All Science
With an eye on Mars, White House seeks to boost NASA fundingThe White House budget proposal includes a request for $18.5 billion for the space agency, $500 million more than last year.
Evidence for Big Bang waves dissolves under scrutinyAn analysis of data from the BICEP2 telescope and Planck spacecraft suggests that the detection of what appeared to be primordial gravitational waves could have just as likely been caused by interstellar dust in our galaxy.
Groundhog Day: How accurate is Punxsutawney Phil anyway?The allegedly prescient rodent Punxsutawney Phil spotted his shadow on Monday, auguring six more weeks of winter. Should we listen?
NASA's dirt-watching satellite in orbit after 'spectacular' launchNASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite is now in orbit thanks to a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force base on Saturday.
Bizarre supernova filled with bubbles, say scientistsA 3D study of the remnants of a supernova shows that its interior is made up of massive cavities.
Why scientists are walking back their cosmic inflation claimThe announcement last March of evidence supporting cosmic inflation theory has been punctured by new findings that suggest that interstellar dust interfered with a key measurement.
Lost comet lander Philae could wake up in May, say scientistsPresumably sitting in darkness on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European lander could catch some sunlight in May, allowing its batteries to charge.
- A Super Bowl tailgate party in space?
Two American astronauts living and working on the International Space Station are football fans. Barry "Butch" Wilmore says he'll try to catch the end of the Super Bowl and throw something on "the grill."
Space dust deflates evidence for cosmic inflationLast years blockbuster discovery of gravitational waves turned out to be too good to be true: New data indicates that half of the signal detected by the Antarctica-based telescope was caused by interstellar dust.
Why do scientists have different opinions than the rest of us?The Pew Research Center and the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences found wide opinion gaps on a number of issues relating to science and technology, from climate change to animal research to evolution.
Are chickens any good with numbers? The answer might surprise you.Experiments with chicks show that the animals appear to count upward from left to right, just like humans do.
Why is this supernova so bubbly?Cassiopeia A, a supernova that exploded 340 years ago, seems to a bubbly interior, and scientists now think they know why.
Study finds wide gulf between public, scientist views about scienceAmericans hold science in high regard, but perceive risks and scientific theories very differently from scientists, a new study finds. The public is much more skeptical about the safety of genetically modified foods and pesticides than scientists.
Baleen whales hear with their bones, study findsA new study suggests baleen whales, including fin and blue whales, are able to hear low frequency sound through their skulls.
- Watch this very rare African golden cat try to eat a monkey
Almost never seen in the wild, an African golden cat was caught on video pouncing on a group of red colobus monkeys in an attempt to secure a meal.
- Huge alien ring system dwarfs Saturn's
Astronomers have detected an exoplanet with a gargantuan ring system, some 200 times larger than that of Saturn.
High winds force NASA to scrub soil satellite launchNASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite will have to wait to go into space, as high winds forced the agency to abort the launch minutes before liftoff.
Why did NASA send a probe into the Northern Lights?NASA launched a probe on Wednesday into the Auroral Borealis so scientists might better understand what happens to the thermosphere during these naturally occurring light shows.
Mysterious 'God's hand' space globule imaged by Very Large TelescopeThe European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope has captured an image of CG4, a cometary globule that lies some 1,300 light years from Earth and whose origins remain unknown.
Laser pioneer Charles H. Townes sought to fuse science with religionCharles H. Townes, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who developed the theory that led to the laser, believed that science and faith were similar and ought to interact with one another.
