http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/nasa Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-bradley/spacex-dragon-international-space-station_b_1554658.html 2012-05-30T08:59:21Z 2012-05-30T08:59:42Z William Bradley http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-bradley/ For all the <em>Star Wars</em> and<em> Star Trek</em> resonances in this mission, Robert Heinlein's <em>The Man Who Sold the Moon</em> seems a better fictional precursor. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/robert-heinlein">Robert Heinlein</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/international-space-station">International Space Station</a>, <a href="/tag/california">California</a>, <a href="/tag/arnold-schwarzenegger">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a>, <a href="/tag/dragon">Dragon</a>, <a href="/tag/los-angeles-news">Los Angeles News</a>, <a href="/tag/mars">Mars</a>, <a href="/tag/iron-man">Iron Man</a>, <a href="/tag/jet-propulsion">Jet Propulsion</a>, <a href="/tag/jerry-brown">Jerry Brown</a>, <a href="/tag/asteroids">Asteroids</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex">Spacex</a>, <a href="/tag/space-exploration">Space Exploration</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/san-francisco-news">San Francisco News</a>, <a href="/tag/falcon">Falcon</a>, <a href="/tag/star-wars">Star Wars</a>, <a href="/tag/space-shuttle">Space Shuttle</a>, <a href="/tag/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a>, <a href="/tag/gray-davis">Gray Davis</a>, <a href="/tag/star-trek">Star Trek</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/space">Space</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/venus-transit-sun-june-5-opportunity_n_1554566.html 2012-05-29T21:30:33Z 2012-05-30T08:09:59Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By: Clara Moskowitz <br /> Published: 05/29/2012 02:03 PM EDT on SPACE.com<br /> <br /> Scientists are gearing up for the upcoming transit of Venus, an extremely ra... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/skywatchers">Skywatchers</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/venus-transit">Venus Transit</a>, <a href="/tag/planets">Planets</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/astronomy">Astronomy</a>, <a href="/tag/space-exploration">Space Exploration</a>, <a href="/tag/shuttle-atlantis-hubble-telescope">Shuttle-Atlantis-Hubble-Telescope</a>, <a href="/tag/space">Space</a>, <a href="/tag/june">June</a>, <a href="/tag/sun">Sun</a>, <a href="/tag/venus">Venus</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zoe-p-strassfield/encounter-with-comet-boba_b_1551460.html 2012-05-28T10:02:58Z 2012-05-28T22:01:48Z Zoe P. Strassfield http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zoe-p-strassfield/ After dealing with a buildup of static electricity and a few other minor problems, an announcement suddenly flashed across the main TV screen -- an unknown object had been detected, on a collision course with the Spacecraft! <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/challenger-learning-center">Challenger Learning Center</a>, <a href="/tag/education">Education</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/space-exploration">Space Exploration</a>, <a href="/tag/children">Children</a>, <a href="/tag/space">Space</a>, <a href="/tag/mission-control">Mission Control</a>, <a href="/tag/science">Science</a>, <a href="/tag/astronauts">Astronauts</a>, <a href="/tag/space-shuttle">Space Shuttle</a>, <a href="/tag/future">Future</a>, <a href="/tag/school">School</a>, <a href="/tag/comets">Comets</a>, <a href="/tag/science-education">Science Education</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/sun-video-star-surface-light-nasa_n_1545570.html 2012-05-25T10:24:56Z 2012-05-25T16:48:39Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Incandescent. That's how NASA scientists described the sun in a new sun video released by the agency.<br /> <br /> The dazzling video features images of our sta... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/solar-structures">Solar Structures</a>, <a href="/tag/solar">Solar</a>, <a href="/tag/uv-light">UV Light</a>, <a href="/tag/astronomy">Astronomy</a>, <a href="/tag/sun-surface">Sun Surface</a>, <a href="/tag/space-science">Space Science</a>, <a href="/tag/sun-video">Sun Video</a>, <a href="/tag/science">Science</a>, <a href="/tag/science-news">Science News</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa-videos">Nasa Videos</a>, <a href="/tag/solar-flares">Solar Flares</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/dragon-capsule-spacex-space-station-iss-space-x_n_1544308.html 2012-05-25T07:27:32Z 2012-05-25T07:28:27Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ UPDATE: The Dragon capsule was successfully captured at 9:56 a.m. EDT by NASA astronaut Don Pettit, using the International Space Station's (ISS) robo... