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Winter solstice 2015: What's a solstice anyway?Winter solstice 2015: The solstice has been recognized for thousands of years but what does it all mean? Hint: It depends on where you live.
First LookSpaceX revs up for first launch since June mishap: Will this be different?After an unsuccessful rocket launch in June, SpaceX is back at it.
Why did another venomous snake wash up on California's shore?Warmer oceans due to El Niño and a warm-water 'blob' in the Pacific are driving marine animals to unexpected locations.
- Are those geysers on Saturn's moon running out of steam?
The geysers on Saturn's sixth-largest moon, Enceladus, seem to be blasting out less material than they did 10 years ago, and nobody knows exactly why.
Space station astronauts to take unplanned spacewalkAstronauts aboard the International Space Station will need to step outside for a bit to make repairs to the orbiting lab's robotic arm.
SpaceX attempts historic rocket launch Monday. Here's how to watch it.SpaceX postponed its Sunday launch until Monday. The mission to get 11 satellites into space is a relatively simple one, a good thing for a launch with such bold ambitions.
Curiosity rover finds silica on Mars. A sign of ancient flowing water?Curiosity found large amounts of silica and also the mineral tridymite, never before seen on Mars. Both provide more clues to the Red Planet's watery past.
Why an emergency spacewalk is needed on ISSEmergency spacewalk: NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and the newly arrived American Timothy Kopra could step outside the ISS as early as Monday
First LookScience's 'Breakthrough of the Year' inspired as much trepidation as hopeThough it has its pros and cons, one thing is true: the controversial 'CRISPR' technology is extraordinary.
What would it take to make a real, working lightsaber?A scientist explains what it might take to build a real, working lightsaber.
When did plants crawl from the sea? New study holds clues.Plants may have adapted to terrestrial life earlier than previously thought, according to new research.
First LookBritish astronaut Tim Peake weighs in on weightlessnessAmerican astronaut Timothy Kopra, Russia's Yuri Malenchenko and England’s Tim Peake, the first Briton on the ISS, were ferried to the orbiting laboratory on Wednesday.
Did physicists just discover a new particle?Something mysterious happened while scientists were working on the Large Hadron Collider and it could mean something revolutionary – or nothing.
First LookThis 'weird and unique' reptile swam like a penguin during the dinosaur ageAfter 200 years of hypothesizing, researchers used computer simulations to figure out the four-flippered plesiosaur's unique swimming style.
How scientists may save Darwin's Galápagos finches from extinctionA parasitic fly threatens the finches of the Galápagos Islands that Charles Darwin studied. But scientists have a few ideas how to save the birds.
Mysterious 14,000-year-old leg bone may belong to archaic human speciesScientists say a fossilized femur belongs to an ancient human species thought to be long extinct by the time this person walked the Earth. That leg bone could revolutionize current concepts of human evolution if they're right.
Newborn star shoots 'lightsaber' into space. A cosmic nod to Star Wars?In what could be the galaxy's reaction to the most highly anticipated film of the year, Hubble beams down images of a light stream that appear to have been inspired by 'Star Wars.'
Earth's lakes are warming faster than oceans: What can we do?Lake temperatures have risen several times faster than ocean temperatures. Scientists and government agencies have suggestions for how to tackle the problem.
Just how fast is Greenland melting?A new study looks at how the amount and structure of Greenland's ice has changed since 1900.
Australian bees are real headbangers, say scientistsHigh-speed video footage has uncovered surprising behavior among Australia's blue-banded pollinators: head banging.
