From: redOrbit on Tue, Dec 14 2010 4:54 PM

Half of all car accidents involve distracted drivers. The next big thing in navigation could help to steer drivers out of trouble. credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Sat, Dec 11 2010 4:52 PM

Chilled atoms give clues to deep space and particle physics at -459 degrees Fahrenheit. credit: Duke University

From: redOrbit on Sat, Dec 11 2010 4:52 PM

This is a NASA "In Their Own Words" edition with astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Sat, Dec 11 2010 4:52 PM

Pegasus 51B is the name given to the first extrasolar planet discovered back in 1995. Since then, scientists have detected some 500 celestial bodies outside our Solar System. credit: ESA

From: redOrbit on Sat, Dec 11 2010 4:52 PM

Webb’s mirror, made of 18 individual segments, will be folded up inside the rocket that carries the telescope into orbit. Engineers are constructing the frame at the back of the mirror that will adjust Webb's segments to achieve a single perfect focus. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Sat, Dec 11 2010 4:52 PM

The Office of Naval Research Electromagnetic Railgun located at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, fired a world-record setting 33 megajoule shot, breaking the previous record established January, 31, 2008. credit: U.S. Navy

From: redOrbit on Thu, Dec 09 2010 4:50 PM

This is an animation illustrating how LOLA measures lunar elevations. LOLA sends a pattern of five laser pulses to the lunar surface, and computes distance and elevation by measuring how long it takes for the pulses to return. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Thu, Dec 09 2010 4:50 PM

Ultrasound is an extremely useful medical technique, provided the operator has the expertise. credit: ESA

From: redOrbit on Thu, Dec 09 2010 4:50 PM

This is a 3-D representation of the HR 8799 planetary system and the solar system in the Milky Way. The orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are shown with the Sun located at the center. HR 8799 is located 90 degrees away from the Milky Way galactic center, below the solar system. All o...

From: redOrbit on Thu, Dec 09 2010 4:50 PM

SpaceX’s Dragon capsule successfully launched into Earth orbit aboard the company's Falcon 9 vehicle on Wed., Dec. 8. credit: ESA

From: redOrbit on Thu, Dec 09 2010 4:50 PM

In this zoom sequence we start with the spectacular vista of the central regions of the Milky Way galaxy. We then close in on a fuzzy ball of stars, the globular cluster Messier 107, also known as NGC 6171. It lies about 21,000 light-years away in the constellation of Ophiuchus. credit:...

From: redOrbit on Wed, Dec 08 2010 4:46 PM

This movie shows laser beams being directed to a 5x5 array. The current paper uses only a 1x5 array, but with real atoms and quantum measurements of the internal rotations.

From: redOrbit on Wed, Dec 08 2010 4:46 PM

A new dental procedure is helping people look younger without going under the knife.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Dec 02 2010 3:09 PM

In this animation we see the super-Earth exoplanet GJ 1214b orbiting its faint red parent star. This is the first super-Earth exoplanet to have had its atmosphere analyzed. credit: ESO

From: redOrbit on Thu, Dec 02 2010 3:09 PM

Expedition 26 Soyuz Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli participated in traditional ceremonies at Red Square in Moscow Nov. 26, 2010, laying flowers at the Kremlin Wall as they paid tribute to iconic Russian offic...

From: redOrbit on Tue, Nov 30 2010 3:06 PM

Engineers test new software for NASA’s Mars Curiosity mission. credit: NASA/JPL

From: redOrbit on Tue, Nov 30 2010 3:06 PM

The International Space Station video update for Nov. 29, 2010. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Fri, Nov 26 2010 2:43 PM

Happy Thanksgiving from the Expedition 25 crew aboard the International Space Station. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Thu, Nov 25 2010 2:40 PM

The FDA is pushing for safer C-T scans to protect patients from excess radiation.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Nov 25 2010 2:39 PM

Driven by thermal energy, the nano-rotors start rotating.