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/spacex-dragon">Spacex Dragon</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex">Spacex</a>, <a href="/tag/space-x">Space X</a>, <a href="/tag/dragon-capsule">Dragon Capsule</a>, <a href="/tag/space">Space</a>, <a href="/tag/space-x-dragon">Space X Dragon</a>, <a href="/tag/dragon-spacecraft">Dragon Spacecraft</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex-berth">Spacex Berth</a>, <a href="/tag/slideexpand">Slideexpand</a>, <a href="/tag/space-exploration-technologies">Space Exploration Technologies</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/mars-rover-shadow-nasa-opportunity-photo_n_1541993.html 2012-05-24T08:29:17Z 2012-05-24T08:44:56Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By: SPACE.com Staff <br /> Published: 05/24/2012 07:04 AM EDT on SPACE.com<br /> <br /> The late-afternoon sun lights up a huge Martian crater in a spectacular new ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/opportunity">Opportunity</a>, <a href="/tag/rover-shadow">Rover Shadow</a>, <a href="/tag/space">Space</a>, <a href="/tag/mars-rover-shadow">Mars Rover Shadow</a>, <a href="/tag/opportunity-rover">Opportunity Rover</a>, <a href="/tag/solar-system">Solar System</a>, <a href="/tag/mars">Mars</a>, <a href="/tag/mars-rover">Mars Rover</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/lyrid-meteor-shower-iss_n_1540973.html 2012-05-23T18:17:15Z 2012-05-24T08:15:28Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By: SPACE.com Staff <br /> Published: 05/23/2012 04:04 PM EDT on SPACE.com<br /> <br /> The Lyrid meteor shower of April put on an eye-catching sky show as seen fro... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/photography">Photography</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/perseid-meteor-showers">Perseid Meteor Showers</a>, <a href="/tag/meteors">Meteors</a>, <a href="/tag/don-pettit">Don Pettit</a>, <a href="/tag/international-space-station">International Space Station</a>, <a href="/tag/space-photos">Space Photos</a>, <a href="/tag/astronauts">Astronauts</a>, <a href="/tag/lyrid-meteor-shower">Lyrid Meteor Shower</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/moon-chips-bob-stupak-anastasio-somoza-garcia-to-nasa_n_1538944.html 2012-05-23T12:10:54Z 2012-05-23T12:10:50Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ LAS VEGAS &mdash; It's been a long, strange trip for what appears to be several tiny chips of lunar rock that found their way into a casino mogul's ha... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/anastasio-somoza-garcia">Anastasio Somoza Garcia</a>, <a href="/tag/armstrong-moon-chips">Armstrong Moon Chips</a>, <a href="/tag/moon-chips">Moon Chips</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa-moon-chips">Nasa Moon Chips</a>, <a href="/tag/somoza-garcia-moon-chips">Somoza Garcia Moon Chips</a>, <a href="/tag/moon-chips-nasa">Moon Chips Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/bob-stupak">Bob Stupak</a>, <a href="/tag/bob-stupak-moon-chips">Bob Stupak Moon Chips</a>, <a href="/weird-news">Weird News News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/asteroid-2012-da14--earth-nasa-satellites_n_1538340.html 2012-05-23T03:02:05Z 2012-05-23T09:10:45Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Space scientists at NASA have an eye on asteroid 2012 DA14. Why? The 45-meter-wide space rock is expected to come extremely close to Earth next year--... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/space-rock">Space Rock</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/asteroid-2012-da14">Asteroid 2012 DA14</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/space-science">Space Science</a>, <a href="/tag/science">Science</a>, <a href="/tag/science-news">Science News</a>, <a href="/tag/asteroid-risk">Asteroid Risk</a>, <a href="/tag/asteroid-impact">Asteroid Impact</a>, <a href="/tag/asteroid-2012">Asteroid 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/see-spacex-dragon-spacecraft-sky-nasa_n_1537869.html 2012-05-22T20:06:55Z 2012-05-23T08:30:01Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By: SPACE.com Staff <br /> Published: 05/22/2012 12:43 PM EDT on SPACE.com<br /> <br /> The private spaceflight company SpaceX successfully launched an unmanned cap... