Provides the latest RSS feeds for Space Science News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Massachusetts Sun.com http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/cat/89d96798a39564bd/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 03:49:20 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:49:20 -0400 30 Emerging evidence continues to point to a major cosmic impact 12,800 years ago as the primary cause for the tragic loss of nearly all of the remarkable large animals that had survived the stresses of many ice age periods, including mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, American camel and horse, and saber- toothed cats. About 12,800 years ago when the Earth was warming and emerging from the ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214680709/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 01:20:03 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214680709/scat/89d96798a39564bd The three-day US Space Tech Conference and Expo kicked off at the Long Beach Convention Center in California on Tuesday with focuses on the future of commercial space flight.The debut of Lynx, the piloted two-seat reusable spacecraft developed by XCOR Aerospace attracted the attention of many visitors who have been keen on the arrival of the age of space tourism.The aircraft-like Lynx vehicle is ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214682483/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 02:19:46 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214682483/scat/89d96798a39564bd Campaign of mayoral candidate Greuel meeting with voters. Despite the high stakes, the race has been a mostly low-drama affair between two government regulars. In a city known to yawn at local politics, turnout is expected to be sparse, perhaps only one in four voters will go to the polls. (AP ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214681741/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 02:11:36 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214681741/scat/89d96798a39564bd Bowling Green was closed for a couple hours following Tuesday night's crash, but has since been reopened. Initial reports indicated that the passengers of the two vehicles were taken to local hospitals but were not badly hurt. Toledo News Now reports that a Toyota Camry was rear-ended by a bus transporting employees of ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214681742/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 22 May 2013 02:11:32 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214681742/scat/89d96798a39564bd Oklahoma know all too well the destructive power of a tornado, but when a big one rolled toward the town of Moore again on Monday, residents had few basements ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214679713/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 23:53:51 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214679713/scat/89d96798a39564bd Senate Judiciary Committee 's action, saying the bill was consistent with the goals he has expressed. "I encourage the full Senate to bring this bipartisan bill to the floor at the earliest possible opportunity and remain hopeful that the amendment process will lead to further improvements," Obama said in a statement released by the White House. By a vote of 13-5, the Senate ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214679714/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 23:53:50 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214679714/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Workers from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc gather during a protest over an accident where 39 workers attending an underground training were trapped when a tunnel collapsed, at Mile ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214679715/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 23:53:47 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214679715/scat/89d96798a39564bd We at Universe Today have been wondering, where did Chris Hadfield find the time to do all the great videos he put together during his five months on the International Space Station, all while his Expedition set records for the amount of scientific research performed? Now there’s even more. Hadfield teamed up with Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214678515/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 21:23:22 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214678515/scat/89d96798a39564bd Congress isn’t rushing to stave off looming furloughs for federal weather forecasters, even after they issued tornado warnings credited with saving countless lives in Oklahoma.Some lawmakers are open to looking at sequestration’s effects on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, home to the National Weather Service and its 3,500 forecasters. But they said it’s too ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214677466/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 20:39:47 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214677466/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would bring about the biggest changes in U.S. immigration policy in a generation, setting up a spirited debate in the full Senate next ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214676548/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:18 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214676548/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA's Aqua satellite acquired this image of the storm at 2:40 p.m. local time. The red line depicts the tornado's track. Credit: NASA/Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214677245/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 20:05:27 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214677245/scat/89d96798a39564bd Astronaut Neil Armstrong's original electrocardiogram recording from the moment he stepped onto the moon in July 1969 is among the lots that were withdrawn from RR Auction's ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214676368/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 19:29:15 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214676368/scat/89d96798a39564bd MIAMI (AP) -- An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675376/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 19:16:49 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675376/scat/89d96798a39564bd Space Race: Astronauts break record for quickest journey to International Space Station - making trip in less time than standard flight from London to New ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675698/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 19:12:51 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675698/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to send weapons to rebels fighting Syria's government, but it was not clear who would get the arms even if the bill succeeds, as Washington struggles to deal with its response to the ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675593/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:12 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675593/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); A Chinese Long March 2F rocket launches on the Shenzhou 9 mission, China's first manned space docking flight and first flight of a female astronaut, on June 16, 2012 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675138/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:54 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675138/scat/89d96798a39564bd A line of thunderstorms that resembles an exclamation mark in this image from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite gave rise to the Moore, Okla. tornado on May 20, 2013. The tornado was generated near the bottom of the line of clouds, NASA officials ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675139/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:53 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675139/scat/89d96798a39564bd HOUSTON -; A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act that was caught on cellphone video has pleaded guilty in exchange for a two-year prison ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214674330/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:48 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214674330/scat/89d96798a39564bd square between revolutionary Uranus in Aries and transformative Pluto in Capricorn, it could boggle the mind and shake up dusty mental structures. This Full Moon energy can bring up old feelings and memories dealing with the experience of being taught to separate and categorize people, things and events without really knowing ourselves what that thing was. We accepted the category when we ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675140/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 18:18:41 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675140/scat/89d96798a39564bd An artist's concept showing a possible layout of a commercial rocket and spacecraft positioned at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675141/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 18:17:16 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675141/scat/89d96798a39564bd The guitar Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield played on board the International Space Station was made in Vancouver. The three-quarter-size travel guitar, created and manufactured in the Vancouver office of Larrivee Guitars, spins around in front of the Canadian spaceman as he sings David Bowie's Space Oddity in ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214674220/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 18:03:49 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214674220/scat/89d96798a39564bd 1 of 3. Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214674287/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 17:58:09 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214674287/scat/89d96798a39564bd LOS ANGELES – AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physician. AEG Live General Counsel Shawn Trell told jurors that no legal or financial checks were done involving Conrad Murray or anyone ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214674183/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 17:54:17 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214674183/scat/89d96798a39564bd noisy environment inside the Station, even a simple diagnostic task like listening to a heartbeat can be a challenge. That’s why engineering students at Johns Hopkins University have developed a special ';out of this world'; space stethoscope designed to work well while in orbit… as well as down here on ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675143/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 17:54:07 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675143/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA's GOES-13 satellite captured images of the storm system that sparked tornadoes in the middle of the country. The video includes images of the twister left dozens of people dead in Moore, ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675137/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 17:51:41 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214675137/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); This artist's illustration shows a meteor crashing into the surface of the moon. Scientists say hundreds of space rocks impact the lunar surface every ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214672283/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:36 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214672283/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); This sky map from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the locations of the constellations Leo and Virgo in relation to the moon and Saturn looking southeast on May 22, ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214672282/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:36 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214672282/scat/89d96798a39564bd , at times, reads like an updated version of Sagan’s classic book about the history of astronomy and our place in the universe. Like Sagan, Tyson talks about the human perception of astronomy over the years, starting from our belief that everything centered around us and then gradually graduating to the more nuanced perception of the universe that we have ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214672285/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 16:42:13 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214672285/scat/89d96798a39564bd POINT AND SHOOT: If you're into hunting but not a very good shot then the TrackingPoint smart rifle may appeal: you point and it locks a laser on the target. You pull the trigger, but it doesn't fire until the weapon has been pointed in exactly the right place, taking into account dozens of variables, including wind, shake and distance to the target. The rifle has a built-in laser range finder, a ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214676369/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 16:20:00 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214676369/scat/89d96798a39564bd Here’s a nautical Geo Quiz for you. There’s a new study out about the risk of ocean pollution caused by shipwrecks. There’s everything from pirate ships that sank with chests full of gold to oil tankers that have gone down in more modern times at the bottom of the ocean. Many of the vessels could be leaking something toxic into the sea. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214670519/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:27 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214670519/scat/89d96798a39564bd The first trailer for the new science fiction film "Europa Report" has launched onto the Internet and just might be the most realistic - and harrowing - depiction of space travel on the big screen in years. In ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214670520/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:50 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214670520/scat/89d96798a39564bd night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. The U.S. has identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists _ but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian criminal court, the process the Obama administration prefers, U.S. ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214669312/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:48 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214669312/scat/89d96798a39564bd 51st Super Bowls on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at their spring meetings. The San Francisco area, where the new stadium is being built in Santa Clara, and South Florida are competing for the the 50th edition, to be held in February 2016. The loser in that bidding will go against Houston to host the 51st game the following year.(AP Photo/San Francisco 49ers) NO ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214670521/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:46 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214670521/scat/89d96798a39564bd Recent Sun Pillar seen near Toronto, Canada. Credit and copyright: Rick Ellis. Astrophotographer Rick Ellis from Toronto, Canada recently imaged a Sun pillar against a truly fiery sunset. Sun pillars are a vertical shaft of light extending upward or downward from the Sun, usually seen during sunrise or sunset. They form when when sunlight reflects off the surfaces of high-altitude ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214670522/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:54 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214670522/scat/89d96798a39564bd (Credit: Systems and Materials Research) "Star Trek" food replicators will always be the holy grail of space-snack technology, but we could be edging a step closer to the dream thanks to the work of mechanical ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214669342/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:33 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214669342/scat/89d96798a39564bd John Sciulli/Getty Images for Samsung Jared Leto stands in the art-deco lobby of a lower Manhattan hotel at 11 A.M., holding a half-consumed bag of cereal and a vegan muffin. "Have we met before?" he asks. I tell him we met once for three minutes at a fashion week party for Alexander Wang, and he gives me a hug. Leto's cheek bones are still steep enough to ski down, but he's ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214668998/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:09 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214668998/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 before killing himself as police arrived. He also killed his mother at their Newtown home before going to the school. The official said ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214668987/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:35 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214668987/scat/89d96798a39564bd Qusair near the Lebanese border on Tuesday, opposition activists said. They said fighting was raging in Qusair, as well as in areas to the east where several army bases are located, and in the Hezbollah-held southern and western approaches to the town. One ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214668988/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:31 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214668988/scat/89d96798a39564bd carnivalofspace@gmail.com , and the next host will link to it. It will help get awareness out there about your writing, help you meet others in the space community - and community is what blogging is all about. And if you really want to help out, sign up to be a host. Send an email to the above ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214668999/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:18 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214668999/scat/89d96798a39564bd DALLAS (Reuters) - Leaders of Boy Scout groups across the country will vote this week on a controversial proposal that would remove the organization's ban on gay scouts but not gay adult ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214668206/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:45 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214668206/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); -- An Apollo Saturn V F-1 engine thrust chamber, recovered by Bezos Expeditions, at the Kansas Cosmosphere's SpaceWorks conservation facility. The engine's nozzle would extend from the top as positioned in the wooden ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214667243/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:11 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214667243/scat/89d96798a39564bd The Mars Science Laboratory has completed its second drill into the surface of the Red Planet. The drilling target was nicknamed ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214667245/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:10 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214667245/scat/89d96798a39564bd Hidden oceans underneath the icy moon's surface attracts a privately funded manned mission to Europa. Technical failures lead to death and loss of communication. But is something else at work? In theaters on August 2nd, ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214667244/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:08 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214667244/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sauer Inc. of Jacksonville has won a $6.5 million NASA task order to renovate the B-2 space rocket test stand at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Sauer expects to break ground in late spring and complete the project in 10 months, the company said in a news release. The B-2 Test Stand at Stennis was originally built to test Saturn rocket stages that propelled astronauts to the moon, NASA said ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214668755/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 13:24:31 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214668755/scat/89d96798a39564bd robotic arm to drill into a rock dubbed "Cumberland" to collect a powdered sample from inside the rock that will be delivered to the rover's onboard science instruments over the next several days. This is only the second time that a sample has been collected from inside a rock on Mars, according to the space agency. In March, NASA reported that Curiosity, in its first rock ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214667246/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 13:13:03 