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Curiosity rover makes contact with a Mars rock named 'Jake'The next stop for the Mars rover: an intriguing mystery rock in the Mars Yellowknife sector that has the ability to retain daytime heat long into the night.
Zombees: First 'zombie' bees found in Washington stateThe infection is another threat to bees that are needed to pollinate crops.
Arctic warming could spur regrowth of ancient fossil forestThe paleo-scene won't sprout up overnight, of course, said Alexandre Guertin-Pasquier of the University of Montreal, who will present his research at the Canadian Paleontology Conference in Toronto this week.
Mars fragments and moon rocks on meteorite auction blockOn Oct. 14 in Manhattan, fragments of Mars, the moon and asteroids that have fallen to Earth go up for sale, in what auction house Heritage Auctions is billing as the largest public meteorite auction ever held.
Humongous, gassy halo found surrounding Milky WayThe findings were reported today by a research team using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Bill Nye, former 'Science Guy,' warns creationism threatens US scienceBill Nye, a mechanical engineer and star of the popular 1990s TV show 'Bill Nye The Science Guy,' has waded into the evolution debate with an online video that urges parents not to pass their religious-based doubts about evolution on to their children.
Tropical storm Miriam now a Category 2 hurricaneTropical storm Miriam rapidly became hurricane Miriam in the Pacific. Miriam is getting stronger but is not on track to hit the US or Mexico.
Giant 655-pound leatherback turtle rescued and releasedA huge 7-foot-long leatherback sea turtle was treated for dehydration and released off Cape Cod. Meanwhile, a pregnant hawksbill sea turtle was rescued in the US Virgin Islands, and has since laid 55 eggs.
While Arctic melts, Antarctic ice hits record. Is warming debunked?Antarctic ice expansion doesn't disprove warming, scientists say. Warming has long been expected to hit Arctic ice first.
Arctic sea ice in 'uncharted territory,' say researchersAs Arctic sea ice melted to the lowest level ever recorded, researchers said they were unprepared for the speed of this facet of climate change. As Arctic ice melts, scientists worry it will add heat and moisture to the globe's climate system.
Space shuttle Endeavour touches downThe space shuttle Endeavour landed in California on its way to its final resting place. On the way, it made a flyover in Tucson, Arizona where former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, Endeavour's retired commander, were watching.
Going for the record: Can anything stop 2012 from being warmest ever?For super-warm 2012 to end up as an average year in the lower 48 states would require an astonishing, and record-breaking, cold snap over the final four months. That's not in the forecast.
Shuttle Endeavour heading to L.A. to retire: why some neighbors are ruffledIn the logistical maneuvering to move space shuttle Endeavour the 12 miles from Los Angeles airport to the California Science Center downtown, 395 street trees will come down. Frustration abounds.
Primordial galaxy spotted, sheds light on early universeScientists were able to see the ancient galaxy because gravity from a massive galaxy cluster situated between it and Hubble acted as a lens, bending the light from the 'incredibly faint' galaxy.
Ancient, sarcophagus-like tombs discovered in Philippines jungleThe tombs could be at least 1,000 years old based on carbon-dating tests done on a human tooth found in one of the limestone graves.
Will a warming planet and melting sea ice spur development in the Arctic?Researchers predict that nearly ice-free summers are on the way, although it’s not yet clear when this will happen.
Mars rover eclipse photos to shed light on planet's compositionScientists will use these photos to nail down the orbits of Phobos and Deimos precisely, and to determine how much they have changed over the last few years, researchers said. This information, in turn, could yield key insights about the interior of Mars, which remains largely mysterious.
Space shuttle Endeavour piggybacks on 747 for last leg of Calif. journeyToday, Endeavour and its carrier plane, called the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, will soar over Austin and refuel at Biggs Army Base in El Paso, Texas, before continuing west toward California.
Mini-Great Pyramid of Giza on Mars intrigues Curiosity rover teamA small, pyramid-like rock about 1,000 feet from the Curiosity rover's landing site on Mars appears to present the perfect opportunity for scientists to test how two key instruments work together.
- Distant galaxy helped tidy up early universe, scientists say
Using data from space telescopes, scientists say they have located a galaxy formed more than 13 billion years ago when the universe was young and still permeated with a fog of hydrogen gas.
