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Is it time to think about how to prevent a space war?With tensions rising between space-capable powers such as Russia, China, and the United States, the Pentagon is taking orbital threats to satellite systems more seriously.
First LookESA releases first close-up photos from ExoMars missionThe ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), which entered orbit in mid-October, is testing onboard technologies 鈥� among them, the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS).
First LookDear Trump: Science deserves 'critical role' in future of United StatesProminent members of the scientific community hope to impart the importance of scientific understanding in policy decisions, especially concerning topics such as climate change, in an open letter to the president-elect and the 155th Congress.
NASA devises plan to keep astronauts free of biological contaminationLast year, more than 100 researchers convened at a three-day summit to identify the risks and possible solutions of biological contamination.
First LookWhy the new James Webb telescope folds like origamiFinal ground tests are being performed on the James Webb telescope, which will need to fold like origami in order to launch.
First LookCassini draws near to Saturn 鈥� and the end of its own lifeTomorrow NASA's Cassini spacecraft will slip through the gap between Saturn and its rings and begin its plunge to termination.
First LookScientists finally decode the Great Molasses Flood of 1919Nearly 100 years later, scientists have determined what exactly made Boston's 1919 molasses flood so deadly: the cold.聽
First LookWhy water remains frozen at boiling point in carbon nanotubesThe behavior of water in a confined space on the nanometer scale was unexpected, to say the least.
First LookHow Trump's scale-back on NASA climate science could hurt MaineMany of the state's research institutions rely heavily on NASA鈥檚 satellite data.
First LookGreat Barrier Reef coral die-off reaches tragic, new recordBleaching caused by warmer water is estimated to have killed about 67 percent of the coral in a previously pristine, 430-mile northern stretch of the reef.
First LookEinstein's speed of light theory tested: Did he get it wrong?A study by physicists from the Imperial College London and Canada鈥檚 Perimeter Institute argue that the speed of light isn't constant, and could have been much faster in the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang.
First LookCan NASA whip up the perfect breakfast for deep-space travel?NASA is developing a breakfast bar to save space and weight for missions into deep-space and Mars.聽
First LookCarbon-silicon bonds: Is this a new model for alien life?Silicon-based life? Scientists say that the directed evolution technique could open the door to interesting future discoveries.聽
First LookUnusual Lake Ontario 1872 shipwreck identified as Black DuckThe one masted scow-sloop may be the only intact ship of its kind in the Great Lakes.聽
First LookThe world's first known farmers weren't humans, but Fijian antsFijian ants have been farming plants for three million years, new research from the University of Munich suggests. The ants depend on these plants to provide them with shelter.
Could this crab have the most crushing claws?You might not want to get caught in the claws of the hermit crab's big, scary cousin: the coconut crab.
Does your dog remember what you did?Does your beloved pooch even remember that you went for a long walk together, played and had a good time today? They might actually, according to new research.
Thanksgiving 2050: To feed the world we have to stop destroying our soilCan complexity science provide new views of our food systems?
First LookDodo skeleton auctioned off for $430,000. Why does the bird fascinate?A British auction house sold a composite dodo skeleton to a private collector for 拢346,300 (about $430,000) on Tuesday.聽
First LookWere native Americans raising turkeys long before the first Thanksgiving?Archaeologists have unearthed evidence that turkeys were domesticated centuries before the pilgrims arrived in the Americas.