Provides the latest RSS feeds for Space Science News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Kansas City Post.com http://www.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/10/id/89d96798a39564bd/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:32:12 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:32:12 -0500 30 A quarter of Britons have claimed that they have been to ancient Wonders of the World, wiped off the Earth hundreds of years ago. http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203264709/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:20:02 -0500 ANI http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203264709/cs/1/ If you head outside around 10:30 p.m. local time this week and look straight up, you'll be looking directly at Gemini, the Twin Brothers. The heads of ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285627/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:48:56 -0500 Space.com http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285627/ This Hubble Space Telescope photo, released Feb. 2, 2012, shows a distant galaxy 10 billion light-years away (shown as) as it appears through the gravitational lens around the galaxy cluster RCS2 ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285628/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:48:54 -0500 Space.com http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285628/ Artist's concept of the four tails of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy (orange clump on left of the image) orbiting the Milky Way. The bright yellow circle to the right of the Milky Way's ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285629/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:48:52 -0500 Space.com http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285629/ According to new research, online dating has surpassed all forms of matchmaking in the U.S. other than meeting through friends. The team said the new digital age is providing greater and more ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285633/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:45:29 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285633/ February 6, 2012 The rocket scientist who argued vigorously against the fatal launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger has died. Roger Boisjoly led a group of five Morton Thiokol engineers who tried ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285632/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:42:39 -0500 NPR http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285632/ The surface of Mars may have been parched for too long for any life-forms to exist on the planet today, a new study suggests. A team of researchers spent three years meticulously examining ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285635/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:39:59 -0500 MSNBC http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285635/ The first WhiteKnightTwo / SpaceShipTwo launch system has undergone extensive tests. Next are critical rocket-powered flights of the two-pilot, six-passenger ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285634/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:39:55 -0500 MSNBC http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285634/ An artist’s rendition of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft with solar panels fully deployed on orbit. NASA is depending on developers of these private ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203283325/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:39:43 -0500 MSNBC http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203283325/ BBC February 6, 2012 The American space agency looks set to pull the plug on its joint missions to Mars with the European Space Agency. Nasa has told Esa it is now highly unlikely it will be able ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285638/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:33:14 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285638/ The space agency received more than 6,300 applications between Nov. 15 and Jan. 27 during the search for new astronauts - making it second-highest turnout ever and double the normal response, NASA ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285630/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:21:57 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285630/ The recent delay of the next manned launch to the International Space Station due to a damaged Russian space capsule highlights NASA's critical need for commercially built vehicles, space ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285621/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:07:39 -0500 Yahoo http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285621/ By Anna Chan ABC's ballroom bash "Dancing With the Stars" has had quite a few athletes on its dance floor: Ochocinco, Metta World Peace (aka Ron Artest), Emmitt Smith, Hope Solo, ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203281919/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:07:11 -0500 MSNBC http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203281919/ Suomi NPP satellite, these pictures portray our planet’s incredible beauty with 8,000- by 8,000-pixel and 11,500- by 11,500-pixel detail. How were these highly detailed images created? The ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285631/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:49:07 -0500 Wired News http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285631/ The politically charged comedian gives his appreciation for the space agency's research on the International Space Station that is helping to create vaccines to the some of the world's ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285623/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:47:57 -0500 Space.com http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285623/ Scientists had previously theorized that gravitational interactions among multiple planets orbiting a star can sometimes cause a world to get ejected from its system, leaving the rogue planet to ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285533/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:44:35 -0500 National Geographic News http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285533/ Samsung may be preparing to launch its thinnest smartphone yet, according to new rumors. The new Galaxy S III will be only 7 millimeters thick and will launch in May. At 7 millimeters, the Galaxy S ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285636/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:41:46 -0500 Web Pro News http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285636/ Time-lapse photographer Christian Mlhauser braved sub-zero temperatures and frozen camera equipment to capture this stunning aurora footage from Norway during the last week of January 2012.Powerful ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285626/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:41:29 -0500 Universe Today http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285626/ "Atlantis," reads my copy of The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, "a vast island-continent submerged under the waters of the Atlantic towards the year 9560 BC; parts of it are still ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203281193/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:36:57 -0500 CIO http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203281193/ (VIDEO: 30 Years of the Space Shuttle: What Now?) In fact, though, the Hubble is relatively puny. The mirror at its heart is just 7.9 ft. (2.4 m) across, which gives it only about one-seventeenth of ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285625/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:15:46 -0500 Time http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203285625/ If you've ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut and have four months to spare, you might have the "right stuff" to fly to Mars well, sort of. Scientists at Cornell University ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280376/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:51:28 -0500 MSNBC http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280376/ It's as natural a pairing as steak and baked potato. Americans love their celebrities, and Americans love to eat. So why not celebrity cookbooks? Except Eva Longoria desperately hawking ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203276718/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:43:21 -0500 Hispanic Business Magazine http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203276718/ Chinese shoppers on their Lunar New Year holiday were less lavish than expected at Hong Kong jewellers. They also curbed spending on beauty brands and slowed spending at South Korean stores. They ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280375/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:30:10 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280375/ If you've ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut and have four months to spare, you might have the "right stuff" to fly to Mars … well, sort of. Scientists at Cornell ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280369/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:20:06 -0500 Yahoo http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280369/ LOS ANGELES, Calif. - This year is key for Virgin Galactic's bid to become the first commercial spaceliner service, as rocket-powered flights of its SpaceShipTwo are on the books for summer. ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280370/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:20:01 -0500 Yahoo http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280370/ As good as trade with China has been for Australia, its relationship with the emerging superpower is complicated and there are lessons in it for Ottawa which hopes to sign a deal for Canadian ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203277192/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:16:11 -0500 Calgary Herald http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203277192/ If you're burning to secure Samsung's Galaxy Note, AT&T is now taking preorders of the hybrid slate for $300. Samsung was the only tech company with ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280018/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:06:35 -0500 CNet http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280018/ View of Mars' surface near the north pole from the Phoenix lander. Credit: NASA/JPL-Calech/University of Arizona Mars is often referred to as a desert world, and for good reason – its ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280372/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:55:32 -0500 Universe Today http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280372/ In the months right after last year's March 11 earthquake, sales of condominiums in Tokyo dropped 30 percent compared to the previous year. Much of the drop was in areas surrounding Tokyo Bay, ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203278075/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:54:32 -0500 Japan Times http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203278075/ Samsung Galaxy Note as being "very similar to an actual pen." Called an S Pen, it slides right into the top of the phone for easy storage. The pen can be used to generate anywhere on the ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280377/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:53:10 -0500 IBTimes http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203280377/ You could be enjoying all this with your account from Washington Business Journal: Daily Update Emails Latest local Business News Local Job ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203276296/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:46:26 -0500 Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203276296/ Why is the universe magnetized? It's a question scientists have been asking for decades. Now, an international team of researchers including a University of Michigan professor have demonstrated ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203275192/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:36:11 -0500 Spero News http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203275192/ Mel B has been confirmed as the new host of the Australian version of 'Dancing with the Stars'. The former Spice Girls singer - who competed in the US version of the ballroom dancing show ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203272337/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:14:59 -0500 CTV http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203272337/ Apigee , a company that builds and operates APIs. That’s tech-world speak for the software that lets things like Facebook, Google and Twitter talk to all those applications on your iPhone. ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203273337/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:49:43 -0500 Wired News http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203273337/ Samsung 's "next big thing," the Galaxy Note smartphone or "phablet" (phone+tablet) with a massive 5.3-inch Super AMOLED screen, is now available for pre-orders from ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203275231/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:42:34 -0500 IBTimes http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203275231/ Follow this company spending will closely watch this spring's SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral to see if the private company is successful in safely docking its spacecraft with the ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203275226/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:36:01 -0500 Orlando Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203275226/ A report by the Commerce Department's inspector general has determined that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's law enforcement branch has made many improvements over the ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203270719/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:35:29 -0500 Boston Business Journal http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203270719/ PARKERSBURG - Atoms Architectural Products continues to grow.The small company that produces louvers, sunshades, grilles and ornamental metals is building its sales and looking to expand into new ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203275230/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:17:15 -0500 News and Sentinel http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203275230/ There is something strange in the cosmic neighbourhood. An unknown object in the nearby galaxy M82 has started sending out radio waves, and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203270784/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:16:38 -0500 New Scientist http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203270784/ Nuclear Fuel Test Failure Should Trigger Suspension of Weapon-Grade Plutonium Fuel Use, Groups Say Hazardous Fuel Behavior Another Setback For Troubled Energy Department Program, Has Implications ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203272300/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:06:49 -0500 progressive newswire http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203272300/ From a small office in Mississauga, Ont., entrepreneur Jesse DeCosta has done what many small Canadian business owners might only dream of. He’s cracked one of the toughest, most cut-throat ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203268465/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:53:51 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203268465/ According to a new report, a Verizon Galaxy Nexus user has received an OTA notification on his smartphone. He has even managed to pull the over-the-air update and has made it available for ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203269720/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:07:33 -0500 IBTimes http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203269720/ Last week, at a meeting of ISS programme participants, the U.S. side informed its partners that the launch originally planned for February 7 was postponed for at least two months, a space industry ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203267405/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:43:15 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203267405/ These images produced by the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal features at the Moon's northern and southern poles in the regions that lie ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203264239/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:07:49 -0500 Time http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203264239/ Israel i intelligence officer remotely triggering the explosion in an Iranian nuclear facility with a Samsung Galaxy Tab. In a statement, Samsung officials stressed that the Israeli commercial was ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203263268/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:32:42 -0500 IBTimes http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203263268/ Samsung Galaxy S3, rumored to be the next flagship smartphone from the South Korean electronics giant, is expected to be launched in April according to the latest reports. A big selling point of ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203262510/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:26:45 -0500 IBTimes http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203262510/ Venus Williams' tennis comeback from a health problem was a success, as she teamed with Liezel Huber for a 6-1, 6-2 doubles victory that capped a 5-0 Fed Cup first-round shutout for the United ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203262509/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:16:20 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203262509/ A team of scientists from the University of Michigan led by Michael Longo, while exploring the direction of rotation of 15 872 spiral galaxies, came to the conclusion that our universe may have been ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203262508/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:22:59 -0500 Pravda http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203262508/ Samsung Galaxy Note is best-known for its pen, or stylus, but it alsos has a slew of other top-notch features, including a 5.3-inch, 1280x800 ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203261372/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:51:01 -0500 IBTimes http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203261372/ NASA has some pretty lofty goals for the future of commercial aviation, and in working with some of the aircraft industry's biggest players this past year, the space agency is hoping to create ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203260042/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:47:20 -0500 CNet http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203260042/ (Credit: Screenshot: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Think Chevy Volt and you might not think "out of this world." It's not enjoyed the best sales ... http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203258488/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:07:41 -0500 CNet http://story.kansascitypost.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/203258488/