Geminid Meteor Shower To Peak Early Tuesday

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

You can catch a glimpse until Thursday. 



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SpaceX's Dragon: First Private Spaceship To Return Safely

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

The Dragon space capsule at the SpaceX hangar in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Photo: Michael Rooks/SpaceX

Could Dragon be the next space shuttle?



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Air Force Unmanned Spacecraft Completes First Flight After Seven Months

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

X-37B unmanned spacecraft. Photo: Boeing

X-37B conducted on-orbit experiments for more than 220 days, the Air Force said.



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Bacteria Thrive On Arsenic, Redefine Search For Extraterrestrial Life

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

Felisa Wolfe-Simon, the research team's lead scientist, processing mud from Mono Lake. Photo: Henry Bortman

Arsenic is poisonous to most known life on Earth.



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Space Missions More Costly, Risky When Government Agencies Collaborate

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

International Space Station. Photo: NASA

Agencies should consider alternatives to full partnerships, report says.



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NASA Remains Troubled By Six Challenges, Agency Watchdog Says

NASA Kennedy Space Center floor sign. Photo: mrchriscornwell

NASA grapples with new direction, aging workforce and wasted resources.



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False Alarm At NASA Glenn, Police Say

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

Photo: NASA

There were reports that a gunman was at the facility.



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Never-Before-Seen Images Of Hartley 2 Comet Return To Earth

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

Hartley 2 taken by EPOXI mission's flyby of the comet. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD/Nov. 4, 2010

Close-ups to provide insight about comet features and our solar system.  



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Cybersecurity Experts Say Most Companies 'Sitting Ducks'

Cybersecurity professionals Stan Stahl and Steve West. Photo: Neon Tommy/Len Ly

Q&A: Cybersecurity professionals talk about dangers, tips and opportunities.



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Astronomers Find Earth-Size Planets May Be Common

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

Earth. Photo: NASA/JPL

The findings help suggest potentially habitable planets also may be common.



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How A Republican Take-Over In Midterm Elections Could Affect NASA

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), left foreground, at NASA Headquarters in Washington on Sept. 2009. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Which lawmakers impact space policy on Capitol Hill?



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Obama Signs NASA Authorization Act Of 2010

President Obama signs the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 in the Oval Office. Photo: Pete Souza/ Oct. 11, 2010

The law expands commercial partnerships and focus on deep space exploration.



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Space Shuttle Had Value, NASA Still Popular

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

Countdown of the launch of Endeavour and the start of the STS-130 mission from NASA Kennedy. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls

A poll by Rasmussen Reports shows what Americans think of NASA and space program spending.



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Congress Approves NASA's New Space Policy

Launching of space shuttle Atlantis in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Photo: NASA/Carla Cioffi/Nov. 16, 2009

The fiscal 2011 deadline pushes the House to pass the Senate version of the NASA Authorization Act of 2010.



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Boeing Satellite System To Improve U.S. Space Surveillance

Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) vehicle. Graphic: Boeing Co.

The company, with partner Ball Aerospace, is behind a first-of-its-kind space satellite system for the Air Force.



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NASA Boss Charlie Bolden In Trouble For Violating Ethics Rules

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden at a townhall meeting at Goddard Space Flight Center in July 2010. Photo: NASA Goddard

Critics say Bolden's dealing reveals the worst of NASA and "'good ole boy' networks."



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NASA Uses Arizona Desert As Playground For New Hardware

Len Ly
Senior Staff Reporter

VIDEO: The space agency's Desert RATS test new technologies outside of Flagstaff, Ariz.



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John Spencer Discusses Mars On Earth, Yachts In Space And Space Tourism's Future

Space architect John Spencer holding a 3-D model of Destiny. Photo: Neon Tommy/Len Ly

The space architect's latest projects include designing an orbital super yacht he calls Destiny.



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NASA Drone To Track Hurricane Earl Path, Development

A Global Hawk aircraft at NASA Dryden. Photo: Neon Tommy/Len Ly

The unmanned aircraft is expected to perform a 24-hour mission this week over Hurricane Earl.



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Searching For Earth-like Planets, Understanding Early Universe Are Top Priorities, Survey Says

Len Ly
Staff Reporter

An artist's concept of a prehistoric black hole. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Identifying top goals for next decade in space.



