Officials rule against request over rights to dormant shuttle pad
November Was Cold, But the Climate Keeps Warming
The U.S. has seen more record cold days than record warm days this year. But globally, the climate is still changing—and it’s not getting cooler.
H2Whoa! Hubble Telescope Finds Geysers of Water on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Scientists suspected that the moon of Europa had an ocean of water beneath frozen ice. A new study suggests that water may be closer to the surface than they thought
International Space Station Suffers Mechanical Failure
NASA says cooling system is down and may require a space walk to fix
Birds and Dinosaurs: Their Strangest Feature
A nifty bit of respiratory design goes back a very long way
Meet NASA’s ‘Superhero’ Valkyrie Robot
NASA has unveiled Valkyrie, its 6’2” and 275 pounds humanoid, with detachable arms, mounted cameras and sonar sensors that would make it ideal for work in disaster-stricken areas.
New Greenhouse Gas 7,000 Times More Harmful Than Co2
New discovery points to whole class of unregulated, understudied chemicals
Lockheed Martin Supports Mars Colonization
Firm will produce study for private quest to put humans on the red planet by 2025
New Mideast Pipeline Deal Shows Why Water Doesn’t Start Wars
It’s a truism that water will be the cause of the next world war. But a new diplomatic agreement shows why that belief is false.
New Sign That Mars May Have Supported Life
The Curiosity rover has been poking around Mars for more than a year, and some new reports published in the journal Science suggest a lake found on Mars could have supported bacterial life.