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 Afghanistan Sun.com http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/cat/89d96798a39564bd/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 12:47:05 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:47:05 -0400 30 Researchers from the SETI Institute, the Mars Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, and the space robotics company Honeybee Robotics, have successfully completed a first series of field tests aimed at investigating how humans will explore and work on near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and eventually the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. From April 13 to 15, field experiments were conducted at the ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214599368/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 05:20:02 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214599368/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA's senior Mars rover Opportunity is investigating a rock intensely altered by water. The fractured rock, called "Esperance," provides evidence about a wet ancient environment possibly favorable for life. The mission's principal investigator, Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, said, "Esperance was so important, we committed several weeks to getting this one measurement ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214599365/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 05:20:01 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214599365/scat/89d96798a39564bd Uranus and Neptune have long been known to harbor swirling clouds and violent winds churning up their atmospheres. But given that Uranus' atmosphere is believed to be thick enough to swallow the entire Earth, it was not known just how far the weather perturbations reach into the planet's interior. Now a team of planetary scientists with the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214596878/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:02 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214596878/scat/89d96798a39564bd Whether or not NASA's Kepler spacecraft can bounce back from the malfunction that has stalled its search for alien planets, the mission's place in history is assured, scientists say. Kepler has spotted more than 2,700 ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214602225/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 10:45:03 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214602225/scat/89d96798a39564bd from what rebels say is a helicopter that was shot down at Abu Dhour military airbase which is besieged by the rebels, in the northern province city of Idlib, Syria, Friday May 17, 2013. Rights activists have found torture devices and other evidence of abuse in government prisons in the first Syrian city to fall to the rebels, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. (AP Photo/Edlib News ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214601285/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 09:27:53 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214601285/scat/89d96798a39564bd conservative groups . The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status. But the IRS largely maintained a hands-off policy with the much larger, ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214601286/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 09:27:50 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214601286/scat/89d96798a39564bd * Panamanian stops Lebedev in penultimate round * Povetkin knocks out Pole to set up Klitschko fight (updates with Jones win, adds details) MOSCOW, May 17 (Reuters) - Former champion Guillermo Jones of Panama stopped title holder Denis Lebedev with seconds remaining in the 11th round to reclaim his WBA cruiserweight crown from the Russian on Friday. Earlier, Alexander Povetkin knocked out ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214600815/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 08:26:17 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214600815/scat/89d96798a39564bd (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki). Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214599680/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 05:21:40 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214599680/scat/89d96798a39564bd SEOUL – North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea’s Defence Ministry said, but the purpose of the launches was unknown. Launches by the North of short-term missiles are not uncommon, but the ministry would not speculate whether these latest launches were part of a test or training exercise. "North Korea fired short-range guided ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214599394/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 05:17:18 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214599394/scat/89d96798a39564bd NEWARK, N.J -- An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson tells The Associated Press that a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m. Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214599046/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 04:27:08 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214599046/scat/89d96798a39564bd LAS VEGAS (AP) -- O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when they went to a hotel room together to reclaim some sports memorabilia. Miami-based ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598884/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 04:15:52 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598884/scat/89d96798a39564bd SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) -- A pair of tamed but persistent wildfires still burned in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 after a wild week of burning brush in the area north ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598885/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 04:15:50 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598885/scat/89d96798a39564bd Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. "Absolutely not," Steven Miller, the recently resigned acting head of the Internal Revenue ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598960/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 04:02:46 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598960/scat/89d96798a39564bd Hofstra University students gather near the house where another student and an armed intruder were killed during an overnight house break-in next to the campus, Friday, May 17, 2013, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/ Louis ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598292/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 03:26:38 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598292/scat/89d96798a39564bd FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598303/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 03:21:34 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598303/scat/89d96798a39564bd Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, speaks on cell phone shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz TMA-07 space capsule about 150 km southeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. A Soyuz space capsule with a three-man crew returning from a five-month mission to the International Space Station landed safely Tuesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598564/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 03:09:46 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598564/scat/89d96798a39564bd