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/spacex-dragon">Spacex Dragon</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex">Spacex</a>, <a href="/tag/see-spacex">See Spacex</a>, <a href="/tag/skywatching">Skywatching</a>, <a href="/tag/space-exploration">Space Exploration</a>, <a href="/tag/skywatch">Skywatch</a>, <a href="/tag/international-space-station">International Space Station</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/solar-eclipse-shadow-space-satellite_n_1536440.html 2012-05-22T12:38:59Z 2012-05-22T12:50:07Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By: OurAmazingPlanet Staff <br /> Published: 05/22/2012 12:01 PM EDT on OurAmazingPlanet\<br /> <br /> While thousands of skywatchers were looking up on Sunday (May... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/annular-solar-eclipse">Annular Solar Eclipse</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/shadow">Shadow</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/annular-eclipse">Annular Eclipse</a>, <a href="/tag/space">Space</a>, <a href="/tag/solar-eclipse-2012">Solar Eclipse 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/solar-eclipse-from-space">Solar Eclipse From Space</a>, <a href="/tag/eclipse-2012">Eclipse 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/solar-eclipse">Solar Eclipse</a>, <a href="/tag/ring-of-fire">Ring of Fire</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alejandro-rojas/spacex-plans-flights-to-p_b_1534663.html 2012-05-22T11:27:37Z 2012-05-22T11:27:23Z Alejandro Rojas http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alejandro-rojas/ Recently, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told <em>60 Minutes</em> that the reason he seeks to develop spacecraft is to save humanity itself. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/spacex-dragon">Spacex Dragon</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex">Spacex</a>, <a href="/tag/space">Space</a>, <a href="/tag/international-space-station">International Space Station</a>, <a href="/tag/ufos">Ufos</a>, <a href="/tag/ufo">Ufo</a>, <a href="/tag/ufo-news">UFO News</a>, <a href="/tag/bigelow-aerospace">Bigelow Aerospace</a>, <a href="/weird-news">Weird News News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-leahy/spacex-launch-international-space-station_b_1535130.html 2012-05-22T11:19:05Z 2012-05-22T11:19:14Z Anna Leahy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-leahy/ Spaceflight is hard. <em>Really hard.</em> And that's one reason that we bother going to space at all. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/kennedy-space-center">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="/tag/international-space-station">International Space Station</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex-dragon">Spacex Dragon</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex">Spacex</a>, <a href="/tag/james-doohan">James Doohan</a>, <a href="/tag/neil-degrasse-tyson">Neil Degrasse Tyson</a>, <a href="/tag/private-spaceflight">Private Spaceflight</a>, <a href="/tag/space-travel">Space Travel</a>, <a href="/tag/space">Space</a>, <a href="/tag/florida">Florida</a>, <a href="/tag/space-coast">Space Coast</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex-launch">Spacex Launch</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/21/100-year-starship-project-mae-jemison-stars_n_1534740.html 2012-05-21T19:04:44Z 2012-05-22T08:07:46Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer <br /> Published: 05/21/2012 05:34 PM EDT on InnovationNewsDaily<br /> <br /> Star Trek's bold vision of the stars... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/seti-institute">SETI Institute</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/enterprise">Enterprise</a>, <a href="/tag/us-military">U.S. Military</a>, <a href="/tag/space-exploration">Space Exploration</a>, <a href="/tag/100-year-starship">100 Year Starship</a>, <a href="/tag/space">Space</a>, <a href="/tag/astronauts">Astronauts</a>, <a href="/tag/mae-jemison">Mae Jemison</a>, <a href="/tag/darpa">Darpa</a>, <a href="/tag/sci-fi">Sci-Fi</a>, <a href="/tag/star-trek">Star Trek</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/spacex-launch-falcon-9-rocket-space-x-dragon-capsule-video_n_1534512.html 2012-05-22T06:24:25Z 2012-05-22T06:24:48Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Second time's a charm.<br /> <br /> The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early Tuesday morning, carrying the Dragon caps... