Sci
Sep 5 2008, AP

Scientists at the European Space Agency’s Operations Center say the deep space Rosetta satellite has stopped sending its signal.

Related Stories
Most Recent Most Popular Most Commented
(0)
AP, Washington
Auto industry allies hope to secure up to $50 billion in government loans this month that would pay to modernize plants and help struggling car makers build more...
made popular 1 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Toronto
Canada’s prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election next month in hopes of strengthening his Conservative minority...
made popular 2 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Toronto
Canada’s prime minister has dissolved Parliament and called an early election.
made popular 2 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Washington
The House and Senate reconvene Monday after back-to-back political conventions, both parties eager to use the three-week session to show voters why their candidates are...
made popular 6 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Cusick
Sadie the desert tortoise needs a ride to an adoptive home in the Mojave Desert _ the sooner the better.
made popular 8 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Boston
Southern New England is bracing for drenching rain and gusts near 50 mph as Tropical Storm Hanna runs up the Eastern Seaboard.
made popular 10 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Los Angeles
Anita Page, an MGM actress who appeared in films with Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford and Buster Keaton during the transition from silent movies to talkies, has died. She was...
made popular 11 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Miami
John J. Connolly was hundreds of miles away in 1982 when gambling executive John Callahan’s bullet-riddled body was discovered in the trunk of his Cadillac at...
made popular 11 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Martinez
Three people including a police officer are dead after a reported domestic disturbance at a hair salon turned into a gun fight, police in this San Francisco Bay area...
made popular 12 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Miami
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the large eye of an “extremely dangerous” Hurricane Ike is lurking “near or over” the Turks and...
made popular 12 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Los Angeles
Anita Page, a beautiful blond MGM actress who appeared in the films of Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford and Buster Keaton during the transition from silent movies to talkies,...
made popular 13 hr. ago
(0)
AP, New York
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton marched for labor and stumped with Democrats on Saturday, but sidestepped questions about the woman who has taken her place as the...
made popular 13 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Everett
Striking Boeing Co. production workers hunkered down Saturday for what could be along, bruising battle with costly repercussions for both sides.
made popular 15 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Washington
Republican John McCain pledged if elected president to appoint Democrats to his Cabinet, saying there’s nothing partisan about tackling the nation’s...
made popular 15 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Chicago
Conservative political commentator Robert Novak says he’s lost partial vision and undergone a lengthy surgery to remove a tumor since being diagnosed with brain...
made popular 16 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Terre Haute
Who knew Secret Service agents were so handy for parents of elementary school kids?
made popular 16 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Anchorage
The Alaska lawmaker leading an investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin’s dismissal of her public safety commissioner should be removed because he appears to be...
made popular 16 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Philadelphia
A 16-year-old in a stolen vehicle smashed into a police car during a chase, killing one of two officers in the cruiser, authorities said Saturday.
made popular 17 hr. ago
(0)
AP, Terre Haute
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Saturday that any government takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must put the interests of...
made popular 17 hr. ago
(0)
AP, San Antonio
Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of “No Country for Old Men” for more than $10 million that the Oscar-winning actor claims he is owed for starring in the...
made popular 18 hr. ago
All Stories
Most Recent Most Popular Most Commented
(0)
AP, Pasadena
The latest images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft show faint, partial rings orbiting with two of Saturn’s small inner moons, scientists said Friday.
made popular Sep 6 2008
(0)
AP, Frankfurt
Scientists at the European Space Agency are preparing for the first fly-by of a comet by their deep-space explorer, Rosetta, on a mission to solve the mystery of the...
made popular Sep 5 2008
(0)
AP, Washington
Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three...
made popular Sep 4 2008
(0)
AP,
Global warming has probably made Hurricane Gustav a bit stronger and wetter, some top scientists said Sunday, but the specific connection between climate change and...
made popular Aug 31 2008
(0)
AP, Washington
The difference between a monster and a wimp for Gulf of Mexico hurricanes often comes down to a small patch of warm deep water that’s easy to miss. It’s...
made popular Aug 29 2008
(0)
AP, Washington
Roads and canals connected walled cities and villages. The communities were laid out around central plazas. Nearby, smaller settlements focused on agriculture and fish...
made popular Aug 28 2008
(0)
AP, West Lafayette
Purdue University on Wednesday reprimanded a scientist who has been accused of falsifying claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments.
made popular Aug 27 2008
(0)
AP, Washington
New satellite measurements show that crucial sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has plummeted to its second lowest level on record.
made popular Aug 27 2008
(0)
AP, Anchorage
Arctic Ocean sea ice has melted to the second lowest minimum since satellite observations began, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
made popular Aug 27 2008
(0)
AP, Washington
For capuchin monkeys, it seems, it’s better to both give and receive, than just to receive. At least, that’s what researchers at the Yerkes National Primate...
made popular Aug 25 2008
(0)
AP, Washington
A space-age version of the rusty springs under old pickup trucks will help NASA fix the most pressing technical problem with its high-tech new rocket to send astronauts...
made popular Aug 19 2008
(0)
AP, New York
Scientists say they’ve found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the...
made popular Aug 19 2008
(0)
AP, Washington
Answer this without counting: Are there more X’s here XXXXXX, or here XXXXX? That’s a problem facing people whose languages don’t include words for...
made popular Aug 18 2008
(0)
AP, Washington
Nearly a century after history’s most lethal flu faded away, survivors’ bloodstreams still carry super-potent protection against the 1918 virus,...
made popular Aug 17 2008
(0)
AP, Champaign
Scientists worry that a rapidly reproducing, tiny invasive snail recently found in Lake Michigan could hurt the lake’s ecosystem.
made popular Aug 15 2008
(0)
AP, Washington
Like a chronic disease spreading through the body, “dead zones” with too little oxygen for life are expanding in the world’s oceans.
made popular Aug 14 2008
(0)
AP, Washington
A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert.
made popular Aug 14 2008
(0)
AP, Washington
A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert.
made popular Aug 14 2008
(2)
AP, Washington
NASA is not properly emphasizing safety in its design of a new spaceship and its return-to-the-moon program faces money, morale and leadership problems, an agency...
made popular Aug 11 2008
Images
Cape Town:

Shown in this June 30, 2000 file photo, an oil-stained penguin is seen in the water on Dassen Island, near Cape Town, South Africa. In a paper published in the July edition of the journal Bioscience conservation biologist P. Dee Boersma says that...