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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1630 science Space/Astronomy en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:46:09 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1630 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091120/sc_space/nasabirthofastronautsdaughterdelayed space/20091120/nasabirthofastronautsdaughterdelayed SPACE.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:46:09 GMT SPACE.com - NASA has joined astronaut Randy Bresnik, who is in orbit now, in the waiting game for the birth his daughter, just one day before the spaceflyer is poised to make his first spacewalk. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle ap/20091120/us_space_shuttle AP science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:39:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.546fabc560b747f095f825b90f83c2bb.space_shuttle_ny125.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=FhW4kWem0iKmXGQQ0FBK4g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="In this Nov. 18, 2009 photo released by NASA, the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay are seen as Atlantis and the station approach each other during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three. A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work Thursday outside the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word Friday on the birth of a crewman's daughter as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.546fabc560b747f095f825b90f83c2bb.space_shuttle_ny125.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=FhW4kWem0iKmXGQQ0FBK4g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Nov. 18, 2009 photo released by NASA, the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay are seen as Atlantis and the station approach each other during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three. A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work Thursday outside the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/sc_afp/usspaceshuttle afp/20091120/usspaceshuttle AFP science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:54:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/sc_afp/usspaceshuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258757589553-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=n.QYW87ht7jNtjgnmojbSw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="In this November 16, 2009 file photo NASA mission specialist Randy Bresnik (C) joins colleagues Mike Foreman (L) and Leland Melvin as the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis walk out to the astrovan at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bresnik entered an unusual space countdown on Friday as he waited onboard the International Space Station for the birth of his daughter back on Earth.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)" border="0" /></a>AFP - NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik entered an unusual space countdown on Friday as he waited onboard the International Space Station for the birth of his daughter back on Earth.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/sc_afp/usspaceshuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258757589553-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=n.QYW87ht7jNtjgnmojbSw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="In this November 16, 2009 file photo NASA mission specialist Randy Bresnik (C) joins colleagues Mike Foreman (L) and Leland Melvin as the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis walk out to the astrovan at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bresnik entered an unusual space countdown on Friday as he waited onboard the International Space Station for the birth of his daughter back on Earth.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091120/sc_space/astronautsunfazedbyfalsealarmsinspace space/20091120/astronautsunfazedbyfalsealarmsinspace SPACE.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:45:48 GMT SPACE.com - Astronauts on the linked shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station said Friday that they're not worried about recent false alarms that disrupted their sleep with erroneous reports of calamity. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091120/sc_space/keypartsreturnedfromhubbletelescopenowondisplayatsmithsonian space/20091120/keypartsreturnedfromhubbletelescopenowondisplayatsmithsonian SPACE.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:16:28 GMT SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - The camera that&nbsp;captured many of the Hubble Space Telescope's most famous images and&nbsp;the "contact lenses" that focused the observatory's flawed&nbsp;mirror&nbsp;debuted Wednesday at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in&nbsp;Washington, D.C. along with the first phase of a new interactive gallery devoted to humans living and working in space. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_sc/ask_ap ap/20091120/ask_ap AP science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:46:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_sc/ask_ap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.ac5b46bad92e4f8f807478ec9a8c70a8.ask_ap_ask101.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=vAhsugLTsGN3LjspzYzFYQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 picture, the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The complexity of the reusable spacecraft inspired one of the questions in this edition of 'Ask AP,' a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0" /></a>AP - A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_sc/ask_ap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.ac5b46bad92e4f8f807478ec9a8c70a8.ask_ap_ask101.