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214667246/scat/89d96798a39564bd . And we do mean subtle, as in invisible to the naked eye... this eclipse only lasts 34 minutes in duration and less than 2% of the disk of the Moon enters the bright outer penumbra of the Earth's shadow! So, why talk about such a non-event at ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214667249/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:14 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214667249/scat/89d96798a39564bd more variable temperatures that can get a little chilly. Understanding how atmospheres escape into outer space is the main goal of SPRINT-A. The sun, the scientists stated, had more intense activity in the past than what we see presently, which could have blown away the atmosphere on some terrestrial planets. ';The study on interaction of the strong solar wind on the atmosphere of the ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214667248/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:13 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214667248/scat/89d96798a39564bd from Quartz. Anjan Contractor, who runs Systems & Materials Research Corporation, hopes to design a system that will turn shelf-stable cartridges of sugars, complex carbs, and protein into edible food on demand. Contractor asserts that by the time the population reaches 12 billion people ("peak human" for Earth being around 9.5 billion to 10 billion people), we will have to change ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214665291/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:50:30 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214665291/scat/89d96798a39564bd A Comparative Climatology Symposium held at NASA Headquarters on May 7 focused on new approaches to climate research by highlighting the similarities and contrasts between the environments of the rocky worlds Venus, Earth, Mars and Saturn’s smoggy moon Titan. The symposium also included discussions ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214664789/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:40 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214664789/scat/89d96798a39564bd Photographer Thomas Kast (facebook.com/salamapaja) imaged the aurora borealis from September 2012 to March 2013. Different shooting locations include the frozen Baltic Sea, Lapland and Oulu in ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214664791/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:40 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214664791/scat/89d96798a39564bd BANGOR, Maine -; A 20-year-old Maine man has been charged with murder in the death of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen more than a week ago, when she went to meet someone she befriended ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214664577/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:22 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214664577/scat/89d96798a39564bd The National Weather Service is feeling the effects of automatic budget cuts but says it was still able to give ample warning of Monday’s deadly tornado in Oklahoma.The ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214664792/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:11:58 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214664792/scat/89d96798a39564bd Abrams' hyperactive movie talked fast and walked fast -- when it wasn't at a dead run. Indeed, in its breakneck pace and its camera-flare and whip-pan-loving ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663705/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 12:10:06 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663705/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and Vice President Joe Biden (L), along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663452/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:43 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663452/scat/89d96798a39564bd Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks on May 9. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) A bipartisan group of senators begin a fifth full day of debating changes to the immigration reform bill Tuesday. So far, the so-called mark-up process has left the sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws--which would legalize most of the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants--largely untouched. On ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663453/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:42 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663453/scat/89d96798a39564bd Montana Democrat says his committee will follow the facts wherever they lead. Scheduled to testify to Congress for the first time was former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, who headed the agency for most of the period when it was improperly focusing on the conservative ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663454/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:41 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663454/scat/89d96798a39564bd solar storm aimed at the Earth hits in just the right way, it could put interconnected electrical grids around the world at serious risk, experts say. In addition to creating beautiful auroras, ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663455/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:40 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663455/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A combo photo shows a detail view of the damaged Michelangelo's Pieta and it after restoration works at the Vatican. Forty-one years ago, a crazed Hungarian named Laszlo Toth jumped an ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663456/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:39 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663456/scat/89d96798a39564bd This stunning space wallpaper reveals Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Glittering stars and wisps of gas create a backdrop for the self-destruction of a massive star. The supernova remnant in the center of the picture, looking like a trio of red, linked rings will continue to heat and excite the gas around it for a ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214664786/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:50:20 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214664786/scat/89d96798a39564bd LIVERMORE, California, May 21. FINIS out does itself as the world leader in technical swimming products with the launch and immediate availability of ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214664849/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:37:06 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214664849/scat/89d96798a39564bd In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, NASA aerospace engineers Pete Zell (left) and Dr. William Clifton Horne (right), project director are shown preparing a laser light