Read more space stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2309/space.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:06:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70813/orbiting-telescope-snaps-delicious-pics-of-milky-way.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStunningly detailed images of our Milky Way galaxy showing whirling clouds of gas peppered with stars have been captured by Europe's $1.4 billion orbiting Herschel Space Observatory. Herschel has the largest mirror ever placed on an orbiting telescope and is able to capture images beyond the reach of other...http://www.newser.com/story/70813/orbiting-telescope-snaps-delicious-pics-of-milky-way.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 4:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69216/discovery-lands-safely-in-calif.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter bad weather kept it from heading to Florida for the second consecutive day, the space shuttle Discovery touched down safely in California moments ago, Space.com reports. The crew returns after a 14-day mission that including resupplying and repairing the International Space Station.http://www.newser.com/story/69216/discovery-lands-safely-in-calif.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 20:40:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68789/china-scientists-report-ufo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChinese scientists have reported filming a UFO for 40 minutes during the solar eclipse in July, reports the T elegraph . Researchers from the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing said they will study the footage for a full year before they issue any conclusions. Scientists "discovered near the sun an unidentified...http://www.newser.com/story/68789/china-scientists-report-ufo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 5:16:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68266/space-station-gets-colbert-treadmill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAstronauts hitched a giant chest of drawers to the International Space Station today containing a new freezer, sleeping compartment, and treadmill named for TV personality Stephen Colbert. The Italian-built chest—nicknamed Leonardo, as in da Vinci—was moved from space shuttle Discovery via a hefty robot arm and hoisted onto...http://www.newser.com/story/68266/space-station-gets-colbert-treadmill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 20:00:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67705/south-korea-launches-space-rocket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth Korea's first rocket blasted off into space today following an aborted attempt last week and just months after its rival North Korea drew international ire for its own launch. A problem quickly surfaced, however, when the satellite the rocket was carrying apparently failed to enter its intended orbit. South...http://www.newser.com/story/67705/south-korea-launches-space-rocket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 6:44:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66587/saturns-rings-vanish-today.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSaturn's rings will disappear from sight for three months starting today, Space.com reports. The rings, 170,000 miles long but only 30 feet thick, are visible because they reflect sunlight. But they vanish once every 15 years as equinoxes occur in its 30-year orbit and the rings are directly...http://www.newser.com/story/66587/saturns-rings-vanish-today.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 2:14:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65320/monster-black-hole-sucking-up-space.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA monstrous black hole near the center of a distant galaxy is sucking up stars, gas and dust, and spitting out baby stars, NASA scientists have discovered. The black hole is 100 million times the mass of the sun, reports the Telegraph . It lies at the center of a galaxy...http://www.newser.com/story/65320/monster-black-hole-sucking-up-space.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Jul 2009 7:26:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64778/moon-landing-pulled-plug-on-russian-space-pride.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRussia is still smarting over America’s moon landing 40 years ago—so much so that a recent state TV report gave credence to dubious NASA-faked-it conspiracy theories, the AP reports. Before the moon landing, Moscow dominated the space race, laying claim to the first craft in space, the first man...http://www.newser.com/story/64778/moon-landing-pulled-plug-on-russian-space-pride.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Jul 2009 17:18:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64752/giant-leap-was-a-knee-in-nasas-groin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US took a “giant leap” landing on the moon in 1969, but NASA's greatest moment of triumph was also "a real knee in the groin" for the space agency, writes Tom Wolfe in the New York Times. At the time, we thought we’d build “a bridge to the stars,...http://www.newser.com/story/64752/giant-leap-was-a-knee-in-nasas-groin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Jul 2009 11:00:00 CDT