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/spacex-dragon">Spacex Dragon</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex">Spacex</a>, <a href="/tag/space-x">Space X</a>, <a href="/tag/space-x-launch">Space X Launch</a>, <a href="/tag/dragon-capsule">Dragon Capsule</a>, <a href="/tag/kennedy-space-center">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex-launch">Spacex Launch</a>, <a href="/tag/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/19/exoplanet-dust-parent-star-heat_n_1529695.html 2012-05-19T10:33:44Z 2012-05-20T11:44:58Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Space scientists have found a little exoplanet with some big eccentricities. <br /> <br /> The planet, detected about 1,500 light years from Earth, orbits its s... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/exoplanet">Exoplanet</a>, <a href="/tag/melting-planet">Melting Planet</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/star">Star</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/star-turning-to-dust">Star Turning to Dust</a>, <a href="/tag/kepler-mission">Kepler Mission</a>, <a href="/tag/space">Space</a>, <a href="/tag/planet-dust">Planet Dust</a>, <a href="/tag/space-science">Space Science</a>, <a href="/tag/disintegrating-planet">Disintegrating Planet</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/19/spacex-aborts-rocket-launch_n_1529453.html 2012-05-19T08:42:29Z 2012-05-19T09:10:57Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &mdash; A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine t... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/spacex-dragon">Spacex Dragon</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex">Spacex</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex-international-space-station">SpaceX International Space Station</a>, <a href="/tag/science">Science</a>, <a href="/tag/international-space-station">International Space Station</a>, <a href="/tag/science-news">Science News</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex-falcon-9">Spacex Falcon 9</a>, <a href="/tag/spacex-launch">Spacex Launch</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/private-spacecraft-five-spaceships_n_1528254.html 2012-05-18T15:16:37Z 2012-05-18T15:33:48Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By: Mike Wall <br /> Published: 05/18/2012 02:59 PM EDT on SPACE.com<br /> <br /> The private spaceflight company SpaceX is set to launch its Dragon capsule toward ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/private-spacecraft">Private Spacecraft</a>, <a href="/tag/private-spaceflight">Private Spaceflight</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/spacecraft">Spacecraft</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/iss">Iss</a>, <a href="/tag/space">Space</a>, <a href="/tag/commercial-spaceflight">Commercial Spaceflight</a>, <a href="/tag/slideexpand">Slideexpand</a>, <a href="/tag/spaceships">Spaceships</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gregory-weinkauf/the-science-behind-battle_b_1525175.html 2012-05-17T16:05:43Z 2012-05-17T16:06:53Z Gregory Weinkauf http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gregory-weinkauf/ We discuss a term used in <em>Battleship</em> -- "Goldilocks planet" -- where "the porridge is just right" for life. And this leads to the notion that if there were life out there, would it resemble Hollywood aliens, friend or foe? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/taylor-kitsch">Taylor Kitsch</a>, <a href="/tag/peter-berg">Peter Berg</a>, <a href="/tag/rihanna">Rihanna</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/dr-seth-shostak">Dr. Seth Shostak</a>, <a href="/tag/battleship">Battleship</a>, <a href="/tag/extraterrestrials">Extraterrestrials</a>, <a href="/tag/seti-seti-institute">SETI SETI Institute</a>, <a href="/entertainment">Entertainment News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/asteroid-survey-4700-possibly-hazardous-nasa_n_1522762.html 2012-05-16T18:39:25Z 2012-05-17T08:08:59Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Know that space rock that wreaked havoc on the world in the 1998 action movie Armageddon? Well, that might have been fiction--but a new NASA study ide... