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No gravity needed.

Jason — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:42:28 +0000

Astronaut makes a boomerang work in outer space.

You Make It, We Play It.

Jason — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:11:05 +0000

Advertisement contest that will broadcast the winning entry into outer space.

US 193.

Jason — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:58:18 +0000

US Department of Defense is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite.

Federal Space Agency.

Jason — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:40:19 +0000

Russian space agency that claims it can protect the world from asteroids by creating a missle which will destroy them. (via)

Higgs boson.

Jason — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:48:21 +0000

Researchers are trying to create a baby universe that will evaporate out of a wormhole. (via)

Lyman alpha blobs.

Jason — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:30:55 +0000

Astronomers discover a massive object containing galaxies and gas bubbles that is 200 million light-years wide.

Shijian-8.

Jason — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:42:10 +0000

Recoverable satellite that will expose plant seeds to cosmic radiation for two weeks to help improve crop yields. (via)

Plasma magnet.

Jason — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:09:58 +0000

Device that will create a plasma cloud around spacecraft and shield astronauts from cosmic rays.

Oxygen Generation System.

Jason — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:57:55 +0000

System that uses astronaut urine to generate breathable oxygen.

New Worlds Observer.

Jason — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:26:20 +0000

Space shield that will shade orbiting telescopes from star light allowing astronomers to look for Earth-like planets.

Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys.

Jason — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:12:54 +0000

Astronomers discover a possible Jupiter-size planet orbiting the Beta Pictoris. (via)

GEO600.

Jason — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:11:31 +0000

Laser interferometer that can detect gravitational waves caused by the motions of matter that have rippled across space-time since the Big Bang. (via)

2004 XP14.

Jason — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:36:22 +0000

Asteroid at least a half-mile in diameter will fly past Earth on July 3. (via)

Nix and Hydra.

Jason — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:11:18 +0000

Twin moons of Pluto formerly known as S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2 are given formal names. (via)

David’s stone.

Jason — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 04:32:11 +0000

Researchers have proposed the idea of capturing an asteroid and engineering it to take out any Earth-bound threats. (via)

Abell 3266.

Jason — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:23:56 +0000

Gas ball of fire discovered in a distant galaxy cluster that is five thousand million times the size of our solar system. (via)

Northern Lights.

Jason — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:39:46 +0000

Virgin Galactic plans to operate tourists flights into the Aurora Borealis.

Details, details.

Jason — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 01:29:59 +0000

International Astronomical Union to vote this September for a definition of the word planet.

XMMXCS 2215-1734.

Jason — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:19:27 +0000

Galaxy cluster discovered 10 billion light-years from Earth that weighs 500 trillion times the mass of the Sun. (via)

SkyScout.

Jason — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 02:04:43 +0000

Handheld device that uses GPS technology to identify what celestial body you are pointing at. (via)