Provides the latest RSS feeds for Space Science News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Atlanta Leader.com http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/cat/89d96798a39564bd/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 13:22:17 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:22:17 -0400 30 A private effort to land four astronauts on Mars by 2023 may be hard to believe for some, but several state-run media outlets in China are targeting the project with an even harsher terms like "hoax" and "hype." Doubts have been growing in China about the legitimacy ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717669/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:27 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717669/scat/89d96798a39564bd In this composite image, visible-light observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are combined with infrared data from the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona to assemble a dramatic view of the well-known Ring Nebula. Called a planetary nebula, the Ring Nebula is the glowing remains of a Sun-like star. The object is tilted toward Earth so that astronomers see the ring ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717668/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:27 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717668/scat/89d96798a39564bd with the three recently returned International Space Station astronauts from 3-4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 23. This event will connect the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717542/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:46 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717542/scat/89d96798a39564bd In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, as a helicopter hovers above, the Gemini-12 spacecraft with parachute open descends to the Atlantic on Nov. 15, 1966, with astronauts Jim Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717667/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 10:53:38 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717667/scat/89d96798a39564bd The first flash of sunlight reflected off a hydrocarbon lake on Saturn's moon Titan, detected by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) on NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 8, 2009. It confirmed the presence of liquid in the moon's northern ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717671/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 10:50:00 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717671/scat/89d96798a39564bd The first flash of sunlight reflected off a hydrocarbon lake on Saturn's moon Titan, detected by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) on NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 8, 2009. It confirmed the presence of liquid in the moon's northern ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717672/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 10:49:58 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717672/scat/89d96798a39564bd A new view of the spectacular stellar nursery IC 2944 (ESO) This Saturday will mark 15 years that the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) first opened its eyes on the Universe, and ESO is celebrating its first-light anniversary with a beautiful and intriguing new image of the stellar nursery IC 2944, full of bright young stars and ink-black clouds of cold ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717673/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 10:49:48 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214717673/scat/89d96798a39564bd Prom night! In 2009, in the night sky over the Very Large Telescope observatory at Paranal, Chile, the moon "danced" with Venus and Jupiter. (ESO/Wikimedia Commons) It's prom season -- for the planets. Every couple of years, give or take, planets get together in the night sky in such a way that they seem to be aligned with each other. They seem to be, really -- from Earth's ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214716660/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 10:49:41 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214716660/scat/89d96798a39564bd Maria Alekhina had systematically disobeyed prison authorities and failed to repent for her crime, Russian media reported. Alekhina went on a hunger strike Wednesday after being barred from the court hearing in Perm province, and she ordered her defense not to participate. Band members ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214714932/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 09:47:04 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214714932/scat/89d96798a39564bd An amazing photo of a stellar nursery located 6,500 light-years away from Earth marks the 15-year cosmic anniversary of a telescope in the Southern Hemisphere. ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214716113/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:43 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214716113/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA is looking for far-out ideas. NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking Phase II proposals for continuation of promising studies selected during the first phase of the visionary ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214716114/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 09:23:25 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214716114/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Jim Young, Pool - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday, May 23, 2013. The United States and Israel are ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214713563/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 08:35:01 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214713563/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu May 23, 2013 8:10am EDT (Corrects spelling of name of WHO spokesman, para 5) DUBAI May 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has announced another death from the SARS-like novel coronavirus (nCoV) in its central al-Qassim region, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 17. A non-Saudi, whose nationality and age were not given, died on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said on its website late ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214715176/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 08:10:43 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214715176/scat/89d96798a39564bd With his 1979 novel "The Fountains of Paradise," science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke introduced the idea of space elevators to the mainstream scientific community and the general public. The fundamental principle hasn't changed much in more than 40 years: A space elevator would consist of a powerful cable, or tether, anchored on one end to the Earth and on the other to a ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214713277/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 07:40:57 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214713277/scat/89d96798a39564bd The Thackeray globules, thick clouds of dust that are silhouetted again the pink glowing nebula (IC 2944) gas, is under attack from ultraviolet radiation emitted from nearby stars. The cloud lies 6500 light-years away in the Centaurus ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214713279/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 07:40:56 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214713279/scat/89d96798a39564bd ELLENWOOD, Ga. - Federal authorities are investigating after a Boeing 747 on approach to Atlanta's airport lost parts from its right wing that landed on a woman's house in Clayton County.The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday the China Airlines flight landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after Sunday's incident. No injuries were ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214713113/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 07:36:27 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214713113/scat/89d96798a39564bd (Nate Shron/Getty Images) So, you're considering college but don't have the dough. Or maybe you're out of college now and still don't have the dough. You're not alone: In the past 30 years, the cost of a college degree has risen 1,120 percent and the number of people taking out loans to pay for it has skyrocketed. The good news is that with a little creativity (and ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214713281/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 07:24:33 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214713281/scat/89d96798a39564bd Petra Vedrova said the suspect may be armed and dangerous. Police had taken measures to stop him from leaving the country and were in contact with neighboring states. "(The suspect) goes by the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214712246/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 07:24:27 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214712246/scat/89d96798a39564bd DENVER (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid the death penalty for their ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214712367/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 07:17:28 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214712367/scat/89d96798a39564bd U.S. government meteorologists will unveil their forecast for the 2013 hurricane season today. Other outlets have suggested it could be another busy storm season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will discuss the outlook in an event at 1 p.m., to be held at its new facility in College Park, which opened last fall. The event is being held there in part to showcase the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214712909/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 07:09:13 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214712909/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden (C) speaks with former astronaut Steve Lindsey (L), who is the director of flight operation of Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems Dream Chaser, and deputy director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center Patrick Stoliker at his side after unveiling of Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems Dream Chaser prototype space-access vehicle at ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214711998/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 06:17:33 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214711998/scat/89d96798a39564bd south London street . A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker just minutes after Wednesday's killing showed a man with hands covered in blood shouting Islamic slogans and promising revenge ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214711193/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 06:13:58 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214711193/scat/89d96798a39564bd Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214710428/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 05:21:51 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214710428/scat/89d96798a39564bd listed their self-published Star Wars novel without a care for how George Lucas might feel about it.But that was then. Star Wars is now owned by Disney and fan fiction (fanfic) or money is going ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214710351/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 05:14:38 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214710351/scat/89d96798a39564bd Plaza Towers Elementary School after a monstrous tornado raked across the building, leaving the one-story building a heap of bricks, broken concrete and twisted metal. In all 24 people were killed -- including 10 children -- when Monday's storm ravaged Moore and a slice ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214710231/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 05:06:02 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214710231/scat/89d96798a39564bd Grigori Perelman, a brilliant mathematician from St. Petersbrug, who became famous worldwide after he had solved the Poincare conjecture, has finally explained his refusal to accept a million-dollar prize. According to the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, the secluded scientist opened his heart to a journalist and producer of a film company, which is going to make a documentary about ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214710980/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 04:39:39 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214710980/scat/89d96798a39564bd Religious leaders from Colorado, from left, Dr. Jim Ryan, Colorado Council of Churches, Dean Peter Eaton, St. John's Cathedral, Rabbi Steven Foster and Catholic Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila listen as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announces at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, that he was granting a temporary reprieve to Nathan Dunlap from his death ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214709377/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 04:12:30 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214709377/scat/89d96798a39564bd KATHMANDU, NEPAL: An 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest person to climb Everest breaking the record set by a Nepali who climbed Everest at the age of 76 in ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214709342/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 03:29:14 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214709342/scat/89d96798a39564bd COLUMBUS, Ohio - An eastern Ohio grand jury is resuming its examination of whether other laws were broken in the case of a 16-year-old girl raped by two high school football players.The panel in Steubenville was scheduled to start up Thursday after a three-week break while investigators went back to analyzing evidence and interviewing witnesses.The grand jury had met just three days before the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214708759/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 02:55:35 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214708759/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON (AP) -- Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214708834/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 02:44:52 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214708834/scat/89d96798a39564bd 7201.T ) will recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide including the Micra compact car, also known as the March, as a result of a steering wheel glitch, Japan's No.2 automaker said on ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214708147/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 02:37:32 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214708147/scat/89d96798a39564bd A cameraman films activists wearing orange jumpsuits as they mark the 100th day of prisoners' hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay during a protest in front of the White House in Washington May 17, ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214707429/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 01:31:14 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214707429/scat/89d96798a39564bd DHAKA, Bangladesh -; A government investigation found poor quality construction materials and building code violations were among the "series of irregularities" that caused the collapse of a building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh, the committee head said ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214706182/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 00:44:46 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214706182/scat/89d96798a39564bd By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214706824/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thu, 23 May 2013 00:31:37 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214706824/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA has funded research for what could be the ultimate nerd solution to the problem of feeding astronauts on years-long missions to such places as Mars: a 3-D printer that creates entrees or desserts at the touch of a ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214704175/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 22:15:57 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214704175/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A housing complex is seen after it was destroyed by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, near Waco, Texas, in this April 21, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Michael ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214704128/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 22:07:38 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214704128/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Firefighters extinguish a burning car, following riots in the Stockholm suburb of Kista late May 21, 2013, in this picture provided by Scanpix. Sweden's capital has been hit by some of ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214703002/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:43 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214703002/scat/89d96798a39564bd elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American neighborhoods have drawn protests by parents and teachers union leaders who say the closures will expose children to greater gang violence in a city that recorded 506 murders in 2012. ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214703005/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:42 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214703005/scat/89d96798a39564bd . Another "Star Trek" film just hit the screen - featuring the venerable Starship Enterprise. To enable such fantastical star flight, we need faster-than-light (FTL) flight, control over inertial and gravitational forces, extreme energy prowess, and the societal discipline to harness that much power safely. Between the sensationalistic hype and pedantic disdain, how much progress is ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214703845/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 20:52:29 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214703845/scat/89d96798a39564bd ORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his possible links to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot and killed by a federal agent in Florida on Wednesday after he suddenly turned violent, the FBI ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214703176/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 20:52:04 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214703176/scat/89d96798a39564bd New research led by a Johns Hopkins mathematical physicist focuses on the "misbehavior" of magnetic fields in solar flares. In this image, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured an X1.2 class solar flare, peaking on May 15, 2013. Credit: NASA/SDO What’s more fun than something that misbehaves? When it comes to solar dynamics, we know a lot, but there are many things we ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214703851/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 20:48:16 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214703851/scat/89d96798a39564bd A 3D food printer could feed astronauts during long-distance space travel, Systems & Materials Research Corporation, just got a six month, $125,000 grant from NASA to create a pizza-printing ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214703033/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 20:38:05 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214703033/scat/89d96798a39564bd on Investigations as lawmakers examine the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code. Lawmakers want to know the tax strategy of how Apple, the world's most valuable company, based in Cupertino, Calif., holds a billion dollars in an Irish subsidiary as a tax strategy, according to a report issued ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701727/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 19:49:39 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701727/scat/89d96798a39564bd enough to share the load with me, said Sobiech. Sobiech, the Lakeland, Minn. teenager whose song "Clouds" became an Internet sensation, died early Monday, May 20, 2013 at his home, surrounded by family and his girlfriend, according to a CaringBridge post by Zach's mother. He was 18. Sobiech, who had a rare form of bone cancer, began writing songs of farewell to family and friends ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701728/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 19:49:38 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701728/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Tourists take pictures of a NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701778/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 19:46:37 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701778/scat/89d96798a39564bd exhausted its supply of liquid helium coolant necessary to observe the infrared energy of the distant Universe, data collected by ESA’s Hershel space observatory are still helping unravel cosmic mysteries — such as how early elliptical galaxies grew so large so quickly, filling up with stars and then, rather suddenly, shutting down star formation altogether. Now, using information ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214702832/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 19:39:20 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214702832/scat/89d96798a39564bd An interplanetary weather app, a spot-the-space-station tool, and a Mars greenhouse concept are among the winners of the 2013 International Space Apps Challenge. The contest solicited mobile apps and technologies that aid space exploration and enrich life here on Earth. Today (May 22), a panel of judges from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and partners announced the