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/near-earth-asteroids">Near-Earth Asteroids</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/asteroids">Asteroids</a>, <a href="/tag/wide-field-infrared-survey-explorer">Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer</a>, <a href="/tag/space">Space</a>, <a href="/tag/hazardous-asteroids">Hazardous Asteroids</a>, <a href="/tag/space-rocks">Space Rocks</a>, <a href="/tag/science">Science</a>, <a href="/tag/science-news">Science News</a>, <a href="/tag/space-objects">Space Objects</a>, <a href="/tag/asteroid-survey">Asteroid Survey</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/superflares-solar-flares-sun-like-stars_n_1523144.html 2012-05-16T23:54:56Z 2012-05-17T00:09:48Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By: Charles Q. Choi <br /> Published: 05/16/2012 01:22 PM EDT on SPACE.com<br /> <br /> Stars like our sun can release &quot;superflares,&quot; explosions of up to ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/solar-radiation">Solar Radiation</a>, <a href="/tag/sunspots">Sunspots</a>, <a href="/tag/stars">Stars</a>, <a href="/tag/sun-storm">Sun Storm</a>, <a href="/tag/sun-flares">Sun Flares</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/astronomy">Astronomy</a>, <a href="/tag/superflares">Superflares</a>, <a href="/tag/solar-system">Solar System</a>, <a href="/tag/solar-flares">Solar Flares</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neil-wagner/earth-warming-by-the-day-_b_1518379.html 2012-05-16T20:30:33Z 2012-05-16T20:31:38Z Neil Wagner http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neil-wagner/ <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neil-wagner/earth-warming-by-the-day-_b_1518379.html" target="_hplink"><img alt="2012-05-17-Capture.JPG" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-05-17-Capture.JPG" width="300" height="80" /></a> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/climate-change">Climate Change</a>, <a href="/tag/global-warming">Global Warming</a>, <a href="/tag/noaa">Noaa</a>, <a href="/tag/climate-change-denial">Climate Change Denial</a>, <a href="/tag/global-warming-deniers">Global Warming Deniers</a>, <a href="/tag/climate-change-deniers">Climate Change Deniers</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/venus-transit-june-5-new-alien-planet_n_1522342.html 2012-05-16T16:19:16Z 2012-05-16T16:59:32Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By: Mike Wall <br /> Published: 05/16/2012 01:04 PM EDT on SPACE.com<br /> <br /> Observations of next month's historic Venus transit may eventually help astronomer... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/planetary-science">Planetary Science</a>, <a href="/tag/stars">Stars</a>, <a href="/tag/alien-planets">Alien Planets</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/venus-transit">Venus Transit</a>, <a href="/tag/planets">Planets</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/astronomy">Astronomy</a>, <a href="/tag/solar-system">Solar System</a>, <a href="/tag/sun">Sun</a>, <a href="/tag/venus">Venus</a>, <a href="/tag/stargazing">Stargazing</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/air-force-stealth-fighter-jet-flaw_n_1520243.html 2012-05-16T04:46:47Z 2012-05-16T05:30:16Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ For five years, America’s most expensive fighter jets have been poisoning their pilots and crew. On Tuesday, the Defense Secretary finally stepped i... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/pentagon">Pentagon</a>, <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/military">Military</a>, <a href="/tag/hypoxia">Hypoxia</a>, <a href="/tag/stealth-fighter">Stealth Fighter</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kirby">John Kirby</a>, <a href="/tag/adam-kinzinger">Adam Kinzinger</a>, <a href="/tag/george-little">George Little</a>, <a href="/tag/f-22-raptor">F-22 Raptor</a>, <a href="/tag/aviation">Aviation</a>, <a href="/tag/navy">Navy</a>, <a href="/tag/air-force">Air Force</a>, <a href="/tag/leon-panetta">Leon Panetta</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/15/asteroid-vesta-video-nasa-dawn_n_1517968.html 2012-05-15T10:58:14Z 2012-05-15T13:50:51Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Even though NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has been orbiting the asteroid Vesta since mid-2011, the rocky world still yields surprises--from its complex geo... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/nasa">Nasa</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/planets">Planets</a>, <a href="/tag/asteroid-vesta">Asteroid Vesta</a>, <a href="/tag/giant-asteroid">Giant Asteroid</a>, <a href="/tag/jet-propulsion-laboratory">Jet Propulsion Laboratory</a>, <a href="/tag/space-science">Space Science</a>, <a href="/tag/science">Science</a>, <a href="/tag/solar-system">Solar System</a>, <a href="/tag/pyroxene">Pyroxene</a>, <a href="/tag/dawn-spacecraft">Dawn Spacecraft</a>, <a href="/tag/science-news">Science News</a>, <a href="/tag/virtual-flight">Virtual Flight</a>, <a href="/science">Science News</a></p>