Feeds
Fans of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" book series have been waiting impatiently to see her second novel, "New Moon," brought to the big screen. Now Bella Swan's patient friend Jacob gets his chance to see if he can oust Edward Cullen from her affections, and judging from the shirt selection at Hot Topic, he has more than a few fans in his pack. Complete Story...
A chalky complexion and a predilection for blood are no obstacles to movie idolhood. Proof came when Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira escorted Robert Pattinson onto Rockefeller Plaza Thursday morning, on the eve of the nationwide premiere of the second “Twilight” vampire romance saga, “New Moon.”
Where would Hollywood be without that old standby, the vampire-werewolf-schoolgirl love triangle?
Suddenly, the moon looks exciting again. It has lots of water, scientists said Friday — a thrilling discovery that sent a ripple of hope for a future astronaut outpost in a place that has always seemed barren and inhospitable.
Two of three parachutes malfunctioned in the test flight of a prototype moon rocket earlier this week, causing major damage to the booster, NASA said Friday.
Just six weeks before a key meeting on climate change, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he's hopeful the U.S. Senate will pass a significant bill to limit carbon emissions.
NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight, but minor problems are causing last-minute delays.
Scientists said NASA's moon-smashing mission produced enough data on Friday to address questions about lunar water ice — but the crash didn't come close to meeting public expectations as a cosmic fireworks show.
NASA's moon probe has separated into two pieces as planned, a major milestone toward a Friday morning double-barreled crash into the lunar surface.
NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact showed little more than a fuzzy white flash.
Reliable studies comparing the lunar phases to births, heart attacks, deaths, suicides, violence, psychiatric hospital admissions and epileptic seizures, among other things, have over and over again found little or no connection.
The moon isn't the dry dull place it seems. Traces of water lurk in the dirt unseen.
Astronomers have found the coldest spot in our solar system and it may be a little close for comfort. It's on our moon, right nearby. NASA's new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is making the first complete temperature map of the moon. It found that at the moon's south pole, it's colder than far away Pluto. The area is inside craters that are permanently shadowed so they never see sun.
NASA's weakened return-to-the-moon program got a lift Tuesday on Capitol Hill.
One of the options for future space exploration has been criticized as a "look but don't touch" strategy, but the flexible-path option may turn out to be NASA's best bet. Commentary by NBC News' James Oberg.
NASA will test the powerful first stage of its new Ares moon rocket Thursday, a milestone in a program that has already spent $7 billion for a rocket that astronauts may never use.
How far is President Barack Obama willing to go for a deal on overhauling the health care system?
- My first face-to-face meeting with the Soviet "moonsuit," built for a cosmonaut to wear while walking on the moon before Neil Armstrong, was in a dingy warehouse in an even dingier Upper East Side corner of Manhattan.
Forty years after the Apollo 11 astronauts made their historic lunar landing, the rocks they collected are still helping researchers learn more about the moon, the solar system, even about how life on Earth began.
Google Inc. is offering a more wide-ranging view of the Moon, 40 years after humans first landed there.
- As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first human footprint on the moon, retellings of the Apollo 11 story often note that Neil Armstrong flubbed the word “a” in his famous line, “That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Restricted free-agent forward Jamario Moon is joining the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Former Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin says NASA should set its sights on a bigger target in the future: Mars.
When Neil Armstrong first spoke from the moon, he said one thing and people on Earth heard another. What the world heard was grammatically flubbed: "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong insists he said: "That's one small step for 'a' man." It's just that people just didn't hear it.
ISS transits the Moon!That's the International Space Station crossing the face of the Moon, what astronomers call a transit (like an eclipse, but when something small goes in front of something big).
Moon-Bombing a Success, Confirms Lunar Water DepositsNASA today confirmed that they found what they were looking for, in the plume of dust thrown up by the lunar explosion: Definitive proof of moon water.
Splash! NASA moon crash struck lots of waterSuddenly, the moon looks exciting again.
"NASA's LCROSS probe discovered beds of water ice at the lunar south pole when it impacted the moon last month, mission scientists announced Friday. " according to an MSNBC article..
