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'Alien' matter from beyond solar system discovered by NASAThis so-called interstellar material was spotted by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, a spacecraft that is studying the edge of the solar system from its orbit about 200,000 miles above Earth.
Air leak on Russian craft postpones return of space station crewAn air leak discovered on the descent module of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft will likely mean that the next launch to the International Space Station will be delayed by 30 to 45 days, reports聽Russian media. 聽
Scientists reveal secret of humongous mammalsHow did some mammals get so big? A new study calculates the rate at which mammals evolved from聽mouse-sized to elephant-sized.聽
Massive volcanic eruptions caused Little Ice Age, froze the ThamesThe research, which looked at chemical clues preserved in Arctic vegetation as well as other data, also pinpointed the start of the Little Ice Age to the end of the 13th century.
Volcanic eruptions emerge as lead cause for Little Ice AgeThe Little Ice Age began in the late 13th century, scientists now posit, and lasted about 400 years. Some regions cooled significantly. A series of volcanic eruptions has become a leading culprit.
Huge pythons annihilating Everglades wildlife, report scientistsPythons that have entered the Everglades after escaping or being released by pet owners are destroying the parks native mammal populations, a new report has found. 聽
Canadian teenagers launch Lego man to the starsA duo of 17-year-olds from Toronto attached a Lego man to a weather balloon, along with several cameras and a GPS tracker, and launched it into the Earth's upper atmosphere.
What if we could predict tornadoes a month out? Scientists make strides.Scientists have only a fledging ability now, but a new approach to prediction could eventually allow forecasters to identify portions of states facing high risk for tornadoes in an upcoming month.
NASA discovers 26 new alien planets in 11 solar systemsThe findings nearly double the number of bona fide planets found outside our solar system by the Kepler space observatory.
School-bus-sized asteroid to buzz Earth Friday, nearer than moonWhile the near-Earth asteroid won't hit Earth, it may offer seasoned amateur astronomers a great show 鈥� if they are in the right viewing location and have good equipment. 聽
Jumping Spiders see clearly by blurring their visionResearchers in Japan have now discovered that the arachnids accurately sense distances by comparing a blurry version of an image with a clear one, a method called image defocus.
Huge asteroid may be packed with water iceThe surface of Vesta 鈥� the second-largest object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 鈥� appears to be quite dry. But water ice may lurk underground over roughly half of the huge space rock's area, particularly near the poles, researchers said.
Titan: mile-wide dunes on Earth's frozen twin intrigue scientistsSome dunes on Titan 鈥� a Saturn moon seen as a chillier version of early Earth 鈥� are huge. Scientists now have suspicions about what's going on, but they don't yet know how Titan's version of sand formed.聽- Invisibility cloak uses 'metamaterial' to hide three-dimensional objects
Planet Earth poses for new high-res NASA 'Blue Marble' portraitSuomi NPP is equipped to do far more than provide Earthlings with some stunning views of their home planet. Five instruments are traveling aboard the first-of-its-kind satellite, designed to improve both short-term weather forecasts and the overall understanding of long-term climate change.
Massive radiation storm produces spectacular northern lightsThe northern lights show was sparked by an intense solar flare that erupted from the sun, unleashing a wave of charged particles and triggering the strongest solar radiation storm since 2005.
Solar storm forces Delta, United to divert flightsSolar storm: Delta Air Lines and United Airlines diverted flights over the poles to prevent loss of communications. This is the biggest solar storm in six years, says NASA.
In Death Valley, ancient volcano gives scientists a surpriseThe Ubehebe crater in Death Valley National Park is much younger than previously thought, and represents a more significant volcanic hazard than previously thought, according to a new study.
Archaeopteryx: Birdlike dinosaur wore black plumage of feathersArchaeopteryx聽lived about 150 million years ago in what is now Bavaria in Germany. First unearthed 150 years ago, the fossil of this carnivore, with its blend of avian and reptilian features, seemed an iconic evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds.
Oldest dinosaur nursery includes eggs containing embryosThe newly unearthed clutches of eggs, many with embryos inside, belonged to a plant-eating dinosaur, the predecessor of the largest animals to ever walk the Earth, long-necked sauropods such as Brachiosaurus.