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MIT Researchers Develop ZeroN

From Science May 14

MIT Researchers Develop ZeroN: Magnetic Levitating Device That Defies Gravity, Imitates Movements In Space [PHOTOS & VIDEO]

Ever wondered what if materials could levitate in mid-air? What would be the experience of seeing simulations of planetary movements right in front of your eyes? Here's a new invention, which is all about solving these queries.

Forget Supermoon! View Transit of Venus Rarest Planetary Movement (Until the Year 2117)

From Society May 14

Forget Supermoon! View Transit of Venus Rarest Planetary Movement (Until the Year 2117) [SPECTACULAR PICTURES]

The last time this rare phenomenon occurred was on 8 June, 2014 when millions of people across the globe watched the spectacular event.

Spectacular 3-D Cosmic Image of Earth by Russian Electro-L Released

From Society May 12

Spectacular 3-D Cosmic Image of Earth by Russian Electro-L Released [PHOTOS]

Russian Earth Observation Centre NTs OMZ releases ultra-high resolution of earth.

SpaceX Space Tourism

From Science May 11

SpaceX Offers Space Travel For International Tourists, Pending Safe Dragon Launch

Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, has announced a plan to offer space travel opportunities to civilians, in partnership with Bigelow Aerospace.

Carrier rocket Long March 4-B, carrying Remote Sensing Satellite No. 14, blasts off at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, May 10, 2012. The Long March 4-B was launched at 3:06 p.m. and it also sent Tiantuo-1 Satellite i

From Politics & Policy May 10

New Chinese Spy Satellite Launched

China, in just barely less than a week, has sent again into orbit another remote-sensing satellite. Although this time, it has yet to confirm that this particular one launched was a spy satellite.

Message Infographic

From Science May 10

Talking To Space: Is Anybody Out There? [INFOGRAPHIC]

If there's intelligent life within 100 light years of our planet, it's likely they've already gotten an earful (or antennae-ful, or whatever analogous organ-ful) of our radio and TV shows, which have been leaking into space since we first started broadcasting them. Scientists have also sent messages, images and even phonograph records into space in order to show E.T.

First Light Instrument MIRI for JWST Ready to be shipped to NASA

From Society May 10

First Light Instrument MIRI Ready to Be Shipped to Nasa

MIRI Optical System is an instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope.

From Forex May 07

As the UK Observes May Day, GBP/USD Pulls Back

5/7 - The UK is observing May Day, a bank holiday. The price action seen in the GBP/USD is a pullback against last week's decline that went from 1.63 down to 1.6120 (near 38.2% retracement of the Apr 14-30 upswing from 1.5826 to 1.6305. Note that during the dip, the 1H RSI reading has been held under 60 while tagging 30. This is a sign of persistent bearish momentum.

Richard Branson

From Society May 07

Orbital Horizon Accuses Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic of ‘Misleading Public’

South African space tourism company, Orbital Horizon has charged Virgin Galactic of misleading the public by stating that it was the first agent in the country to offer outer space flights.

Boeing Completes Parachute Drop Test for Crew Space Transportation Spacecraft

From Society May 07

Boeing Completes Parachute Drop Test for Crew Space Transportation Spacecraft

Boeing Co. has announced its successful completion of the second parachute drop test of the company's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft at the Delamar Dry Lake Bed, Nevada.