winners of the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701478/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 18:35:06 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701478/scat/89d96798a39564bd The Herschel Space Observatory captured imagery of colliding galaxies, called HXMM01 (~ 11 billion light-years from Earth and when our universe was about 3 billion years old.) A merger of galaxies is ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701479/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 18:35:05 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701479/scat/89d96798a39564bd Poster by Start Motion Pictures. The producers of a new movie called "Europa Report" have released a new trailer about their film, which features a near-future mission to Jupiter's moon, Europa, in search of extraterrestrial life. From the trailer, the film looks to be of extremely high quality, and it stars Sharlto Copley (District 9), with music score from composer Bear McCreary ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701485/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:57 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701485/scat/89d96798a39564bd View full size image McDonald Observatory is a Texas-based astronomical site that is known not only for work gazing at the stars, but also for educating the public about them. The observatory produces a daily program called StarDate, ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214700113/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:40 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214700113/scat/89d96798a39564bd FILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder gestures while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. Four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Holder said that in conducting U.S. counterterrorism operations against al-Qaida and its associated forces, the government has targeted and ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214699340/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:24 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214699340/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA won't be printing out pizzas on Mars anytime soon, but the space agency is paying out $125,000 to study the use of 3-D printing technology for food preparation in space."We will be building the components for a prototype" over the grant's six-month period, David Irwin, principal investigator for the project at ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214699048/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:04 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214699048/scat/89d96798a39564bd In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day.It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab.In the case of Kaiba (KEYE'-buh) Gionfriddo, doctors didn't have a moment to spare. Because of a birth ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214699203/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:39 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214699203/scat/89d96798a39564bd triple murder in Massachusetts in 2011, two people with direct knowledge of the case told ABC News. Ibragim Todashev "just went crazy," and pulled a knife during his interview with the FBI, said state ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214698963/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:47 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214698963/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool - Judge Sherry Stephens urges the jury to continue deliberating after the jury delivered a message that they are deadlocked on a penalty for ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214698965/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:45 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214698965/scat/89d96798a39564bd St. Paul Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard said the children were exploring the park when the slide happened about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday. Zaccard said the ground is soft after several days of ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214699909/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 17:26:28 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214699909/scat/89d96798a39564bd A dense network of small rivers or swampy areas appears to connect some of the seas on Saturn’s moon Titan, as seen in this comparison of data of the same area from two instruments on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Images from the radar instrument are on the left and images from the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) are on the right. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214700118/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 17:21:18 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214700118/scat/89d96798a39564bd Three bright planets gather in the northwestern sky this week. This map shows the sky 30 minutes after sunset from the mid-northern latitudes. Stellarium Planning a barbecue this weekend? You may want to top it off with a look at three bright planets shuttling about the western sky at dusk. Jupiter, Venus and Mercury gather for nearly a week of delightful alignments including three ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214700117/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 17:21:18 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214700117/scat/89d96798a39564bd The European Space Agency says a new research hub will strengthen Europe's contribution to the global hunt for asteroids that may strike Earth. Located at the European Space Research Institute near Rome, the center will take part in the search for Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs, asteroids or comets that orbit the sun and whose orbits come close to that of Earth. The NEO Coordination Center ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214699293/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 17:12:04 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214699293/scat/89d96798a39564bd Europe has a new hub that will help coordinate scientists' efforts to detect and track potentially dangerous asteroids. The European Space Agency inaugurated its Near-Earth Object (NEO) Coordination Center today (May 22), cutting the ribbon on a facility that officials said will strengthen Europe's contribution to the hunt ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214698743/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 16:37:31 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214698743/scat/89d96798a39564bd This space wallpaper shows the ray pattern of dust that was ejected from the crater over a billion years ago, when an asteroid larger than a mile (1.6 km) across slammed into the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214698744/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 16:37:31 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214698744/scat/89d96798a39564bd teasing several new games and entertainment features .We're sure you still have several questions about the new Xbox, so we thought we'd bring in someone who definitely knows his stuff. At 4PM ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697550/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21:23 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697550/scat/89d96798a39564bd