An ultrafast "quantum" computer is making waves in the high-tech world after the Burnaby company that makes it announced a collaboration involving NASA and Google.D-Wave Systems announced this week that its newest supercomputer will be put to work solving big, complicated problems at a quantum artificial intelligence lab at NASA's Ames Research Centre in California.The 512-qubit ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598713/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 03:09:08 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214598713/scat/89d96798a39564bd A huge meteorite slammed into the moon's surface at a mind-boggling 56,000 mph in March, sparking the largest lunar explosion ever recorded, NASA said Friday. The explosion on March 17 was the biggest seen since NASA began watching the moon for meteoroid impacts about eight years ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214597458/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 01:09:47 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214597458/scat/89d96798a39564bd overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country. The president asked for $79.4 billion to fund so-called overseas contingency operations in fiscal 2014, which begins October 1, down from his original $88.5 billion request, a White House aide ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214596919/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 01:02:13 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214596919/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Yale Galanter, O.J. Simpson's former defense attorney, reacts during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Steve ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214596920/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 01:02:08 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214596920/scat/89d96798a39564bd An image taken from video shows Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield responding to a question during a news conference from the International Space Station on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. (Paul Chiasson/THE CANADIAN ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214596500/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sat, 18 May 2013 00:12:51 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214596500/scat/89d96798a39564bd The moon has a new hole on its surface thanks to a boulder that slammed into it in March, creating the biggest explosion scientists have seen on the moon since they started monitoring it. The meteorite crashed on March 17, slamming into the lunar surface at a mind-boggling 56,000 mph and creating a new crater 65 feet wide. The crash sparked a bright flash of light that would have been visible to ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214596768/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 23:47:00 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214596768/scat/89d96798a39564bd A series of 16 violent tornadoes ransacked north Texas this week, killing six people and flattening entire neighborhoods. Seven people who were reported missing early Friday morning have now been accounted for, but the storms aren't over yet. Severe thunderstorms are expected late Friday in Alabama and Mississippi, and the Plains and the Midwest face threats of even more tornadoes this ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214595471/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 22:48:59 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214595471/scat/89d96798a39564bd DENVER (Reuters) - A group of Colorado county sheriffs, angry over two new state gun control laws passed in the wake of last year's mass shootings in Connecticut and Colorado, filed a federal lawsuit on Friday seeking to block the laws from going into ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214595438/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 22:42:17 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214595438/scat/89d96798a39564bd ATLANTA -- A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.Aimee Copeland, 25, is returning from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of hands with 24 programmable functions that will improve her dexterity, her father, Andy, told the Associated ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214594944/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 21:53:13 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214594944/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA records a gigantic solar eruption on May Day that is one of many expected as the sun enters its peak activity phase of its 11-year-weather cycle. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214594644/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 20:45:25 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214594644/scat/89d96798a39564bd 1998 qe2 will pass by at about 15 timeses the distance between the earth and moon. while scientists think it's a safe distance -- in other words, what could go wrong? probably best to stock up on can goods. the hurtling rock almost two miles long. they believe it is a remnant of a former ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214594645/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 20:45:24 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214594645/scat/89d96798a39564bd Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield says he's interested in politics but has no immediate plans to make it his next career. In an interview with The Canadian Press, he was asked whether he might use his newfound fame as a springboard into the political arena. "I'm as interested in politics as any Canadian, of course. That determines the fate of our country," Hadfield said ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214594412/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 20:37:55 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214594412/scat/89d96798a39564bd A MASSIVE explosion from a meteor which crashed into the Moon was visible to the naked eye on Earth, NASA says. A boulder-sized meteor slammed into the moon in March, causing an explosion so bright anyone looking up at the right moment would have spotted it, NASA said. NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office is reporting the discovery of the brightest impact seen on the Moon in the eight years ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214595993/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 20:20:14 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214595993/scat/89d96798a39564bd Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. IRA FLATOW, HOST: This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. To most of us, time is real: you've run out of time; you don't have time, what time is it. But not to most physicists. Albert Einstein once wrote: People like us who believe in physics know that the ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214593719/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 19:36:22 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214593719/scat/89d96798a39564bd Power lines damaged by Wednesday's tornado litter the streets in Cleburne, Texas on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Ten tornadoes touched down in several small communities in Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless. Emergency responders were still searching for missing people Thursday ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214593357/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:59 