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What secrets will this Saturn probe's ring-grazing death reveal?Cassini engineers are gearing up for the grand finale of the spacecraft's exploration.
First LookWatery mission: SpaceX and NASA join forces on 2021 monitoring projectSpaceX will launch NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission. The mission will provide new data for tracking floods, droughts, and other hydrological changes.
How did an octopus end up in a parking garage?An octopus ended up out of its element in Miami earlier this month.
Stephen Hawking says we have just 1,000 years left on Earth. Is he right?The famous theoretical physicist's prediction paints a dismal picture of humanity's future on Earth.
Did the Mars Spirit rover just find signs of past life?Scientists say geologic features on the Red Planet resemble biosignatures found on Earth.
Spotted on Mars: Underground ice layer big enough to cover New MexicoWhat could an underground store of water ice on the Red Planet mean for astronauts?
Does acting macho make men miserable?Scientists connect conformity to certain macho norms with poorer mental health. How can that science change culture?
First LookWhat color was this dinosaur? Keratin discovery yields long-lasting cluesA 130-million-year old basal bird fossil unearthed in China's famed Jehol Biota shows signs of remnant melanosomes, a discovery that could lead to hypotheses about dinosaurian color.
First LookNew Zealand reef, raised by massive quake, provides new insightsResearchers say new data could be essential 鈥撀爊ot just for understanding the earthquake鈥檚 behavior, but for assessing future seismic hazards in the region as well.
First LookSpacecraft Fire Experiment-II seeks to answer a burning questionMission controllers ignited NASA's Spacecraft Fire Experiment-II on Monday, kicking off the second in a series of fire-setting experiments.
First LookAstronomers spot faint dwarf galaxy nearby. Why did they miss it before?An international research team has discovered Virgo 1, an extremely faint dwarf satellite galaxy in the halo of the Milky Way.聽
First LookNASA's fuel-less EmDrive thruster: Viable propulsion solution or sci fi?A new study about the EmDrive, from NASA鈥檚 Eagleworks Laboratories, has survived peer review 鈥� and that may bring an air of legitimacy to the fringe research.
First LookIs the moon's gravity lopsided?The moon exhibits some strange gravitational properties that scientists have only recently begun to explain.
First LookGame-changing weather satellite launched into orbitThe GOES-R satellite is a major upgrade in terms of better information about Earth and the Sun, improving how we respond to weather threats across the United States.
First LookNew Zealand sea floor lifted by quake becomes cliff on a beachNew Zealand's newest beach feature is not likely to disappear any time soon, after the recent massive earthquake pushed a chunk of coast several feet up.
Feeding the world: Did scientists just figure out how to grow more food?To feed the growing global population, food production will have to increase significantly in the next 30 years. Scientists may have just come up with one possible solution: more efficient photosyntesis.
First LookWhy Trump might send humans back to the moonNewt Gingrich and two potential NASA administrators聽have expressed support for human missions to the moon. As more countries contemplate sending astronauts there, such missions could bring geopolitical benefits 鈥� and prepare NASA for Mars.
First LookIn one more bleached Pacific reef, some corals are 'back from the brink'Amid coral reef ghost towns, scientists are finding signs of hope for bleached reefs.
First LookDid the asteroid that did in the dinos drive up a temporary Mt. Everest?A new study finds that the impact of the asteroid was so powerful that it caused rock in the Earth's crust to act like liquid.
First LookScientists turn CO2 into rock 鈥� againFor the second time this year, a team of scientists announced that the same method of carbon capture could actually work.