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How can there be ice on Mercury?Images of water ice snapped by a Mercury-orbiting NASA probe suggests that ice lurking in the otherwise-scorching planet's frigid craters may have arrived there recently.
Huge prehistoric kangaroo was more the sauntering type, say scientistsThe enormous ancestors of modern kangaroos may have preferred walking to hopping, new research indicates.
Spacecraft snaps amazing selfie as it prepares to land on cometRiding atop the Rosetta spacecraft as it orbits Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency's Philae lander has snapped a photo of itself, with the comet in the background.
- Life thrives inside rocks at bottom of sea, say scientists
Researchers have discovered methane-eating microbes inside towering rocks at the bottom of the ocean.
- ISS spacewalk: Watch it live
A duo of NASA astronauts are performing a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Here's how to watch it live online.
NASA's MAVEN: First results from mission to Mars dazzle scientistsThe first MAVEN images are much clearer than expected, giving scientists their first look at the structure of Mars' extended upper atmosphere and clues to its history.
Stephen Hawking biopic trailer reveals physicist's strugglesStephen Hawking is the subject of "The Theory of Everything," which takes audiences into the personal challenges faced by the renowned astrophysicist.
- Super-secret space plane could return to Earth this week, Air Force officials say
After 22 months in orbit, the mysterious X-37B is set to return to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Archaeologists in England unearth 'find of a lifetime'In what they are calling a very rare discovery, archaeologists in Leicestershire, England, have discovered the bronze remains of a burnt and buried chariot.
- Archaeologists in Israel unearth ancient storm god cult complex
Archaeologists in Tel Burna, Israel, have discovered a 3,300-year-old complex for devotees to what was possibly an ancient storm god, or perhaps a female goddess of war.
Bizarre 'pyramid' on comet: How did it get there?European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has sent home images of a large pyramid-shaped boulder on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Amazing mosaic unearthed at ancient Greek tombArchaeologist say they have discovered an intricate mosaic from the time of Alexander the Great.
Cover StoryThe whale saversA decades-long quest to save the north Atlantic right whale is helping revive a species that is a bellwether of the health of the oceans.
Scientists design a slithering snake robot. Why?Inspired by sidewinder snakes, a team of researchers have designed a robot that can slide across the sand, for potential use in search-and-rescue missions.
- Alien planet has water vapor, is otherwise completely uninhabitable
Astronomers have created a detailed 'weather map' of WASP-43b, a 'hot Jupiter' some 260 light-years from Earth with supersonic winds and temperatures that would melt steel.
Want a job at Google? Be a camel.Google hired a camel to walk around the Liwa desert with the Trekker camera on its hump. Now people can explore the sand dunes of southern UAE from home.
Robot snake slithers like a sidewinder, the 'ultimate all-terrain vehicle'Scientists designed the first robot snake to scoot across land, swim, dig, climb, or glide. It's a skill set that will allow robot snakes to carry out search-and-rescue operations that would stump a wheeled robot.
Where did the first light in the universe come from? Hubble discovery reveals clues.A compact galaxy some 3 billion light-years away is shedding light, shedding light on how stars formed during when our universe was young.
- NASA's Mars fleet braces for comet encounter
Comet Siding Spring is hurtling toward its Red Planet rendezvous with Mars, while NASA's Mars spacecraft are aiming their instruments at it and moving themselves out of harm's way.
Distant black hole is remarkably peckish, say astronomersThe unusually bright X-rays seen emanating from the edge of a distant galaxy are likely caused by a voracious black hole, say astronomers.