sheet for a flow visualization test on June 3, 1993. The subject of their test is Pratt & Whitney's Advance Ducted Propulsor (ADP) demonstrator engine in the Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex (NFAC) 40 x ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663151/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:01:41 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663151/scat/89d96798a39564bd Three planets are coming together in the evening sky at the moment, putting on a celestial show that won't be seen again for more than a ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663150/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 10:01:41 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663150/scat/89d96798a39564bd Power Players When it comes to immigration reform, perhaps no senator has been more vocal about their displeasure with the newest bill, drafted by the group of bipartisan senators known as the "Gang of Eight," than Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)--the Republican many blame for the defeat of the last immigration reform bill in 2008. "This bill, written by the 'Gang of ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214662020/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:12 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214662020/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Andrew Medichini - Pope Francis greets the faithful in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, after celebrating a Pentecost mass, Sunday, May 19, 2013.(AP Photo/Andrew ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214662021/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:11 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214662021/scat/89d96798a39564bd NEW YORK (AP) -- The killing of a gay man who police say was taunted with homophobic slurs drew thousands of people to the scene of the crime to restore a sense of safety to one of the nation's most gay-friendly neighborhoods. Fabio Cotza, a gay member of an interfaith Bronx church, said he looked around cautiously when he stepped out of the subway in Greenwich Village Monday evening to ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663152/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:09 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214663152/scat/89d96798a39564bd Spokesman Steve McCausland says the body was found at about 9:30 p.m. Monday by the Maine Warden Service in an undisclosed wooded location. Recovery will begin at daylight ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214661613/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 08:48:00 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214661613/scat/89d96798a39564bd Two men stand in front of Plaza Towers Elementary after a tornado destroyed the school on Monday. (Bryan Terry/AP/The … MOORE, Okla. - The hell he saw was harrowing, but it's the sounds at Plaza Towers Elementary that Stuart Earnest Jr. says will haunt him forever. "All you could hear were screams," Earnest said. "The people screaming for help. And the people trying ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214661761/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 08:30:58 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214661761/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); Tom Costello from NBC News moderates a panel discussion titled "Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science" at the National Air and Space Museum on Friday, May 17, 2013 in ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214660395/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 07:39:11 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214660395/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); A burst of solar material leaps off the left side of the sun in what's known as a prominence eruption. This image combines three images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured on May 3, 2013, at 1:45 pm ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214660394/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 07:39:11 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214660394/scat/89d96798a39564bd Vials of moon dust brought back to Earth by the first men on the moon have been found inside a lab warehouse in California after sitting in storage unnoticed for more than 40 years. The samples - collected ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214660397/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 07:39:10 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214660397/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); Jeffrey O. Johnson took this photo of dwarf barred irregular galaxy, NGC 4214 on Feb. 13 and March 14, 2013 from Las Cruces, New Mexico. He used a Takahashi TOA-130F at f/7.7 telescope, Takahashi EM200 Temma II mount, QSI 540wsg @ -15C camera, Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2 filters and SX Lodestar ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214660396/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 07:39:10 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214660396/scat/89d96798a39564bd The astonishing footage, taken immediately after Pentecostal mass on Sunday 19th May, shows the Pontiff approach the second of two wheelchair bound people, whose face is pixelled out. After a priest leans across the boy or young man to tell Francis something, the Pope's expression becomes more serious, the voice-over notes. He then grips the top of the subject's head firmly and is seen ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214657472/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 05:05:56 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214657472/scat/89d96798a39564bd The former head of the Internal Revenue Service heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214657171/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 04:03:09 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214657171/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/J. Scott Applewhite - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214656593/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:03 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214656593/scat/89d96798a39564bd Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to shuttle buses Monday, May 20, 2013. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. A train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. (AP ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214655896/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:05 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214655896/scat/89d96798a39564bd Local farmers place rice seedlings in rows at Heping village, Xinjin township, Yunyang county in Chongqing, Southwest China, on May 20, 2013, the eve of "Grain Buds" - the 8th solar term of the year. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, "Grain Buds" means the seeds of fall grain are becoming full but not ripe yet, and usually begins around May 21 and ends around June 6. In ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214656384/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 03:01:15 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214656384/scat/89d96798a39564bd U.S. Marco Rubio (R-FL) stand with other senators in the gang of eight in an April news conference on immigration … Conservative radio talk show hosts have signed a letter opposing the sweeping immigration reform bill in the Senate, bucking tea party favorite Sen. Marco ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214655710/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 02:55:41 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214655710/scat/89d96798a39564bd A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214654854/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 01:53:14 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214654854/scat/89d96798a39564bd Israeli soldiers walk together during a training close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights May 7, ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214654805/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 01:43:03 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214654805/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and former officials of the Internal Revenue Service about the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214654807/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 01:43:02 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214654807/scat/89d96798a39564bd ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - One of Alaska's most active volcanoes, which has been belching ash and spewing lava since last week, has forced regional flight cancellations and dusted some nearby communities with ash, scientists and local officials said on ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214654211/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:55 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214654211/scat/89d96798a39564bd The Dutch businessman behind a planned one-way trip to Mars, which has received a flood of applicants from China, has dismissed accusations that the project is a ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653805/scat/89d96798a39564bd Mon, 20 May 2013 23:50:30 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653805/scat/89d96798a39564bd BRIDGE CREEK, Okla. -- It was 1:55 this afternoon when I took my children and dogs down to our storm shelter in this town just southwest of Oklahoma City. I had just phoned my neighbors to warn them about the imminent tornado threat, and no sooner had we reached the storm shelter, a tornado formed right in front of our eyes over in the town of Newcastle. I had no clue just how bad this tornado ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653113/scat/89d96798a39564bd Mon, 20 May 2013 23:45:05 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653113/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Elise Amendola - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, right, is hooded by Boston College President William P. Leahy as he receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during commencement ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653114/scat/89d96798a39564bd Mon, 20 May 2013 23:45:04 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653114/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Rick Bowmer - West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653115/scat/89d96798a39564bd Mon, 20 May 2013 23:45:02 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653115/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Moises Castillo, File - FILE - In this Friday, May 10, 2013 file photo, Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt wears headphones as he listens to the verdict in his genocide ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653116/scat/89d96798a39564bd Mon, 20 May 2013 23:45:01 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653116/scat/89d96798a39564bd Yu Xuejun wrote on a verified microblog Tuesday that his captain called him at 3:50 a.m. Tuesday to say that the North Koreans had released them. He says most of their diesel fuel had been stolen and that it was too early to tell the condition of the crew members. Xu says he was unable to pay a ransom, and he thanked ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653117/scat/89d96798a39564bd Mon, 20 May 2013 23:45:00 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653117/scat/89d96798a39564bd This time lapse mosaic shows Curiosity maneuvering the robotic arm to drill into her 2nd rock target named "Cumberland" to collect powdery Martian material on May 19, 2013 (Sol 279) for analysis by her onboard chemistry labs; SAM & Chemin. The photo mosaic was stitched from raw images captured by the navcam cameras on May 14 & May 19 (Sols 274 & 279). Credit: ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653806/scat/89d96798a39564bd Mon, 20 May 2013 23:35:58 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214653806/scat/89d96798a39564bd The Dutch businessman behind a planned one-way trip to Mars, which has received a flood of applicants from China, has dismissed accusations that the project is a scam. Mars One has been promoted as a manned mission to establish a human colony on the red planet. Anyone who fits the physical requirements can apply for the trip, with organisers expected to whittle the pool down to 24 to 40 ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214652869/scat/89d96798a39564bd Mon, 20 May 2013 22:45:29 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214652869/scat/89d96798a39564bd Ground control to Major Tim: former Apache helicopter pilot Tim Peake to be Britain's first official astronaut for 20 years with International Space Station ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214652383/scat/89d96798a39564bd Mon, 20 May 2013 22:36:47 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214652383/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON -; A Treasury official says the department told the White House twice that the IRS was preparing to make public its targeting of conservative political ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214651257/scat/89d96798a39564bd Mon, 20 May 2013 21:51:05 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214651257/scat/89d96798a39564bd Oklahoma medical examiner 's office, said 51 were confirmed dead, up from 37 fatalities reported earlier. The powerful tornado, rated the second highest strength level of EF4 and packing winds of up to 200 miles per hour, touched down at midafternoon and devastated a wide area of the town. (Reporting By Brendan O'Brien; Writing by Greg McCune; Editing by Bill ... http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214651243/scat/89d96798a39564bd Mon, 20 May 2013 21:35:08 -0400 http://www.massachusettssun.com/index.php/sid/214651243/scat/89d96798a39564bd