EASY BEING GREEN: With only 3 wheels and a price tag of less than US$7,000 the American two-seater Elio car manages around 35 Km per litre of petrol on the open road. Its top speed is around 160 Kph so watch those speed limits. It has two wheels at the front, the third at the rear, and body panels made of a composite. The passenger sits behind the driver rather than ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701484/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 16:20:00 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214701484/scat/89d96798a39564bd A number of Kiwis have already stumped up a total of more than $1.8 million to book a place on the world's first commercial space flight. Virgin Galactic hopes to be taking commercial flights outside of the earth's atmosphere by 2014. Eight New Zealanders have signed up with House of Travel already. Expert agent Stephen Parsons has visited the operating port of the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697531/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 15:32:30 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697531/scat/89d96798a39564bd Astronauts on future missions to Mars may be able to dial up a pizza via a 3D printer. NASA announced it awarded a $125,000 grant to Systems & Materials Research Corporation’s Anjan Contractor, who has already designed the printer. The head of the printer will be fed with a combination of nutrients, water, oils and flavors, which can be sprayed, layer by layer to create three ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214696145/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:06 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214696145/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); Just after sunset on Sunday May 26, the three brightest planets, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury, will form a perfect tiny triangle in the western ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697276/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:36 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697276/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Michael Dwyer, File - FILE - In this June 2, 2012 file photo, House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass. speaks in Springfield, Mass. Determined to check the growing ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214696053/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 15:09:08 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214696053/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Jailed Pussy Riot punk rock group member Maria Alyokhina is seen on a monitor, as she takes part in a video conference from the penal colony, inside the courtroom during a hearing in the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214696054/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 15:09:07 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214696054/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/M. Spencer Green, File - FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, Donald Trump arrives at federal court n Chicago to testify at a civil trial where he's accused of enticing investors to ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697262/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 15:09:07 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697262/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Richard Rodriguez - FILE - Clockwise from left, Boy Scouts Eric Kusterer, Jacob Sorah, James Sorah, Micah Brownlee and Cub Scout John Sorah hold signs at the "Save Our Scouts" Prayer ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214696055/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 15:09:05 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214696055/scat/89d96798a39564bd For Larrive Guitars, the publicity was quite literally out of this world, and the dollar value from it continues to add up.Images of Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield playing its Vancouver-made Parlor guitar sparked enough interest for the company to put the model back into production for a limited edition. The company has $100,000 in orders already for the commemorative model, which ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214696323/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 15:07:18 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214696323/scat/89d96798a39564bd In order to be entered into the giveaway drawing, just put your email address into the box at the bottom of this post (where it says "Enter the Giveaway") before Tuesday, May 28 2013. We'll send you a confirmation email, so you'll need to click that to be entered into the drawing. But if you are feeling unlucky, then you can buy the book ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697278/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 14:58:51 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697278/scat/89d96798a39564bd The elliptical galaxy NGC 4150. Observation of a merger between two galaxies early in the life of the Universe could explain the origin of large elliptical ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697223/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 14:54:03 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697223/scat/89d96798a39564bd EARTH is shoving the moon away faster now than it has done for most of the past 50 million years, says a new model for the way tides influence the lunar orbit. The result helps solve a mystery concerning the moon's age that has long vexed ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697270/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:50 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697270/scat/89d96798a39564bd LEGIONS of disembodied brains floating in deep space threaten to undermine our understanding of the universe. New mathematical modelling suggests string theory and its multiple universes may just provide our salvation - and that could win the controversial theory a few more ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697271/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:49 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214697271/scat/89d96798a39564bd The lunar crash site from an meteorite strike on the moon is taking center stage in cosmic crime scene investigation and you can see the space rock impact zone online in a free webcast ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695775/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:06 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695775/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); Two star-forming galaxies in the process of colliding 11 billion light-years away, as seen by a variety of telescopes. At right is a close-up view, with the merging galaxies circled. The red data show dust-enshrouded regions of star formation, while green and blue show carbon monoxide gas and starlight, respectively. The blue blobs outside of the circle are galaxies located much closer ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695776/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:06 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695776/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A massive and rare merging of two galaxies has been spotted in images taken by the Herschel space observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation. ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695870/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:51 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695870/scat/89d96798a39564bd Love. It's something we all want, but when you consider that there are over 300 million people in the country and 7 billion people on the planet, it's amazing that two people in love would have had the chance to meet, let alone ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695755/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 13:57:03 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695755/scat/89d96798a39564bd DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Investigators have recovered the backpacks of the two Iowa girls who were kidnapped Monday while they continue to search for 15-year-old Kathlynn ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695576/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 13:51:11 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695576/scat/89d96798a39564bd Al Ain: UAE stargazers will miss out on seeing the year’s second lunar eclipse on Saturday as this penumbral eclipse will only be visible from American and African ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695294/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 13:51:04 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695294/scat/89d96798a39564bd Eric Schwaab has been hired to lead the National Aquarium in Baltimore's conservation efforts. The National Aquarium in Baltimore has named a federal employee with a background in Maryland conservation as its first senior vice president and chief conservation officer. Eric Schwaab will step into the role July 1 after leaving his post at the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214694577/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 13:34:03 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214694577/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); The pale rock in the upper center of this image, about the size of a human forearm, includes a target called "Esperance," which was inspected by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. This image is a composite of three exposures taken by Opportunity's panoramic camera during the 3,262nd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (March 28, ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214694075/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214694075/scat/89d96798a39564bd MOORE, Okla. - The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. State authorities meanwhile said two infants were among the 24 people who perished in the twister.Oklahoma Insurance Department spokeswoman Calley Herth told The Associated Press that the early damage tally is based on ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693742/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 12:56:45 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693742/scat/89d96798a39564bd On occasion I'll get an e-mail from someone who says they've just received a telescope as gift and while they've enjoyed looking at the moon and the planet Jupiter or Venus with it, they really would love to get a view of Saturn. The problem for most people is that ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214694076/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 12:55:33 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214694076/scat/89d96798a39564bd Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official in charge of approving applications for tax-exempt status, denied wrongdoing in response to accusations that the IRS targeted conservative organizations seeking nonprofit status for heavier scrutiny between 2010 and 2012. "I have not done anything wrong," Lerner told the House Oversight Committee during a hearing about the IRS' ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692817/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 12:42:25 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692817/scat/89d96798a39564bd awarded a $125,000 six month grant to the Systems & Materials Research Cooperation to design a 3D printer capable of printing a pizza from 30-year shelf stable ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214694078/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:34 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214694078/scat/89d96798a39564bd Astronauts living on board the International Space Station managed to get these dramatic pictures of the Pavlof Volcano as it erupted over the weekend. The volcano began acting up last Monday, the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693838/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:31 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693838/scat/89d96798a39564bd A Russian space capsule containing mice, sand eels, geckos, gerbils, snails, fish and plants returned to Earth after a month-long mission in space. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692518/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:43:06 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692518/scat/89d96798a39564bd has presented to the U.S. Coast Guard a new report that found that 36 sunken vessels strewn across the U.S. seafloor could pose an oil pollution threat to the nation's coast marine resources.Of those 36 vessels, 17 were recommended for further assessment and potential removal of both fuel oil and oil cargo. They include a barge lost in rough seas in 1936, two ships that sank in separate ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692519/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:40:55 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692519/scat/89d96798a39564bd In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, a multiple exposure image of Rendezvous Docking Simulator is shown on Feb. 7, 1964. The Gemini spacecraft was supported in a gimbal system by an overhead crane and gantry arrangement which provided 6 degrees of freedom - roll, pitch, yaw, and translation in any direction - all controllable by the astronaut in the spacecraft. The controls fed ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692513/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:23:55 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692513/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tony Stark has been to a lot of cool places in that Iron Man get-up of his. But low Earth orbit might still be a bit beyond his operational flight envelope. Not so for the developers of the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692522/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:19:30 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692522/scat/89d96798a39564bd The Dream Chaser space plane atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Image Credit: SNC It was surely one of those moments where NASA could hardly wait to tear off the shrink wrap.Sierra Nevada Corp.’s privately constructed Dream Chaser spacecraft engineering test article arrived at the Dryden Flight Research Center last week — wrapped in plastic for shipping protection — ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692521/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:19:30 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692521/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA's Cassini spacecraft . Methone is utterly unlike the other small balls of ice and rock that dot the solar system, which