes axing commercial spaceflight without knowing what it is
Space & PhysicsNovember 11, 2010
NASA's Successor to Hubble Is $1.4 Billion Over Budget and 1 Year-Plus Behind Schedule, Inquiry Finds
Even in the best-case scenario, the future of the James Webb Space Telescope now looks worse than before
BiologyNovember 11, 2010
Cat Lap: Engineers Unravel the Mystery of How Felines Drink
Unlike its domestic companion, the dog, a cat does not simply scoop water into its mouth with its tongue
The SciencesNovember 10, 2010
Out to Launch?: "Mystery Missile" off California Coast Was Probably Just an Airliner, Pentagon Says
A mysterious streak in the sky captured on tape by a news helicopter may have been a passenger plane en route to Phoenix
The SciencesNovember 9, 2010
Obama's Indonesia trip may be cut short by deadly volcanic eruption
Space & PhysicsNovember 8, 2010
Is Pluto the biggest dwarf planet after all?
The SciencesNovember 5, 2010
What Do the 2010 Election Results Mean for Federal Science Budgets?
Agencies are likely to see smaller budgets in the wake of Republican gains in the House of Representatives, but drastic cuts are unlikely
Space & PhysicsNovember 4, 2010
NASA readies space shuttle Discovery for its final planned mission
TechnologyNovember 3, 2010
Three-dimensional holograms move toward real-time "telepresence" capacity
Space & PhysicsNovember 3, 2010
10 facts about the International Space Station and life in orbit
Space & PhysicsNovember 2, 2010
A Decade on the Fly: Building the International Space Station--Module by Module [Slide Show]
Between 1998 and 2010 the station evolved from a single Russian module to a behemoth orbital outpost the size of a football field
The SciencesNovember 2, 2010
What Is Quantum Mechanics Good for?
Physicist James Kakalios, author of The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics, wants people to know what quantum physics has done for them lately--and why it shouldn't take the rap for New Age self-realization hokum such as The Secret
Space & PhysicsOctober 27, 2010
Hard-Core Astrophysics: Massive Neutron Star Hints at How Matter Behaves at Its Densest
A precision measurement of a high-mass neutron star rules out some exotic models for the ultradense stellar remnants
Space & PhysicsOctober 23, 2010
What will space tourism mean for climate change?
Space & PhysicsOctober 22, 2010
Collateral Data: NASA's Planned Moon Crash Churned Up Water, Lots of Mercury and More
Findings from the LCROSS mission's controlled impact into the moon reveal a complex brew in lunar soil
Space & PhysicsOctober 22, 2010
Get a glimpse of Comet Hartley 2 less than two weeks before NASA probe's flyby
Space & PhysicsOctober 20, 2010
Early Bloomer: Faraway Galaxy Pushes Cosmic View Closer to the Dawn of the Universe
A galaxy that existed just 600 million years after the big bang is the most distant object ever seen
The SciencesOctober 18, 2010
Famed mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, father of fractal geometry, dead at 85
TechnologyOctober 17, 2010
Stretchable Light-Emitting Sheets Could Form the Basis of Implantable Optoelectronics
By liberating tiny LEDs from their rigid backbones, researchers hope to produce a new class of biological sensors