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Earth-like planets closer than thought?

Feb 7, 2013

An artist`s conception of the new planet and its red dwarf star. (NASA/UPI) Six percent of red dwarf stars, the most common stars in our galaxy, have habitable planets, meaning an Earth-like planet ...
Study: Baby boomers not in health reality

Feb 5, 2013

This image is not directly related to the article. (123rf) Unless baby boomers take immediate action they may spend their last years in sickness, disability and immobility, Canadian researchers warn...
Asteroid to make close fly-by of Earth

Feb 5, 2013

An asteroid. (UPI) A small asteroid approaching Earth will pass by so near it will come closer than the orbits of many weather and communications satellites, NASA says. Although the near-Earth aste...
Internet wonders which monkey Iran sent into space

Feb 3, 2013

Iran's announcement that it had successfully sent a monkey into space stirred questions on the Internet on Saturday, with people pointing to differences between official images of the primate before ...
Satellite in orbit, working normally

Jan 31, 2013

Korea’s newest scientific satellite made initial communication with a ground station in Daejeon early Thursday, finally confirming the success of the nation’s first successful launch of a space rocke...
No comparison between space programs of two Koreas: U.S. gov't

Jan 31, 2013

The U.S. government made clear Thursday that it makes no sense to compare the rocket launches of the two Koreas. "You know our view that there is no basis for comparing the behavior of the ROK in sp...
S. Korea's new satellite makes contact with ground station

Jan 31, 2013

South Korea's new science satellite successfully made contact with a ground station here Thursday, marking a complete success in the country's launch of its first-ever space rocket on the previous da...
Korea makes contact with newly launched satellite

Jan 30, 2013

Korea celebrates space rocket success
What’s next after Naro?

Jan 30, 2013

Korea plans to develop a three-stage indigenous space rocket, the KSLV-2, by 2020. Before that, it aims to develop a 75-ton thrust engine by 2018. Kim Seung-jo, president of the Korea Aerospace Rese...
Korea takes crucial step toward space era

Jan 30, 2013

Nation hopes to have self-developed thrust engine by 2018
U.S. looks to futuristic guns for safety

Jan 30, 2013

In this Jan. 6, 2004, file photo, then-New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey (right) points to the handle of a “smart gun” with grip recognition technology, held by the gun’s inventor Michael Recce, ass...
Chronology of major events leading to Seoul's 3rd space rocket launch

Jan 30, 2013

The following is a chronology of major events related to South Korea's development of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, which is set to blast off from the country's Naro Space Center later Wednesday....
Airborne bacteria may impact climate

Jan 30, 2013

This photo is not directly related to the article. (123rf) U.S. scientists say bacteria and fungi found floating a surprising 30,000 feet above the Earth‘s surface have the potential to affect the g...
S. Korea's space rocket lifts off from Naro Space Center

Jan 30, 2013

Naro space rocket blasts off on Wednesday. (Yonhap News) South Korea's space rocket blasted off Wednesday from the Naro Space Center on the country's southern coast. The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-...
Final preparations under way for launch of Naro space rocket

Jan 28, 2013

Korea’s space launch vehicle Naro-1 stands on the launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, Monday. ( Korea Aerospace Research Institute) The Korea Space Launch Vehicle,...