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214593357/scat/89d96798a39564bd GLOUCESTER (CBS)- The City of Gloucester says preserving New England's fishing industry is in the nation's best interest, but they'll need federal dollars to save it. The Department of Commerce declared the Northeast groundfisheries an economic disaster last fall, paving the way for financial relief. Mayor Carolyn Kirk spearheaded the creation of a plan outlining the best use of ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214592821/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 19:25:45 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214592821/scat/89d96798a39564bd ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes has shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air in an ongoing eruption that has drawn attention from a nearby community but isn't expected to threaten air ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214593282/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 19:18:21 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214593282/scat/89d96798a39564bd Amazing auroras light up the skies over Michigan in a stunning new time-lapse video. Shawn Malone collected hours of footage to create the nearly seven-minute video, which represents a year of travel and shooting in northern Michigan. Malone followed ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214593721/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 19:17:54 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214593721/scat/89d96798a39564bd not over! Early on May 16, 2013, astrophotographer Chris Schur from central Arizona was able to see two comets at once, Comet PANSTARRS AND Comet Lemmon. ';We set up on our 14 foot tall balcony observing pad and was able to get the very low Comet Lemmon as it rose in the eastern sky,'; Chris told Universe Today via email. ';While PANSTARRS was up high by 2:30am, we had to wait ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214593722/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 19:13:59 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214593722/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA's lunar monitoring program has detected hundreds of meteoroid impacts. The brightest, detected on March 17 in Mare Imbrium, is marked by the red square. Credit: ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214593714/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 19:04:36 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214593714/scat/89d96798a39564bd The Toronto Maple Leafs have tortured their fans many times over the years -- but never quite this way.In what had to be a Maple Leafs first, the star-crossed squad dashed the hopes of an astronaut just as he returned to Earth.Chris Hadfield told The Canadian Press in an interview that when he landed back on the planet Monday he asked his wife two ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214592579/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:38 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214592579/scat/89d96798a39564bd in our atmosphere that scientists believe we can't recover from. What is the world's response? What are we all going to do now? We are one world, and we are all being "ruled' by an unhealthy, out-of-balance paradigm of life. Patriarchy upholds values that no longer serve life: individualism rather than self-aware individuation, domination rather than partnership, masculine ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214592580/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 18:27:01 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214592580/scat/89d96798a39564bd International Space Station (ISS), including U.S. astronaut Chris Cassidy (pictured), completed a 5.5-hour spacewalk on May 11 to repair a leaky coolant ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214592562/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 18:10:49 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214592562/scat/89d96798a39564bd A combined view of the coronal mass ejection, or CME, that occurred on May 17. The center yellow image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows the sun as seen in UV light. The SDO image is superimposed on top of an image from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory showing the CME propagating into space. Credit: NASA/SDO/Goddard, ESA&NASA ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214592582/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 17:55:55 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214592582/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON -; Political scandals cause collateral damage and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will snag some really big game - President Barack Obama's health care ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590596/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 17:20:00 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590596/scat/89d96798a39564bd Powerball ticket and a shared daydream. The office lottery pool is a way to improve your odds and have a little fun with co-workers. And besides, who wants to be the only person at work the next day when everyone quits? With $600 million on the line, this is the time to play. It's the ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590378/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 17:04:29 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590378/scat/89d96798a39564bd The moon has a new hole on its surface thanks to a boulder that slammed into it in March, creating the biggest explosion scientists have seen on the moon since they started monitoring it. The meteorite crashed on March 17, slamming into the lunar surface at a mind-boggling 56,000 mph and creating a new crater 65 feet wide. The crash sparked a bright flash of light that would have been visible to ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214591461/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 16:54:22 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214591461/scat/89d96798a39564bd A Russian Progress M-19M resupply spacecraft attached to the International Space Station was used to adjust the station's orbit Friday, Russian officials say. The space freighter's engines were run for slightly more than 15 minutes to raise the ISS's orbit by about 1.6 miles, a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The station's orbit is now 259 miles above ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590531/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:36 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590531/scat/89d96798a39564bd The U.S. space agency, NASA, has just spotted the biggest explosion on the Moon in the eight years since the agency has been monitoring lunar impacts caused by meteoroids. "On March 17, 2013, an object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium," said Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214589406/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:22 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214589406/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); SNC's Dream Chaser test flight craft is hauled across the bed of Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on May 15, ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590156/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 16:08:23 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590156/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of the X1.2 class solar flare on May 14, 2013. The image shows light with a wavelength of 304 ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590157/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 16:08:22 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590157/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/ Louis Lanzano - Hofstra University students gather near the house where another student and an armed intruder were killed during an overnight house break-in next to the campus, Friday, ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214589089/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:10 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214589089/scat/89d96798a39564bd Two months ago, NASA observed the largest explosion on the Moon that they’ve ever seen. And today, they’re talking about it and have released a cool video that shows the event as it took place. The explosion was caused by a meteorite, 0.3 to 0.4 meters wide, weighing in at about 40 kilograms. When it hit the moon, it was travelling at 56,000 miles per hour. According to NASA, it ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590151/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 15:42:24 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590151/scat/89d96798a39564bd Star Trek: Into Darkness yet? If so, did you see the NASA-themed trailer, too? A crowd-funded 30-second video called ';We Are the Explorers'; is debuting at theaters this week, shown before the new Trek film begins. It highlights America’s future in space and is narrated by actor Peter Cullen, the voice of head Transformer Optimus ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590159/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 15:42:18 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214590159/scat/89d96798a39564bd Electric cars may still play second fiddle to gas-guzzlers here on Earth, but they've dominated the Martian driving scene for more than a decade. NASA's tiny Sojourner rover hit the red dirt in 1997, followed by the golf-cart-size twins Spirit and Opportunity in 2004. And last August, the ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214588871/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 14:56:37 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214588871/scat/89d96798a39564bd The Mobile Science Lab flashes some complex moves to get rock samples from drill bit to baking chamber for chemical analysis (CHIMRA ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214588872/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 14:56:36 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214588872/scat/89d96798a39564bd Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, Expedition 34 flight engineer, floats freely in December 2012 in the Unity node of the International Space ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214588873/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 14:52:42 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214588873/scat/89d96798a39564bd improperly scrutinized certain conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. As an inspector general report on the practice found, groups with phrases like "tea party," "patriots" and "9/12 project" were targeted for ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587737/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 14:40:30 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587737/scat/89d96798a39564bd ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) -- Life on the run for the Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker ended when he asked for a cup of coffee. An employee at ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587738/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 14:40:29 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587738/scat/89d96798a39564bd Operation Chastise , more popularly known as the "dambusters" mission. Vintage airplanes, including a Lancaster bomber, recreated a daring run Thursday that combined courageous flying with ingenious military ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587739/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 14:40:28 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587739/scat/89d96798a39564bd Electric vehicles aren't just popular on the ground - it turns out they're all the rage in space these days, too. While still not as common as traditional chemical spacecraft engines, electric engines are growing in popularity for both Earth-orbiting satellites and scientific spacecraft on missions to deep space. And electric engines could turn out to be a key element in NASA's ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214588875/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 14:34:20 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214588875/scat/89d96798a39564bd Artist concept of OSIRIS-REx. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is to launch in 2016, reach asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36 in 2019, examine it up close during a 505-day rendezvous, then return at least 60 grams of it to Earth in 2023. (Credit: ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214586635/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:28 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214586635/scat/89d96798a39564bd The new "Star Trek" film warped into on Thursday (May 16) and space enthusiasts may find something familiar in the opening scenes of the fictional universe: a made-up planet named Nibiru. In ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587468/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 13:43:10 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587468/scat/89d96798a39564bd HOUSTON - Charles Bolden, NASA's chief and a self-described dreamer, says there is a line between dreams and reality when it comes to what the space agency can do, especially in light of current budget constraints. "I am the eternal optimist, but I am also a realist," the NASA administrator told reporters during a visit to the Johnson Space Center here on Thursday (May 16). ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587469/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 13:43:09 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587469/scat/89d96798a39564bd On November 17, 1970 the Soviet Luna 17 spacecraft landed the first roving remote-controlled robot on the Moon. Known as Lunokhod 1, it weighed just under 2,000 pounds and was designed to operate for 90 days while guided by a 5-person team on planet Earth at the Deep Space Center near Moscow, USSR. Lunokhod 1 actually toured the lunar Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) for 11 months in one of the ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587470/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 13:43:08 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587470/scat/89d96798a39564bd William Borucki, principal investigator for NASA's Kepler mission , to get his thoughts on the current status of the spacecraft, its science, and what the future may hold for planet ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587445/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 13:16:35 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587445/scat/89d96798a39564bd This space wallpaper of the nebula NGC 3603 shows globules of gas and dust; giant, gaseous pillars; young stars surrounded by debris disks; aging, massive stars; and a blue supergiant star--all various stages in star ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587462/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 13:14:37 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587462/scat/89d96798a39564bd 1 of 4. Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller is sworn-in during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 17, ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587449/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 13:14:05 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587449/scat/89d96798a39564bd Many first time stargazers are surprised when the Trifid or the Orion Nebula fails to exhibit the bright splashy colors seen in Hubble photos. The fault lies not with the Universe, but in our very own eyes. This is because the light sensitive fovea of our eye has two different types of photoreceptor cells; rods and cones. These act like slow and fast speed film (for those of us old enough to ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587473/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:15 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587473/scat/89d96798a39564bd A bright flash on the Moon on March 17, 2013 when a boulder-sized asteroid hit the lunar surface. If you were looking up at the Moon on March 17, 2013 at 03:50:55 UTC, you might have seen one of the brightest "lunar flashes" ever witnessed. And it would have been visible with just the naked ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587472/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 13:10:15 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587472/scat/89d96798a39564bd Powerball lottery tickets sales hit uncharted territory Friday as the jackpot soared slightly above $600 million, setting a new record. The astronomical odds for the prize, one in 175,000,000, are not scaring away buyers, who are flocking to stores across Massachusetts. Just before noon Friday, state lottery spokeswoman Beth Bresnahan said she was "mesmerized" as proceeds from ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587010/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 13:07:47 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587010/scat/89d96798a39564bd Lockheed Martin has been tapped for two more weather monitoring satellites. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded two contract options worth about $315 million to Lockheed Martin Corp., Space News reports. The Bethesda-based company will build two more storm-watching geostationary weather satellites. Lockheed is currently building four satellites for the ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587228/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 12:53:44 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214587228/scat/89d96798a39564bd The moon has a new hole on its surface thanks to a boulder that slammed into it in March, creating the biggest explosion scientists have seen on the moon since they started monitoring it. The meteorite crashed on March 17, slamming into the lunar surface at a mind-boggling 56,000 mph (90,000 kph) and creating a new crater 65 feet wide (20 meters). The crash sparked a bright flash of light that ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214585926/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 12:22:26 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214585926/scat/89d96798a39564bd The similarities: line-by-line edits of what to tell the public, says Bob Woodward, the media's authority on all things Watergate. Regarding the White House Benghazi edits, they show pressure 'in the system not to tell the truth' about what happened, he said ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214585915/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 12:03:33 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214585915/scat/89d96798a39564bd Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that there have been over 5,100 donations from all 50 states and several foreign countries. Berry, Knight and DeJesus were allegedly held captive for roughly a decade inside the home of suspect Ariel Castro. Lawyers for Castro have said their ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584548/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 12:03:32 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584548/scat/89d96798a39564bd a boy to manhood near Port St. John's, South Africa. South African police say 23 youths have died over a period of nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests. (AP Photo/Obed ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584549/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 12:03:31 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584549/scat/89d96798a39564bd Naval Special Warfare Group Two in Virginia Beach, Va., said Friday morning that the accident happened Wednesday night. The six sailors assigned to the group were riding in a Humvee when the accident happened, though Lloyd says exactly what happened remained under investigation. Lloyd says the exercise was part ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584550/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 12:03:30 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584550/scat/89d96798a39564bd Nasa's OSIRIS-REx will visit a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu and return with samples that may hold clues to the origins of the solar system - and perhaps life itself. It will also investigate the asteroid's chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. The mission passed the agency-level confirmation review on Wednesday, giving the team the authority to proceed with development and launch ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584920/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:45 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584920/scat/89d96798a39564bd Screaming winds of infernal violence alternate with periods of dead calm as one nears the surface of Uranus, according to a new analysis of the gas giant. The turbulent weather patterns on gaseous planets has long been known -- think of the giant storm raging on Jupiter that makes up its famous eye. But little had been known about life on the surface of distant Uranus. A new analysis of data ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214585928/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:34 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214585928/scat/89d96798a39564bd Daniel, 58, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom where federal prosecutors are asking for 27 years in prison for crimes they deem cruel, despicable and heinous. Daniel's lawyer is seeking a nearly six-year prison ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214583258/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 11:02:28 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214583258/scat/89d96798a39564bd In a story May 16 about tornadoes that swept through North Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the executive director for Trinity Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth. He is Gage Yager, not ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214583793/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 10:52:01 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214583793/scat/89d96798a39564bd Outgoing IRS Commissioner Steven Miller apologized Friday on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service for unfairly targeting conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, but said "partisanship" was not the reason for the agency's practices. "First and foremost, as acting commissioner, I want to apologize on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service," Miller said before ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214583006/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 