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Authorities Still Investigating Exact Cause Of Former Sen. Ted Stevens' Death

Plane crash. Photo: Alaska State Troopers

It's too early to tell if passengers died in the plane crash, or if they died while waiting to be rescued. 



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NASA Chief Says New Direction To Include Stronger International Partnerships

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden. Photo: Vicki Mack of LAWAC

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden discusses money and policy at a LAWAC forum.



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Bionic Contact Lenses Light the Future

A contact lens with metallic, silicon and compound semiconductor structures embedded in it. Photo: Univ. of Washington

Researchers are another step closer to developing contact lenses with health monitoring and information display capabilities.



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NASA Underwater Crew Simulates Space Exploration

Len Ly
Staff Reporter

NASA's NEEMO 14 expedition plans to return to the surface Sunday after spending two weeks undersea. Photo: NASA NEEMO

Diving gear and weighted backpacks allow the NEEMO 14 crew to simulate spacewalks.



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Agricultural Workers In Salinas Valley Are Food Insecure, Study Finds

Photo: Creative Commons

Salinas Valley is located in Monterey County, Calif. It is the third highest grossing agricultural county in the nation, according to the USDA.



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Students Lose Time And Patience At Israeli Checkpoints

Israel implements hundreds of checkpoints. Photo: Neon Tommy/Len Ly

Students say there are days they spend hours at checkpoints before reaching school.



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Museum Digs Up Controversy in Jerusalem

VIDEO: Sponsors of the museum say it will be located on the site of a former parking lot, but critics say the site is part of an ancient Muslim cemetery.



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Residents of Rural Town Bemoan Lack Of Options

VIDEO: Maricopa is a town of approximately 1,200 residents in Kern County, Calif. It lacks amenities others may take for granted, including parks and grocery stores.



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Israel's First Woman Rabbi Reflects On Progress

Rabbi Naamah Kelman is dean of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. Photo: Neon Tommy/Len Ly

Rabbi Naamah Kelman said she hopes to launch programs that would help make Israel more democratic, pluralistic, inclusive and egalitarian.



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SPECIAL SERIES: When Life Gives You Lemons...

Children in the West Bank and Gaza live an especially tense reality, which only makes one wonder: how will the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict affect today's youth?

Students from Annenberg's Religion, Politics and Gender reporting class are digging up stories and sharing observations while on location in Israel. For more, visit the Higher Ground blog.

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In Their Shoes: Millennials Talk Religion

Len Ly
Staff Reporter

Clockwise: Millennials Michael Fox, Gia Longo, Sarath Ambati and Godwin Kanu. Photo by Neon Tommy/Len Ly

Young adults of the Millennial generation are less religiously active than their parents and grandparents but are fairly traditional in other ways, according to a Pew study.



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Obama's Budget Means New Ambitions, New Era For NASA

The space shuttle program's remaining five missions would launch by the end of 2010. Photo: NASA

Obama's budget request to Congress gives NASA an increase of $6 billion over the next five years--an overall $100 billion.



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Obama Supporters Gather Around L.A. To Watch Speech

SLIDESHOWS: A crowd of nearly thirty people gathered at a small bar in Inglewood. As they cheered for health care reform and more jobs, it may have been easy to believe the worst is over.



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Where Will NASA's Next Space Mission Take Us?

From left to right (not to scale) are the moon and Venus. Photo:NASA

Our next venture may be to the moon, Venus or an asteroid.



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Recycle Your Christmas Tree: Here's How

VIDEO: Tips how you can go green when your tree goes brown.



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NASA Finds Massive Water Loss In Central Valley

Sacramento and San Joaquin drainage basins have together lost more than 30 cubic kilometers of water. Photo: Creative Commons

Q&A: NASA hydrologist Matt Rodell discusses recent data concerning major groundwater loss in California.



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Raids Net $18 Million In Counterfeit Goods

VIDEO: Authorities say it is the largest series of counterfeit sweeps in Los Angeles County. The multi-agency crackdown included more than 60 arrests.



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Counterfeit Goods May Not Be Bad

Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich shows support for the legislation. Photo: Neon Tommy/Len Ly

Thousands of the homeless and displaced families could be given designer knockoffs if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signs a bill.



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Health Care in L.A. County Trudged Along As Obama Pitched Reform

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Photo: Neon Tommy/Len Ly

Neon Tommy reporters visited two emergency waiting rooms.



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