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Communication with Mars to go silent for a monthFrom the Earth's perspective, Mars will be disappearing behind the sun for a month, meaning that NASA's robotic Mars explorers will be on their own.
Toenails measure toxic exposure in New JerseyToenails measure toxic exposure to chromium in Garfield, N.J.. Toenails of residents will be tested to measure the level of exposure to toxic chemicals over the past 18 months.
Jane Goodall apologizes for plagiarizing in new bookJane Goodall apologizes: The famous primate researcher apologizes because her some passages were lifted from elsewhere. Jane Goodall and the publisher of "Seeds of Hope" announced a delay in the book's release.
Volleyball-sized fireball streaks across East Coast skyNASA confirms that a fireball, as bright as a full moon, was seen from Florida to New England. The Friday night meteor was probably a small "boulder" that entered the Earth's atmosphere.
How efforts to save itty-bitty endangered frogs paid offFor the first time, scientists succeeded in saving a type of tiny amphibian whose population has been on the decline in Panama.
How will climate change affect the Himalayas? Scientists trek to find out.Almost half of the world gets its water from the Himalayas and other high mountains, but little is known about how global warming will affect these sources. A team of scientists ventured to the roof of the world to investigate.
New analysis sheds light on ancient Egyptian mummificationA detailed study of 150 mummies embalmed over thousands of years in ancient Egypt indicated that what we think we know about ancient mummification practices might be wrong.
NASA to restore Apollo engines found on ocean floorThe recovery of the Apollo 11 rocket engines by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is a historic find, say NASA officials, who say the agency plans to restore the engines.
How the Planck discovery could point toward a new physicsCaptured by the European Space Agency's Planck space probe, the most detailed map of the early universe reveals a host of unexpected anomalies.
Meteorites reveal the secrets of last month's Russian fireballShards of meteorite, remnants of the fireball that streaked across Russia's skies on February 15, are giving scientists clues to the composition and origin of the space rock.
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Big bang's 'afterglow' reveals universe to be a bit older, with more matterThe most detailed map ever made of the afterglow of the big bang has been unveiled, using data from the Planck space telescope. It largely confirms cosmologists' narrative for the birth of the universe, with a few adjustments.
Bow-legged robot can scamper across rugged terrainScientists have developed a tiny robot with six curved legs that enable it to sprint over unstable surfaces such as sand, gravel, and other unstable surfaces.
How do tectonic plates slide? Scientists reveal mysterious layer deep in Earth.Beneath our planet's tectonic plates is a boundary layer of molten magma, suggests a new study.
Ancient volcanoes drove half of all species to extinction, study suggestsA new study indicates that massive volcanic activity and the resultant climate change some 200 million years ago were behind the widespread extinction of land and sea species that made way for the rise of dinosaurs.
- Long-lost Apollo engines found at bottom of Atlantic Ocean
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his team have recovered from the ocean floor what were believed two of the long-lost Saturn V engines from the Apollo 11 mission, which sent the first man to the moon more than 40 years ago.
Has Voyager 1 left the solar system? Probably not, but it's close.NASA scientists say that the Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, is still inside our solar system. But the probe's radiation sensors indicate that it has entered a new region of space.
Universe some 80 million years older than thought, say scientistsObservations from the European Space Agency's Planck space probe add about 80 million years to the age of the universe and lend credence to the so-called inflation model, which theorizes that our universe underwent a rapid expansion in a tiny fraction of a second after the Big Bang.
Giant squid all one species, study findsGiant squid: Found in deep oceans all over the globe, the giant squid shows surprisingly little genetic diversity, say researchers.
- Sinkhole swallows pond. How does that happen?
Sinkhole swallows pond in northern California. How does a sinkhole swallow a pond overnight? A look at sinkhole geology and the leading theories.