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=vAhsugLTsGN3LjspzYzFYQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 picture, the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The complexity of the reusable spacecraft inspired one of the questions in this edition of 'Ask AP,' a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091120/sc_space/stuckmarsroverfinallybudgesalittle space/20091120/stuckmarsroverfinallybudgesalittle SPACE.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:31 GMT SPACE.com - NASA's stuck Mars rover Spirit took a tiny step Thursday, its first progress in months, during the latest attempt to extricate the robot from deep Martian sand. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091120/sc_space/maineengineerwins250000innasaspaceglovecontest space/20091120/maineengineerwins250000innasaspaceglovecontest SPACE.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:30 GMT SPACE.com - An aerospace engineer from Maine, the reigning champion of NASA's Astronaut Glove Challenge, held onto his title Thursday to win first prize in a competition to build a better space glove than those worn by astronauts today. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_space ap/20091120/eu_russia_space AP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:47 GMT AP - Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/sc_nm/us_space_shuttle_baby nm/20091120/us_space_shuttle_baby Reuters science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:36 GMT Reuters - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby girl. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091120/sc_space/astronautstuckinspacefordaughtersbirth space/20091120/astronautstuckinspacefordaughtersbirth SPACE.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091120/sc_space/astronautstuckinspacefordaughtersbirth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091116/i/r3995089993.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=q9Fqyw1KYAqs3mafGwe_Dw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Astronaut Randy Bresnik blows a kiss to the camera as he prepares to board the Space Shuttle Atlantis before launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida November 16, 2009. Atlantis and its crew will perform three spacewalks, deliver two control moment gyroscopes, the EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 and 2 and other equipment to the International Space Station. REUTERS/NASA TV (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0" /></a>SPACE.com - It may be the mother lode of all bad timing: Atlantis shuttle astronaut Randy Bresnik is stuck at the International Space Station, hundreds of miles from his pregnant wife Rebecca, who is expected to give birth to a baby girl as early as today.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091120/sc_space/astronautstuckinspacefordaughtersbirth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091116/i/r3995089993.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=q9Fqyw1KYAqs3mafGwe_Dw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Astronaut Randy Bresnik blows a kiss to the camera as he prepares to board the Space Shuttle Atlantis before launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida November 16, 2009. Atlantis and its crew will perform three spacewalks, deliver two control moment gyroscopes, the EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 and 2 and other equipment to the International Space Station. REUTERS/NASA TV (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (SPACE.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091120/sc_space/teamscompetetobuildabetterastronautglove space/20091120/teamscompetetobuildabetterastronautglove SPACE.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:16:27 GMT SPACE.com - NASA offered a total of $400,000 to inventors who can make stronger and more dexterous spacesuit gloves Thursday in the second Astronaut Glove Challenge. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091119/sc_space/astronautsbreezethroughmissionsfirstspacewalk space/20091119/astronautsbreezethroughmissionsfirstspacewalk SPACE.com science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:30:54 GMT SPACE.com - Two astronauts breezed through the first spacewalk of their mission Thursday as they upgraded the International Space Station with a spare antenna and other gear. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091119/sc_space/newexperimenttotestsupertefloninspace space/20091119/newexperimenttotestsupertefloninspace SPACE.com science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:44 GMT SPACE.com - Teflon-coated frying pans may scratch easily, but a souped-up version, a nanomaterial 10,000 times more durable than the ordinary non-stick stuff, is headed for the space station to see if it could someday coat the mechanical moving parts of spacecraft. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091119/sc_space/astronautsgearupforfirstspacewalk space/20091119/astronautsgearupforfirstspacewalk SPACE.com science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:31:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091119/sc_space/astronautsgearupforfirstspacewalk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/net/20091106/capt.7a732acaa9d71d9da1f1038691481253.jpeg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=jqA20.Iv3RRA3lJ2EIeQQg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international space station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember during a spacewalk Tuesday March 10, 2009." border="0" /></a>SPACE.com - Two astronauts will step out of the International Space Station today on the first of three spacewalks to stock the orbiting lab with spare parts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091119/sc_space/astronautsgearupforfirstspacewalk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/net/20091106/capt.7a732acaa9d71d9da1f1038691481253.jpeg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=jqA20.Iv3RRA3lJ2EIeQQg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international space station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember during a spacewalk Tuesday March 10, 2009." border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (SPACE.