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Starting this Friday, you can watch the conservation of historical Apollo Saturn V engines that were recovered from the bottom of the ocean. That is, if you live near or are planning to visit Hutchinson, Kansas.

Before there was the International Space Station, there was Skylab, America's first permanent research base in space. It launched 40 years ago today, on May 14, 1973, soaring into the sky on the last of the Apollo-era Saturn V rockets.Read more...    

Saturn's rings are such a spectacle that you can see them through even a modest telescope. Made mostly of water ice, the rings contain countless particles, large and small, that orbit the planet in a thin plane. For decades scientists have known that gravitational tugs from Saturn's many moons imprint patterns on the rings. Now they have discovered a new ring sculptor:...

This spectacular, vertigo inducing, false-color image from NASA's Cassini mission highlights the storms at Saturn's north pole. The angry eye of a hurricane-like storm appears dark red while the fast-moving hexagonal jet stream framing it is a yellowish green. Low-lying clouds circling inside the hexagonal feature appear as muted orange color. A second, smaller vortex...

Recent developments in health and science news. This week: Remembering the first Web site, a giant hurricane over Saturn and the world’s smallest movie.    

The Countdown is a biweekly video show highlighting the best stuff happening in space, astronomy and physics. In this episode: Virgin Galactic Powers Up, One-Way Ticket to Mars Canadian Space Antics, Saturn Hurricane, Antarctica's Supernova Sand.

An undergraduate student has discovered that a process occurring in Saturn's magnetosphere is linked to the planet's seasons and changes with them, a finding that helps clarify the length of a Saturn day and could alter our understanding of the Earth's magnetosphere.

Der Handelskonzern Metro schreibt zwar weiter Verluste - aber sie sind nicht mehr so groß wie etwa noch vor einem Jahr. Operativ gelang Metro im ersten Quartal 2013 sogar ein Gewinn. Zugpferde waren die Elektronikmärkte von Media Markt und Saturn.

Researchers are studying the gas giant's monster storm to gain insights into hurricanes on Earth.

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has given scientists their first close-up view of the gigantic hurricane spinning around Saturn's north pole.

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has given scientists their first close-up view of the gigantic hurricane spinning around Saturn's north pole.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures the first close-up images of a giant hurricane churning around Saturn's north pole.

Scientists hope to learn more about Earth’s hurricanes by studying this whopper at Saturn

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole.

(Phys.org) —As planets age they become darker and cooler. Saturn however is much brighter than expected for a planet of its age - a question that has puzzled scientists since the late sixties. New research published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed how Saturn keeps itself looking young and hot.

Auf dem Saturn wütet ein gigantischer Hurrikan, das Auge des Sturms erstreckt sich über 2000 Kilometer. Forscher vermuten, dass der Wirbelwind seit Jahren an derselben Stelle tobt. Er ist am Nordpol inmitten einer seltsamen sechseckigen Wolkenstruktur gefangen.

Die "Cassini"-Raumsonde hat Bilder vom Auge eines Hurrikans zur Erde geschickt, der direkt über dem Nordpol des Saturn tobt. Er befindet sich im Zentrum eines mysteriösen Wirbels, dem Saturn-Hexagon.     

Die Raumsonde "Cassini" hat spektakuläre Bilder vom Auge eines Hurrikans gesendet, der über dem Nordpol des Saturn tobt. Der Wirbelsturm befindet sich mitten in einem mysteriösen, sechseckigen Wirbel, dem Saturn-Hexagon.     

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft captured these stunning images of a massive hurricane, 20 times larger than those on Earth, swirling around Saturn's north pole.

A storm swirls around the north pole of Saturn.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane on Saturn.

(Phys.org) —NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole.

Carolyn Porco, Cassini Imaging Team Leader and CICLOPS director, writes: One of the most gorgeous sights we have been privileged to see at Saturn, as the arrival of spring to the northern hemisphere has peeled away the darkness of winter, has been the enormous swirling vortex capping its north pole and ringed by Saturn's famed [...]    

Scientists have gotten their first close-up view of the enormous hurricane that has been churning for years at the North Pole of our solar system's ringed beauty Saturn.

Bilder, die die NASA-Raumsonde "Cassini" (Bild 2) zur Erde gefunkt hat, haben erstmals den direkten Beweis erbracht, dass kleine Meteoroide in die Ringe des Saturn stürzen und dort mit deren Trümmern kollidieren.

Planet Saturn, known as the "Lord of the Rings", will be visible at its brightest today in the sky, as it positions itself directly opposite the Sun.

(Phys.org) —NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of small meteoroids breaking into streams of rubble and crashing into Saturn's rings. These observations make Saturn's rings the only location besides Earth, the moon, and Jupiter where scientists and amateur astronomers have been able to observe impacts as they occur. Studying the impact rate...

An anonymous reader writes "A new Sega console has been revealed, albeit it an old one that never made it past the prototype stage. The console is called the Sega Pluto, and apparently only two prototype units were ever made. As for what's inside the Sega Pluto, it looks to be a modified Saturn that includes the NetLink 28.8kbit/s modem as standard. It allowed Saturn consoles...

