Physics and Astronomy

A group of engineers is studying the possibility of having astronauts land on near-Earth objects, better known as asteroids. Rob Landis, who co-wrote a feasibility study, says people have to prepare for living elsewhere.

Marvin Killgore is auctioning off his Fukang meteorite to the highest bidder on Wednesday. Fifty percent nickel iron and 50 percent peridot, the rock weighed more than a ton before it was cut in half.

NASA is trying to downplay fears that the recent bone-rattling landing of a Russian capsule could mean it is less reliable than thought. Once NASA retires the space shuttle in 2010, the Russian Soyuz will be the only means of getting astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

We make a lot of noise here on Earth with our TV and radio broadcasts, and some of that sound escapes into space. But how far will our signals travel? Can Lucille Ball's laugh be heard across the universe?

Scientists in Geneva are readying the largest particle accelerator ever built. But BPP regular David Morgan says at least two men are suing to stop the accelerator because they fear it will swallow all of planet Earth.

Managers of the International Space Station on Wednesday cleared Europe?s new Jules Verne cargo ship for its first docking with the orbiting research outpost.

Hardest hit would be the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., which could lose 6,400 of its 8,000 contract workers by 2011.

Mr. Low flew three space shuttle missions and later became an executive in the space industry.

The space shuttle Endeavour?s mission was the longest flight to the International Space Station since construction of the station began.

Observations of a star 470 light years away see, for the first time in high resolution, what may be a planet forming.