are deeply scarred by impacts. Instead it is smooth, with not a hill or pockmark in sight. Now astronomers may have a clue as to why: Methone is made of lightweight ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692515/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 11:10:09 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214692515/scat/89d96798a39564bd When it comes to science fiction all eyes may be on 'Star Trek Into Darkness' right now, but last month's 'Oblivion' grabbed my attention and not just because it's one of the slickest sci-fi movies I've seen in years. No, what really grabbed my attention was NASA's hidden cameo - an appearance that sets up a pivotal plot point for the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690797/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 10:34:03 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690797/scat/89d96798a39564bd A group of men pray with tornado survivor Tim Wardwell. (Jason Sickles/Yahoo News) MOORE, Okla. -- Atop a pile of rubble that had been his home, Tim Wardwell choked back tears. A group of strangers prayed with him and gave thanks that he wasn't among the 24 tornado fatalities. "I don't know how I'm here, dude," Wardwell told Yahoo News. Wardwell and his wife, Kelsey, ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690799/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:14 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690799/scat/89d96798a39564bd The images from space show the mammoth storm before and after it struck, along with views of the weather system that caused the tornado. The pictures reveal the sheer scale and power of the twister, while night time images show just how much damage was caused by the twister. The storm was classified as an F-4 tornado with wind speeds of between 166 to 200 mph, according to the National Weather ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690406/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 10:13:13 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690406/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA astronaut Sally Ride, who died in 2012. Credit: NASA Sally Ride was only 32 years old when she flew into space for the first time 30 years ago, in June 1983. ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690801/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 10:06:00 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690801/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wow – that’s a tail! Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS on May 21, 2013, when its anti-tail (left) had grown to more than 12 full moons in length. Meanwhile, what was once the main dust tail (right) has faded and shortened over the past few weeks. Click to enlarge. Credit: Damian Peach While comets can’t tell lies, they do sometimes grow long noses. As the weeks click by and our ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690800/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:59 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690800/scat/89d96798a39564bd Russia would launch 12 Proton-M heavy space rockets this year, Khrunichev space industry center said Wednesday.Three had already been launched and a further nine would be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Khrunichev CEO Alexander Seliverstov told reporters.Meanwhile, the new Angara-5 heavy rocket would be launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Far Eastern Amur region ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688476/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 09:08:13 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688476/scat/89d96798a39564bd A Russian space capsule containing mice, geckos, gerbils, snails and fish returns to Earth after a month-long mission in space. The Bion-M craft orbited at a height of 575km (360 miles). Scientists hope the mission will allow them to study the effect of microgravity on animals' bodies. Half of the mice died in space, as did eight ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688418/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:48:23 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688418/scat/89d96798a39564bd -- An Apollo Saturn V F-1 engine thrust chamber, recovered by Bezos Expeditions, at the Kansas Cosmosphere's SpaceWorks conservation facility. The engine's nozzle would extend from the top as positioned in the wooden ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688869/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:48:18 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688869/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA has announced it is to fund construction of the world's first ever 3D food printer. The American space company has given a $125,000 grant to mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor, who has already designed the machine. And the space agency hopes it will eventually be able to provide food for astronauts on long-distance journeys through ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214689218/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:48:15 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214689218/scat/89d96798a39564bd EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by ATK (NYSE:ATK) to design and manufacture solar panels for NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) planned for launch in ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214689219/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:35:21 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214689219/scat/89d96798a39564bd A meteorite that originated on Mars is expected to fetch at least $160,000 when it hits the auction block June 2 as part of a collection of rare geological specimens. The Martian meteorite NWA 7397 was found in 2012 in Morocco's Sahara Desert. Scientists think it was part of a chunk of Mars that was chipped from the planet when an asteroid impacted it. At 1.37 lbs (0.62 kg), the sample ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214687785/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:05:01 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214687785/scat/89d96798a39564bd Anjan Contractor develop a 3D food printer. Contractor received the six month grant from NASA to create a prototype of his universal food synthesizer. The mechanical engineer plans to build ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214686923/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 08:03:45 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214686923/scat/89d96798a39564bd A Russian space capsule carrying lizards, mice, gerbils, fish and other creatures has safely returned to Earth, but not all of its animal passengers survived the month-long spaceflight, according to news ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214687783/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 07:41:39 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214687783/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); A notional concept of a solar-electric-powered spacecraft, designed to capture a small near-Earth asteroid and relocate it safely close to the Earth-moon system so astronauts can explore ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214686419/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 06:55:49 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/214686419/scat/89d96798a39564bd