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'Super-Jupiter' Discovery Dwarfs Solar System's Largest Planet


SPACE.com - 19-Nov-2012
This exoplanet is 13 times the mass of Jupiter and is a good test case for planet formation, scientists say...

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SPACE.com - 7 hours ago
4 Best Stargazing Sights and How to See Them -imageThe four most spectacular night-sky sights may all be visible soon...

SPACE.com - 7 hours ago
After Months in Space, Gravity's a Drag for Astronauts-imageThree astronauts talked about science, social media and sandwiches during the live video conference...

SPACE.com - 7 hours ago
Astronaut Packs Crafts for Creative Space Station Trip-imageNASA astronaut Karen Nyberg plans to sew, draw and maybe knit in space to after launching on the International Space Station. ...

SPACE.com - 7 hours ago
Private companies are interested in setting up lunar bases...

SPACE.com - 7 hours ago
Spaceport America Helps Launch Sci-Fi Film 'After Earth'-imageThe world's first commercial spaceport hosted a massive event for one of the summer's biggest action movies, 'After Earth.'...

SPACE.com - 11 hours ago
Star Mystery Solved: Stellar Twins Closer to Earth Than Thought -imageThe twin stars of SS Cygni are hundreds of light-years closer to Earth than thought...

CNN.com - 1 hour ago
A fellow extremist refuses to condemn the brutal killing. He claims the suspect was "very caring."...

CNN.com - 1 hour ago
Bridge collapses in Washington state-imageAn Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington has collapsed, a spokesman for the Washington State Patrol said Thursday...

CNN.com - 1 hour ago
An Arizona jury Thursday said it was unable to reach a unanimous agreement and would be unable to decide what penalty Jodi Arias should receive for killing her ex-boyfriend. ...

Reuters - 1 hour ago
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in a rural area north of Seattle collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles and people into the frigid water below, authorities said. ...

Reuters - 1 hour ago
(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck in Northern California on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. ...

Reuters - 1 hour ago
Venezuela prosecutor to open probe over leaked recording-imageCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's prosecutor's office said on Thursday it would open an investigation into in a recording the opposition says features a top government ally accusing the deputy head of the ruling Socialist Party of corruption and conspiring against the new president. ...

Reuters - 3 hours ago
Pentagon sees doubled cost for rocket launch program-imageWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday told Congress that a recent restructuring of its heavy rocket launch program to add 60 more launches and extend the schedule for a decade would more than double the program's projected cost to $70.7 billion. ...

Reuters - 3 hours ago
Obama nominates Senate aides to serve as SEC commissioners-imageWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama nominated two U.S. Senate aides on Thursday to serve as members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the White House said in a statement. ...

Reuters - 3 hours ago
Obama shifts U.S. from 'perpetual war-footing,' limits drone strikes-imageWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a "boundless global war on terror," restricting deadly drone strikes abroad and signaling that America's long struggle against al Qaeda will one day end. ...

Reuters - 3 hours ago
Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester-imageWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The woman who interrupted President Barack Obama's speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday is well-known around Washington as a perennial protester on national security issues. ...

Reuters - 7 hours ago
Senate votes to cut insurance subsidies to rich farmers-imageWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The wealthiest 20,000 U.S. farmers should pay more for taxpayer subsidized crop insurance, the Senate voted on Thursday, adopting a measure that blended deficit reduction, populism and farm program reform. ...

Reuters - 7 hours ago
Obama orders review of guidelines for probing journalists-imageWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he directed Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a review of Department of Justice guidelines for investigations that involve journalists and report back by early July. ...

The Australian - 2 hours ago
Service Stream hits new low-imageSHARES in Service Stream have continued their free fall today, dropping another 20 per cent of their value in morning trade. ...

The Australian - 2 hours ago
THE big banks are gearing up for an "old-fashioned mortgage war", guaranteeing better borrowing rates for customers. ...

The Australian - 2 hours ago
VB back on top as SABMiller surges-imageCARLTON & United Breweries is clawing its way back to growth, with Victoria Bitter once again Australia's bestselling beer. ...

Reuters - 4 hours ago
(Reuters) - Google Inc is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc, Bloomberg news reported, citing people familiar with the matter. ...

Reuters - 4 hours ago
Procter & Gamble brings back former CEO to fix company-image(Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co on Thursday brought back A.G. Lafley to run the world's largest household products maker, replacing Bob McDonald immediately in the midst of a major restructuring. ...

Reuters - 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, the top player in Web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some advertising sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday. ...

The Washington Post - 2 hours ago
Federal investigators have begun probing whether Google is using its increasingly potent position in the online advertising market to undermine competition, an issue officials have monitored since its acquisition of digital ad company DoubleClick in 2008, said people familiar with the inquiry. Read full article >>         ...

Reuters - 4 hours ago
Google, like Facebook, in talks to buy Waze for about $1 billion: report-image(Reuters) - Google Inc is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc, Bloomberg news reported, citing people familiar with the matter. ...

Reuters - 4 hours ago
Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source-imageWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, the top player in Web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some advertising sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday. ...

Reuters - 4 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin and private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media have placed bids for Hulu, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, triggering a tug-of-war for the online video service. ...

Reuters - 4 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the U.S. Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple Inc engaged in a conspiracy with publishers to increase e-book prices. ...

Reuters - 4 hours ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Corporate researchers may be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s, a study of future human missions unveiled on Thursday shows. ...

The Huffington Post - 5 hours ago
L.A. Councilman Bill Rosendahl's cancer is in remission -- and he credits medical marijuana for this. Wednesday, in a blog post on The Huffington Post,...

The Huffington Post - 5 hours ago
NEW YORK -- For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in...

The Huffington Post - 5 hours ago
Every baby's birth is a miracle to its parents, but little Elayna Nigrelli had a tougher time than most. Now three months old and healthy,...

The Huffington Post - 5 hours ago
What kinds of people are prone to reject the scientific evidence for global climate change? This question was explored in the May 2013 issue of Psychological Science. These researchers suggest that people typically engage in motivated reasoning...

The Huffington Post - 5 hours ago
It has been said by various authors that climate is what we expect, but weather is what we get. How can we use math and supercomputers to predict the change in variability of weather?...