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Extradition rules unfair and need tighter safeguards, says human rights campaigners as US government hacker case grinds on.

Researchers from NASA and the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered that glaciers and ice caps are shedding 150 billion tons of ice annually because of global warming. They discovered this using Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites.

Astronomers from the U.S. space agency Nasa and the University of Leicester in the UK have discovered a giant black hole that is vaporising and devouring asteroids. This black hole is located at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.

Apparently NASA is planning to invest in two U.S.-based design firms, for the purpose of conceptualising and building space taxis for astronomers on the International Space Station (ISS).

U.S. President Barack Obama, along with NASA officials, gathered to honor the winners of the second annual White House Science Fair, held in the East Wing of the White House, on Wednesday. The winning projects will remain on display at the White House.

American space agency NASA has confirmed the organisation has received over applications from mover 6,000 people eager to become astronauts. NASA is currently recruiting to train astronauts for its 2013 batch.

A team of scientists, led by Dr Tom Pike of the Imperial college of London, who analysed individual particles of Martian soil, found out that the planet has been suffering from a super drought for millions of years making it hostile to any form of life to survive.

NASA has announced the Space Frontier Business Plan competition. The event will be spread over three days and will be held at NASA Ames, in the U.S., in July.

NASA officials are seeking a proposal for flight demonstration of the Edison Small Satellite Demonstration Program's technology.

Nasa scientists have released a new educational game for Apple iPHone and iPad devices.

Nasa scientists have got some clues about the formation of our universe using the space agency's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX).

Nasa captures first unique view of the moon's far side with Twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory lunar spacecraft.

Vandana Suryawanshi, a secondary school teacher from the Indian state of Maharashtra, has been selected as part of a specially formed 20-member teaching team, chosen by U.S. space organization NASA.

NASA has launched its first multi-player online game, Space race Blast Off, on Facebook.

Astronomers from NASA have discovered a giant asteroid - Vesta - that is expected to have water ice.

Astronomers from the NASA have discovered 11 new solar systems hosting 26 planets with Kepler space telescope.

Astronomers from NASA have confirmed a huge asteroid flew past the Earth, on Friday at 10.30 a.m. EST.

Frontrunner for the Republican nomination, Newt Gingrich, has pledged to have the first permanent base on the moon if he is elected president.

The winners of the third annual NASA-sponsored Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge have been announced and at the top of the list are Alliance Rocket, from the United States and virtual participants Alliance CyberAvo from Europe.

A powerful and fast-moving solar flare, which erupted on the surface of the Sun on Sunday, at 10.59 p.m., is heading towards Earth.

Gloves off for embattled Mitt Romney as he focuses on rival Newt Gingrich's past as an adviser to Freddie Mac mortgage lender on £1.6m contract.

A long-duration solar flare that first erupted on the sun is heading towards Earth. The flare can disrupt long-range radio communications. On the other hand, it can create a beautiful display of the northern lights (aurora borealis) on Saturday.

NASA has caught a comet death on camera for the first time. The comet flew very close to the Sun, and it got evaporated due to the excess heat.

NASA's Goddard Institute for the Space Studies in New York has found that 2011 was the ninth warmest year since 1880.

NASA will join the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and students from the U.S for the Zero Robotics Spheres Challenge.

In an exclusive interview to the International Business Times, Philip Muirhead, a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, who led a team which discovered three exoplantes recently, explains the significance of the discovery.

Tweetup is an informal meeting program organised by NASA. It provides an opportunity to the people across the world to meet and speak to the experts like astronaut, engineers, scientists and managers

Released by NASA, these rarely-seen images have been digitally restored to an incredibly high quality, showing snapshots of life literally out of this world.

The Americans are said to be wary of Chinese space missions.

Apple Inc. has long been known for ground-breaking technological innovations and its latest quest - to acquire fuel-cell patents - could further strengthen the company's portfolio of 17,000 software patents. Indeed, Apple could silently planning an eco-friendly substitute for existing chemical batteries by acquiring fuel-cell patents to power its devices.