10:44:49 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214583006/scat/89d96798a39564bd Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' Is Now the 'Where's Waldo' of Hollywood Smut Burglaries at the festival and on the French Riviera itself do not lack historical context. Let us not forget, ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584229/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 10:44:47 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584229/scat/89d96798a39564bd Syrian army . The video could not be independently verified. Hacking attacks on verified Twitter accounts of media organizations have triggered urgent calls for the micro-blogging website to increase account security, particularly for news outlets. "Various FT blogs and social media accounts have been compromised by hackers and we are working to resolve the issue as quickly as ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214583008/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 10:44:46 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214583008/scat/89d96798a39564bd In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, the X-38, a research vehicle built to help develop technology for an emergency Crew Return Vehicle from the International Space Station, is seen just before touchdown on a lakebed near the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards California, at the end of a March 2000 test flight. The X-38 Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) research project is designed ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584243/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 10:38:22 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584243/scat/89d96798a39564bd The interstellar voyages of the Starship Enterprise have captured imaginations around the world for decades. Astronauts, movie makers, scientists, engineers and others from all walks of life cite "Star Trek's" science and technology as an influence on their lives and worldview. But why? What makes "Star Trek" the enduring and thrilling science fiction epic it is today? ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584249/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 10:33:40 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584249/scat/89d96798a39564bd The interstellar voyages of the Starship Enterprise have captured imaginations around the world for decades. Astronauts, movie makers, scientists, engineers and others from all walks of life cite "Star Trek's" science and technology as an influence on their lives and worldview. But why? What makes "Star Trek" the enduring and thrilling science fiction epic it is today? ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584250/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 10:33:35 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584250/scat/89d96798a39564bd It was billed as the U.S. S. Enterprise’s first ';real'; flight in space, but the spaceship didn’t get quite that ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584251/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 10:33:20 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584251/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA's Cassini spacecraft . Methone is utterly unlike the other small balls of ice and rock that dot the solar system, which are deeply scarred by impacts. Instead it is smooth, with not a hill or pockmark in sight. Now astronomers may have a clue as to why: Methone is made of lightweight ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584244/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 10:23:46 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214584244/scat/89d96798a39564bd A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise.The new research found glaciers outside the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, repositories of one percent of all land ice, lost an average of 571 trillion pounds (259 trillion kilograms) of mass every ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214582725/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 09:44:51 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214582725/scat/89d96798a39564bd New York, NY (May 16th 2013)- Miss Universe Ghana has revealed the esteemed panel of celebrity judges, hosts as well as the talent that will perform during the 2013 Miss Universe Ghana pageant taking place at the La Palm Royal Beach hotel in Accra on Saturday, May 25th 2013. The event will start at 7pm and admission is free. This year’s panel of judges is comprised of experts in each of ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214581889/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 09:15:57 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214581889/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); The asteroid 1998 QE2, which is about 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) long, will come within 3.6 million miles (5.8 million km) of Earth on May 31, ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214581322/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 08:31:34 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214581322/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); A new movie set for release in June shows Earth 1,000 years into the future. Will and Jaden Smith star in a movie directed by M. Night ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214581321/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 08:31:33 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214581321/scat/89d96798a39564bd Everyone makes mistakes - even Einstein. The truth is, many of the world's greatest scientists made significant blunders along the path toward genius, which should be comforting news for the rest of us. To illustrate this reality, astrophysicist Mario Livio of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., highlights five of ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214581319/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 08:09:45 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214581319/scat/89d96798a39564bd immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. The law marked a bold step by a state into an area that had long been the domain of the federal government, and it paved the way for Arizona's landmark ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214579329/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 07:07:38 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214579329/scat/89d96798a39564bd Washington, May 17 : NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214579116/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 06:10:58 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214579116/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A trailer blown into a home on Lindsay Lane in Cleburne rests on a car after a tornado touch down in Cleburne, Texas May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Richard ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214578406/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 05:57:37 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214578406/scat/89d96798a39564bd Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, left, served as a crew support astronaut for Chris Hadfield's recent mission and hopes to follow him into space one day. ... http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214578700/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fri, 17 May 2013 05:56:31 -0400 http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/sid/214578700/scat/89d96798a39564bd