Jeff Bezos isn't the only person interested in vintage NASA technology. Public and private entities alike are actively taking a second look at the Rocketdyne F-1 engines that helped notch Saturn V rockets as the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever operated—even today, forty years after the demise of the Apollo program. More »     

Aliens are most likely to be found on the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter, scientists in the UK have suggested.    

University of Leicester planetary scientists have collaborated with an international team of researchers to organise the largest ever observational campaign of Saturn's auroras.

Dass der Planet Saturn ein äußerst auffälliges System von konzentrischen Ringen besitzt dürfte allgemein bekannt sein. Er weist aber auch noch ein zweites System von Ringen auf, das zwar weniger spektakulär ist, dafür aber mindestens ebenso rätselhaft wie das erste ist. Das zweite System sind die unterschiedlich hellen und dunklen Streifen in seiner Atmosphäre....

Astronomers have discovered that the rings of Saturn produce their own rain that falls onto the planet, having a major impact on its atmosphere.

astroengine writes "Saturn's rings rain charged water particles down onto the gas giant's atmosphere, causing measurable changes in the planet's ionosphere. This intriguing conclusion comes from astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii that observed dark bands forming in Saturn's ionosphere. 'Saturn is the first planet to show significant interaction...

(Phys.org) —NASA funded observations on the W. M. Keck Observatory with analysis led by the University of Leicester, England tracked the "rain" of charged water particles into the atmosphere of Saturn and found the extent of the ring-rain is far greater, and falls across larger areas of the planet, than previously thought. The work reveals the rain influences the composition...

Though not well remembered, Pioneer 10 and 11 were the first spacecraft to ever pass through the asteroid belt and encounter the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. Here, we take a look at some of these exploratory probes' best images ...

Saturn’s rings and moons are a diverse group, but some of their differences are only skin deep. A new analysis of the Saturnian system shows that the planet’s rings and satellites have at least one compositional characteristic in common. They appear uniformly stocked with water ice, dating from their formation in the early solar system. [More]

The colorful globe of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, passes in front of the planet and its rings in this true color snapshot from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The north polar hood can be seen on Titan (5,150 km across or 3,200 miles) and appears as a detached layer at the top of the moon here. This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above...

Evan Viera's short explores the ambiguous reality inhabited by people experiencing psychosis, through the tale of a young girl suffering from mental illness.

Ever since Swiss astronomers astonished the world by finding a gas-giant planet orbiting close to its star , researchers have wondered how these so-called hot Jupiters arose. None exists in our solar system, where the planetary giants--Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune--reside in the deep freeze beyond the asteroid belt. Now a surprising discovery is providing fresh...

In late March, the American Geophysical Union announced that the Voyager I space probe became the first man-made object to leave our solar system. Just a few hours later though, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shot down that claim noting that the tell-tale sign of hitting interstellar space (a "change in the direction of the magnetic field") hasn't been detected yet. Still,...

Die Monde und Ringe des Saturn sind so alt wie unser Sonnensystem, das legt eine neue Analyse von Daten der NASA-Raumsonde "Cassini" nahe. Eine weitere Erkenntnis der Untersuchung, die die Wissenschaftler überraschte: Der Mond Prometheus hat sich vermutlich aus Partikeln des Saturnrings gebildet. Bisher hatte man angenommen, es gebe nur den umgekehrten Weg, dass zerstörte...

Didn't get a chance to back the ambitious OUYA Android game console to lock in your pre-order? Considering how much press the thing has gotten, you don't have much excuse for missing that particular window, but never fear -- OUYA intends to sell the $99 pint-sized gaming gadget through retail partners like Amazon, Gamestop, and Best Buy starting on June 4.

(Phys.org) —A new analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggests that Saturn's moons and rings are gently worn vintage goods from around the time of our solar system's birth.

A new analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggests that Saturn's moons and rings are gently worn vintage goods from around the time of our solar system's birth. Though they are tinted on the surface from recent "pollution," these bodies date back more than 4 billion years. They are from around the time that the planetary bodies in our neighborhood began to...

OUYA is coming soon (tomorrow is the planned ship date for the earliest Kickstarter backers), and recent reports of emulators of classic gaming consoles made for the Android device are generating some buzz. Today, emulator developer Robert Broglia, who's responsible for some of the most popular Android emulators including Snes9x EX+, has revealed to OUYAForum that he's...

Amazon-Gründer Jeff Bezos hat Reste der Saturn-V-Raketen aus der Tiefsee geborgen, die einst Apollo-Mondfahrer ins All katapultierten. Fotos einer Hobbyexpedition

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has exciting news out today. Apollo mission F-1 enginges have been recovered from the bottom of the sea.

As Saturn steadily moves along its 29.7-year-long orbit toward summertime in its northern hemisphere NASA's Cassini spacecraft is along for the ride, giving astronomers a front-row seat to seasonal changes taking place on the ringed planet.