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091118/sc_space/nasatotrytofreestuckmarsroveragain space/20091118/nasatotrytofreestuckmarsroveragain SPACE.com science Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:44 GMT SPACE.com - NASA engineers are set to take a second go at extricating the stuck rover Spirit from its sandy trap on Mars. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091118/sc_space/cosmictripleplayasteroidflybyfireballoverutahmeteorshower space/20091118/cosmictripleplayasteroidflybyfireballoverutahmeteorshower SPACE.com science Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:16:44 GMT SPACE.com - A fireball over Utah overnight Tuesday was the talk of the state. And an asteroid that could have delivered nearly half the energy of the Hiroshima atom bomb whizzed past Earth earlier this month, NASA reported recently. Meanwhile, a meteor shower dazzled skywatchers around the globe early Tuesday morning. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091118/sc_space/shuttleatlantisarrivesatspacestation space/20091118/shuttleatlantisarrivesatspacestation SPACE.com science Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:45:59 GMT SPACE.com - The space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of six arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday to drop off some massive spare parts for the orbiting laboratory. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091118/sc_space/hubblespiesgalaxysbigbulge space/20091118/hubblespiesgalaxysbigbulge SPACE.com science Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:46:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091118/sc_space/hubblespiesgalaxysbigbulge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.1497d0357ca344bbab213e13154c7a20.hubble_galaxy_bulge_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=50&q=85&sig=rZb6eB07nqlfQav8ckGjhQ--" align="left" height="50" width="130" alt="Still an astrophysical mystery, the evolution of the bulges in spiral galaxies led astronomers to the edge-on galaxy NGC4710. When starring directly at the center of the galaxy, one can detect a faint, ethereal 'X'-shaped structure. Such a feature, which astronomers call a 'boxy' or 'peanut-shaped' bulge, is due to the vertical motions of the stars in the galaxy's bar and is only evident when the galaxy is seen edge-on. This curiously shaped puff is often observed in spiral galaxies with small bulges and open arms, but is less common in spirals with arms tightly wrapped around a more prominent bulge, such as NGC4710. (AP Photo/NASA/ESA)" border="0" /></a>SPACE.com - A new image of the bulge at the center of a distant spiral galaxy, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, is giving astronomers insight into how these galactic paunches form.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091118/sc_space/hubblespiesgalaxysbigbulge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.1497d0357ca344bbab213e13154c7a20.hubble_galaxy_bulge_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=50&q=85&sig=rZb6eB07nqlfQav8ckGjhQ--" align="left" height="50" width="130" alt="photo" title="Still an astrophysical mystery, the evolution of the bulges in spiral galaxies led astronomers to the edge-on galaxy NGC4710. When starring directly at the center of the galaxy, one can detect a faint, ethereal 'X'-shaped structure. Such a feature, which astronomers call a 'boxy' or 'peanut-shaped' bulge, is due to the vertical motions of the stars in the galaxy's bar and is only evident when the galaxy is seen edge-on. This curiously shaped puff is often observed in spiral galaxies with small bulges and open arms, but is less common in spirals with arms tightly wrapped around a more prominent bulge, such as NGC4710. (AP Photo/NASA/ESA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (SPACE.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaunrestkashmirwildlife afp/20091118/indiaunrestkashmirwildlife AFP world Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:46:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaunrestkashmirwildlife"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258544393281-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=_JR_dmyEEspniLnuQlIUqQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A Himalayan black bear at the Dachigam National Park, some 25kms from Srinagar, in October 2009. Wildlife experts in Indian-controlled Kashmir have fitted black bears with satellite-tracking collars to study their behaviour and help conserve the endangered animals, officials said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Wildlife experts in Indian-controlled Kashmir have fitted black bears with satellite-tracking collars to study their behaviour and help conserve the endangered animals, officials said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/space/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaunrestkashmirwildlife"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258544393281-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=_JR_dmyEEspniLnuQlIUqQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Himalayan black bear at the Dachigam National Park, some 25kms from Srinagar, in October 2009. Wildlife experts in Indian-controlled Kashmir have fitted black bears with satellite-tracking collars to study their behaviour and help conserve the endangered animals, officials said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)