British soprano Sarah Brightman plans to sing among the stars – literally. The classical soprano hailed for her role as Christine Daae in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s London production of Phantom of The Opera will be the first recording artist to make a trip into space, planned for 2015
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A Giant Hidden Planet In Our Own Solar System?
The quest for Planet X always starts out with celestial objects behaving badly. Astronomers notice that a known planet, or a bunch of comets, begin moving in ways Newton’s laws of motion can’t explain
The Secret of Barbie’s Rivals
Since parenting so often feels like one long exercise in humiliation, in which you think you know everything until your children arrive to prove you wrong, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised to find myself reconsidering my deepest beliefs about girls and their dolls, in the face of a merchandising watershed.
Mercury messenger goes into orbit
It’s taken six years and six gravity assists from three different planets to get there, but at a little after 9 P.M. Eastern time on Thursday night, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft finally settled into orbit around the small, scorched planet Mercury.
U.S. is losing Afghan war on two fronts
We are losing in Afghanistan, on two fronts. The most important center of gravity of the conflict — as the Taliban well recognizes — is the American public.
Their children in Iran, 3 U.S. moms swing into action
Laura Fattal rolls a piece of Scotch tape, attaching a picture of her son and his two friends to a cardboard box. Her calm demeanor doesn’t give away the gravity of the situation and the reason why she’s in a New York hotel room with two other mothers