DETROIT -- Safety regulators in the U.S. are investigating whether to add more than a million General Motors midsize cars to a recall for brake light problems.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it's checking into complaints about the 2004 to 2011 Chevrolet Malibu and the 2007 to 2009 Saturn Aura. The safety agency says the brake lights may not come...

Pandora announced Thursday CEO Joe Kennedy will be stepping down after 10 years in charge of the company. Kennedy will stay on until a successor is found. "As part of our Board discussions of the road that lies ahead, I reached the conclusion and advised the Board that the time is right to begin a process to identify my successor," Kennedy said in a statement. "There is...

Nein, eure Bildschirme haben keinen Pixelfehler. Der kleine weiße Punkt zwischen den Saturnringen ist der Planet Venus. Das Bild wurde von der Cassini Raumsonde von der dunklen Seite des Saturn geschossen. Weiterlesen →

Nein, der weiße Fleck inmitten der Saturn-Ringe ist kein Pixelfehler - sondern die Venus. "Cassini" hat den nahen und den fernen Planeten gleichzeitig abgelichtet. Eines von vielen faszinierenden Fotos, welche die Sonde zur Erde gefunkt hat.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this amazing image of Venus, which is so far from Saturn it only shows up as a white dot, just above and to the right of the image center.

(Phys.org) —A distant world gleaming in sunlight, Earth's twin planet, Venus, shines like a bright beacon in images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn.

A distant world gleaming in sunlight, Earth's twin planet, Venus, shines like a bright beacon in images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn.

Venus gleams over Saturn's enormous shoulder in two stunning new photos captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which is orbiting the ringed planet. Earth's hellishly hot "sister planet" peeks through Saturn's iconic rings in one image, which Cassini took last November when it was in Saturn's shadow. Because of the vast gulf between the two worlds, the Earth-size Venus...

Poco se sabía de la vida del millonario alemán Otto Beisheim hasta que uno de sus criados se lo encontró el lunes tendido en el baño de su mansión con un disparo.

Multiple 911 calls released by authorities Wednesday detailed bystanders' shocked and saddened reactions to the shootings around the 55 Freeway a day earlier. One man followed the suspect and directed dispatchers to his whereabouts. The calls provided more details of the carjacking rampage of Ali Syed, 20, that authorities say started with him fatally shooting a woman...

'Fringe' is tops among TV shows at ceremony honoring the best of sci-fi and fantasy

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Which sci-fi, fantasy and horror films were nominated this year?

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El multimillonario alemán, uno de los accionistas de referencia de Media Markt, se suicida en su mansión bávara

BERLIN (Reuters) - German group Metro's Media-Saturn consumer electronics retailer aims to step up its online business to compete with the likes of Amazon.com Inc,, newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung said.

A school here said Saturday that an essay related to Saturn by one of its Class 7 students has won recognition from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

BERLIN (Reuters) - German group Metro's Media-Saturn consumer electronics retailer aims to step up its online business to compete with the likes of Amazon.com Inc,, newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung said.

Federal officials spent Tuesday scouring a San Diego-area bus company's office, interviewing the owner and taking maintenance records as part of their investigation into the tour bus crash on California 38 that killed seven and injured dozens more.

Seit Monaten schwächelt Europas größte Elektrohandelskette Media-Saturn, nun greift Eigentümerin Metro durch: Der Handelsriese erweitert seinen Vorstand und beruft Media-Saturn-Geschäftsführer Pieter Haas in die Konzernzentrale.

Authorities on Monday night had released the names of six of the seven victims who died when a tour bus crashed with two other vehicles on a mountain roadway in San Bernardino County. Three of the fatalities were from San Diego and were identified as Guadalupe Olivas, 61; Elvira Garcia Jimenez, 40; and Victor Cabrera Garcia, 13; the San Bernardino County coroner's office...

Metro zeigt wer das Sagen hat. Pieter Haas aus der Geschäftsführung von Media-Saturn soll in die Chef-Etage der Metro wechseln und von dort aus die Elektrohandelskette leiten. Damit setzt Metro ein strategisches Zeichen.

Federal inspectors over the last year found faulty brakes and numerous other safety violations on the tour bus that careened out of control on a winding mountain road near Yucaipa on Sunday evening, killing seven passengers in a rollover accident,...

Auf der einen Straßenseite Deichmann und Tchibo, gegenüber C&A und Saturn - wer als Deutscher durch eine Istanbuler Einkaufsstraße spaziert, fühlt sich schnell heimisch. Deutsche Einzelhandelsketten erobern die Türkei. Sie werden angelockt von einer jungen, konsumfreudigen Bevölkerung.

One of the largest storms ever seen on the planet Saturn may have eventually sputtered out by choking on its own tail.

(Phys.org)—Geneticist Theo Sanderson has written a simple text editor that allows a writer to use only words from a list of the 1000 ("ten hundred" since "thousand" isn't on the list) most commonly used words in the English language, to describe things. He calls it the Up-Goer Five Text Editor, in honor of a comic created by xkcd, to describe a Saturn V rocket, using...