NASA finds water on moonNASA says it has found a significant amount of frozen water on the moon.
Lcross Mission Finds Significant Amounts of Water on the MoonThere is water on the Moon, scientists stated unequivocally on Friday, and considerable amounts of it.
NASA reports "significant" amount of water on moon!Nasa has reported a significant amount of water found on the moon Friday.
Family Feud: How Much Is Moon Church Conflict Driving Wash Times Turmoil?The Sunday firings of executives at the Washington Times and the possible exit of its top editor are apparently being driven more than previously known by last month's transfer of power of the Unification Church and associated business empire from Rev.
Dark Red Spot Found on Kuiper Belt Object HaumaeUnlike all other large Kuiper Belt Objects, which are covered in methane ice and so slightly red in colour, Haumea and its two moons are covered in water ice, giving them a blue tinge. Moreover, Haumea is much denser than water and so must have a rich rocky core.
There are a lot of issues facing America. A bad economy, two wars and a lowered image in the civilized world thanks to the last administration.
Afghanistan Presidential Runoff Election CanceledAfghanistan's election commission has canceled Saturday's presidential runoff and proclaimed President Hamid Karzai victor of the war-ravaged nation's tumultuous ballot.
Laser microscope aims to uncover alien life MICROSCOPES revolutionised the study of life on Earth. Now a rugged, easy-to-use instrument is aiming to be equally influential in the search for alien life in locations such as the oceans beneath the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.
Nuke the Moon: 5 Certifiably Insane Cold War ProjectsThe upcoming movie The Men Who Stare at Goats tells the story of a military operation that attempted to create Jedi warriors who could teleport through walls and kill goats by staring at them. It all sounds pretty far-fetched ...
Controversial Moon Origin Theory Rewrites History : Discovery NewsIf a new twist on a decades-old theory is right, conditions in the early solar system suggest the moon formed inside Mercury's orbit and migrated out until it was roped into orbit around Earth.
Simple question, easy to answer. Personally I have absolutely zero doubt that we sent men to the Moon and brought them back safely. None.
Asteroid discovered just Thursday flew inside moon's orbit last night!!!Realistically, it will be a near-miss in astronomical terms. The small asteroid, named 2009 TM8, will pass just inside the orbit of the moon, at get within 216,000 miles of Earth while traveling at 18,000 MPH.
An Asteroid Could Have Killed Us TonightRejoice, because you are alive: An asteroid named 2009 TM8 just passed only 216,000 miles from Earth, racing at 18,163mph. That's closer than the moon.
The immediate future is orange: Stunning pictures that herald the arrival oSome times, its just healthy to sit back for a few quiet moments and enjoy beautiful photos of nature from around the world and be thankful that we are able to see such beauty as beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Hubble Observes LCROSS Impact EventNASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made a series of observations immediately preceding and following the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Centaur rocket stage and shepherding spacecraft impacts at the lunar south pole, on October 9 at 7:31 and 7:35 a.m. EDT.
Train drags half-naked mooner along tracksBERLIN - A German man mooning railway staff in a departing train got his trousers caught in a carriage door and ended up being dragged half naked along the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks.
I feel that the biggest failure of humanity in general over the past few decades, has been the lack of progress in advancing into the final, and probably most important, frontier, space.
NASA LCROSS Moon Crash: Check your Lunar Land LeaseDo you own land near the Moon's south pole?? You may have solid grounds for a lawsuit against NASA for damage to your private property, yes siree!! Check your papers, whether you own or merely lease the land, as your right to recover damages depends on it. Know your rights!
NASA crashes satellites on Moon; Moon files lawsuitEXCERPT: The Moon, our quiet unassuming little Earth satellite, filed a lawsuit today for damages as a result of what the Moon's lawyer termed "a shabby lack of consideration by NASA for my client's health and safety."
Search for water just lunar-cy?BOFFINS at NASA sent two missiles slamming into the moon in a bid to search for water, live on TV. The experiment could yield fascinating results in the search for extraterrestrial life and the possibility of establishing a base on the moon.
First thermal pictures of dark side of the moonThe world's first thermal images of the dark side of the moon have been unveiled.
Log In | Register
