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With Mangalyaan, India is first in Asia to reach MarsIndia successfully placed Mangalyaan in orbit around Mars Wednesday. Mangalyaan joins NASA's MAVEN orbiter, which arrived Sunday, in studying various aspects of the red planet.
World's women bear brunt of climate change, says UN women chiefFemale leaders seized the occasion of the UN Climate Summit as an opportunity to highlight the inextricable links between climate change and gender equality.
Thinking of getting a chimpanzee? Read this first.Chimpanzees that have been raised by humans tend to experience isolation from their peers later in life, say scientists.
Migrating monarchs paint butterfly portrait for radar watchersNational Weather Service radar picked up a giant butterfly-shaped mass flying over St. Louis, Mo. last week. As it turns out, the butterfly portrait was actually formed by a swarm of butterflies.
Obama sounds climate alarm at UN, pledges carbon cutsSpeaking before more than 120 world leaders, the US president said that large economies have a special responsibility to lead the fight against global warming.
In a first, India puts spacecraft in Martian orbitAfter a 10-month-journey through deep space, India's Mars Orbiter Mission has successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit, a first for the world's largest democracy.
Cosmic dust may have distorted cosmic inflation breakthroughHarvard researchers rocked the science community last March with an apparent discovery of gravitational ripples that gave credence to cosmic inflation theory – a finding that met as much skepticism as enthusiasm. Now, further analysis raises more doubts.
First day of autumn: Why do the leaves change color anyway?And why do they fall off? It all has to do with conserving water, say scientists.
Antarctic fish with ice in its veins: How does it stay alive?Scientists long have known that antifreeze proteins help a species of Antarctic fish survive in frigid waters. Now research has found that these proteins also prevent some fish from ever ridding themselves of the ice in their bodies.
Cretaceous-period dinosaur had a rather large nose, say scientistsRhinorex condrupus, a 75-million-year-old hadrosaur that roamed what is today Utah, had an exceptionally big schnozzle, paleontologists report.
India's Mars orbiter set for Red Planet rendezvousAfter a 10-month journey, India's Mangalyaan orbiter is scheduled to start circling Mars following a 24-minute orbital insertion maneuver.
Could Pacific winds be to blame for Northwest warming trend?A new and likely controversial study suggests that, at least in the Pacific Northwest local winds are a more important factor explaining ocean warming than greenhouse gases.
Why is your face unique? New study offers clues.You can thank evolution for your one-of-a-kind mug, according to research that finds that chance alone cannot account for each person's distinctive facial features.
First day of autumn: Why do we celebrate equinoxes anyway?Monday marks the autumnal equinox, one of two days during the year that neither the North nor South Pole is angled toward the sun, resulting in a day and night that are almost exactly equal.
MAVEN now successfully orbiting Mars. What's next?NASA's craft known as MAVEN began to orbit Mars at 10:24 p.m. EDT Sunday. It is the first of two orbiters slated to arrive at the red planet this week.
- Global carbon emissions to reach record high, say scientists
Worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide are projected to reach 44 billion tons, with the biggest polluters being India, China, the United States, and the European Union.
- Why is NASA flying planes over Alaska?
A trio of NASA missions are using turboprop aircraft to examine changes in Arctic sea ice, glaciers, and permafrost.
- 3D printer, 20 mice now en route to space station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral early Sunday morning, carrying a Dragon capsule packed with food, equipment, and several scientific experiments.
Air-sniffing space probe arrives in Mars orbit. What will it smell?After a 10-month journey, NASA's MAVEN orbiter, which aims to study Mars's atmosphere, is now in orbit around the Red Planet.
NASA's MAVEN set to enter Mars' orbit Sunday nightNASA will broadcast MAVEN's long-anticipated arrival at Mars in a live webcast Sunday night. India's Mars Obiter Mission will reach the Red Planet Wednesday.
