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Lightning Holds Fingerprint of Antimatter

A satellite dispatched to scout out high-energy gamma rays streaming from the cosmos found that not only were flashes of gamma rays oddly close to home, but they were also powerful enough to annihilate matter. The radiation stemmed from lightning ...

From IRENE KLOTZ, Discovery Channel,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NASA,  University of Washington

2nd Night of False Alarms on Space Station

Depressurization and smoke alarms woke the shuttle and station crews for a second consecutive night on Friday. Flight controllers quickly determined they were false alarms, but the station's ventilation system automatically shut down, prompting NASA to ...

From IRENE KLOTZ, Discovery Channel,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NASA

One Tiny Step for Spirit

NASA’s stuck Mars rover Spirit took the tiniest of steps to free itself from a sand trap that brought it to a standstill six months ago. After spinning its wheels for the equivalent of 8.2 feet, the rover moved about 0.5 inches forward, 0.3 inches to ...

From IRENE KLOTZ, Discovery Channel,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NASA

US, China Look to Expand Space Partnership

Whether the United States and its partners in the International Space Station program will get their money’s worth out of the $100 billion endeavor is still to be determined, but there’s one point even the skeptics concede: it’s been a tremendous ...

From IRENE KLOTZ, Discovery Channel,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NASA,  George W. Bush,  Mikhail Gorbachev,  Barack Obama

Butterflies in Space?

In addition to the hefty pumps, tanks and gyroscopes heading to the International Space Station, space shuttle Atlantis is also transporting something to delight the eyes and stoke the curiosity of children: . NASA is flying the critters as part of a ...

From IRENE KLOTZ, Discovery Channel,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NASA,  Baylor College of Medicine

Spirit's Last Stand?

After almost six years exploring the surface of Mars, NASA’s intrepid rover Spirit may have settled in its final resting place. NASA is not overly optimistic attempts to free the rover from a sand pit, where its been stuck for six months, will work, ...

From IRENE KLOTZ, Discovery Channel,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NASA

Space Station Gets New Parking Space

A Russian docking port arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday, becoming the 11th module to be hooked up to the orbiting outpost.  The new room, named Poisk -- a Russian word for "search" -- will double as a small research laboratory and ...

From IRENE KLOTZ, Discovery Channel,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NASA

Free Space is Moving

As part of the Discovery.com redesign, Free Space is now part of Discovery News Space coverage. You can follow Irene's work here, or check out the expanded Discovery News Space team. Come visit. If you have a TypeKey or TypePad account, ...

From IRENE KLOTZ, Discovery Channel,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: TypePad

Saturn Probe Samples Moon's Ice Plumes

NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft flew through the heart of the icy plumes shooting off the moon Enceladus, a mysterious world that is suspected of harboring liquid water beneath its frozen surface. Cassini traveled as close as 103 kilometers (6 ...

From IRENE KLOTZ, Discovery Channel,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NASA

Vatican Preparing for ET

Four hundred years after tossing astronomer Galileo Galilei into jail for his “heretical” findings that the Earth revolved around the sun, the Vatican is dipping its toe into the brave new world of astrobiology. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is ...

From IRENE KLOTZ, Discovery Channel,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Galileo Galilei

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