ISS038-E-042665 (5 Feb. 2014) --- Solar array panels on the Russian segment of the International Space Station and a blue and white part of Earth are photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member while the crew watches for the arrival of the ISS Progress 54 cargo spacecraft, loaded with 2.8 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the station crew. The new Progress, which docked to the station at 5:2…

Project Morpheus – an experimental lander project – is preparing for a free flight at its test range at the end of the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) on Monday.... Related posts:Golden Spike promote lunar sample return optionsThe Golden Spike company have revealed interest in conducting lunar... Golden Spike recruit Draper to evaluate lunar landing sitesThe Golden Spike company ar…

There’s been a lot of excitement lately here at Stack Exchange, what with the launch of our Android app and the start of our iOS app alpha.  A few sharp-eyed users noticed, hidden deep within each app, a new version of the Stack Exchange API. After a few more weeks of testing I’m happy to say that V2.2 is now frozen, documented, and released.

Creating questions and answers

Voting

Editing, Deleting, and Flagging

Improved OAuth UI on mobile devices

…and lots more

Almost everything done by our own apps is using our public API, but there are a few notable exceptions: …

Most binary stars probably formed at the same time, meaning all stars in the same system should have the same age. The authors of this paper analyze a stellar binary system where one star appears to be lying about its age, as one star appears 3 billion years older than its companion.