While Buzz Aldrin enjoys movies about space, he doesn’t always think the filmmakers get it right.
Aldrin: Movie noisier than space really is
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NASA Telescope Sees Crystal Rain on an Infant Star
Astronomy may be hard science, but there’s always been a whiff of Disney about it too. What else beyond enchantment could explain the ice volcanoes on Neptune’s moon Triton, the helium rain in the atmosphere of Jupiter, the beads of colored glass scattered across the surface of the moon
Late goal keeps Manchester United 100 per cent
Antonio Valencia struck a late winner as Manchester United maintained their 100 per cent record in Champions League Group B with a 1-0 victory at CSKA Moscow.
Iran conducts missile exercises
Iran tested a missile-launching system and two types of missiles Sunday, the state-run Press TV said without offering details.
NASA: There is water in lunar soil
There is more water on the moon in more locations than originally thought, a discovery that may bolster NASA’s long-held goal of setting up an outpost there, a researcher said Thursday.
Federer seals Swiss win in Davis Cup playoff
Roger Federer clinched Switzerland’s return to the Davis Cup World Group with a comfortable 6-3 6-0 6-4 victory over Italy’s Potito Starace in Genoa. The world No
Scientists study ‘garbage patch’ in Pacific Ocean
It is a problem of massive plastic proportions — a giant floating debris field, composed mostly of bits and pieces of plastic, in the northwest Pacific Ocean, about a thousands miles off the coast of California. It’s called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and it covers a vast area of hundreds, maybe even thousands, of miles of open ocean
Air France plane crashed intact – report
The Air France plane that crashed last month with 228 people aboard "did not break up or become destroyed in flight," the French air investigation agency announced Thursday. “The plane went straight down ..
Murray taken to four sets before progressing
Third seed Andy Murray is through to the second round of the Wimbledon men’s singles, but he dropped a set to American Robert Kendrick before eventually progressing 7-5 6-7 6-3 6-4.
U.S. Shoots for the Moon, This Time to Stay
Say this for the U.S. space program: we may have spent the last 40 years mostly ignoring the moon, but when we go back, we go back with a bang