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China steps up the space race: A rover is heading to the moonChina will launch a lander and rover to the moon by the end of this year, officials announced Wednesday, part of an ambitious plan to return samples from the lunar surface by 2017 and send humans within the next decade.
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Saturn moon Titan's thick shell suggests bizarre interiorScientists have found that the tough shell of Saturn's largest moon Titan is stronger than previously thought and hints at an unusual interior.
Snow leopard cub goes on view at Bronx ZooSnow leopard cub: The Bronx Zoo in New York City now has on display a snow leopard cub, the son of an orphaned snow leopard from Pakistan.
How one scientist hacked another scientist's brainUsing already existing technology, University of Washington researchers have proved that it's possible to use one's thoughts to remotely control another person's body movements.
African serval cat: Neighbors shot hybrid cat and left it in trash binA large, spotted cat that looks like a miniature cheetah was found dead in a trash can on Detroit's east side on Monday evening, after slipping out its owners' window a month earlier.
Phoenix haboob: massive dust storm rolls into ArizonaPhoenix haboob: An enormous dust storm called a 'haboob' crawled into Phoenix on Monday evening.
Japan scrubs rocket launch moments before liftoffA glitch with Japan's next-generation Epsilon rocket Tuesday has held up the launch of a planet-observing satellite.
European hunter-gatherers domesticated pigs earlier than thoughtA DNA analysis of remains unearthed at a Mesolithic site in norther Germany suggests that European hunter-gatherers owned pigs as early as 4600 BC, some 500 years earlier than previously thought.
Have scientists discovered a new element?The periodic table might get a new addition. Scientists in Germany say they have replicated a decade-old Russian experiment that created dozens of short-lived atoms with 115 protons.
Anonymous New Jersey wreck identified as pre-Civil War shipThe once mysterious ruined ship has been identified as the Robert J. Walker, a steamer ship that belonged to the U.S. Coast Survey and that sank in a tragic accident 153 years ago.
With 19 seconds before blastoff, Japan cancels rocket launchJapan canceled the launch of a new rocket it hopes will be a cheaper way of putting satellites into space, after it suffered a problem just before launch.
Spitzer telescope revolutionized how we see the universeOne decade ago, the Spitzer telescope was launched into Earth's orbit to see the universe in infrared. Ever since, Spitzer has sent back some of the most stunning pictures ever taken of space.
How sea otters are saving California's seagrassA new paper reports that the return of the sea otter to the Californian ecosystem is setting off a chain of events that tops out with good news for seagrass.
NASA lunar probe: Will it unlock decades-old mystery?LADEE, a NASA probe set to launch on Sept. 6, could answer an outstanding question in lunar history: What are "streamers"?
Imperturbable ytterbium reverberates superbly, scientists sayScientists at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed the most stable clock ever, using lasers to vibrate a lattice of a rare metal called ytterbium.
Hunt for near-Earth asteroids is new mission for slumbering NASA craftNASA's WISE telescope ran out of coolant for two of its four infrared detectors, but the remaining ones can operate in a way that is suitable for the detection of near-Earth asteroids.
In new concept video, NASA bags an asteroid to theme musicIn an Armadggedon-like video, NASA outlines its controversial Asteroid Retrieval Mission.
C. Gordon Fullerton, pioneering space shuttle pilotCol. C. Gordon Fullerton, an astronaut who was involved in NASA’s earliest ventures and in the success of its space shuttle program, died on Wednesday in California.
Sun belches humongous plume of radioactive plasma: What you need to knowOn August 20 and again on August 21, the sun released coronal mass ejections (CMEs), giant plumes of plasma that are heading towards Earth.
