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Neil Armstrong will be buried at seaA public memorial service for the first person on the moon, Neil Armstrong, will take place on September 13 at the Washington National Cathedral.
Rover Curiosity update: after month on Mars, a pause to stretchEngineers operating the Mars rover Curiosity will put its robotic arm through a set of movements to allow them to tailor its motions to less gravity than it experienced on Earth. Then it's off to explore.
Quantum 'teleportation' distance record brokenResearchers say that exploiting quantum entanglement could lead to near-instantaneous data transmission.
- Spectacular photo shows Mars rover tracks from space
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Curiosity rover's progress as it zig-zags over the Red Planet's surface.
On ocean floor, a shrimp that vomits lightA shrimp that spews glowing chemicals is one of the many discoveries made by a team of scientists investigating bioluminescence at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea.
MacGyver in space? Astronauts fix space station with toothbrush.Using makeshift tools that included a spare toothbrush, a pair of spacewalking astronauts successfully fixed a vital power system aboard the International Space Station.
Bottom trawling wrecking ocean floor, study findsBottom trawling, the practice of dragging nets across the sea floor to scoop up fish, is smoothing out the seabed and kicking up sediment, seriously disrupting marine ecosystems, according to a new study.
- Lake Erie: Dead fish turning up by the thousands on northern shoreline
Lake Erie: Dead fish washed up on Lake Erie's northern shore by the tens of thousands last weekend. Investigators have found no evidence of pollution.
Out at the edge of the solar system, surprises for Voyager 1Voyager 1 seems to have hit the doldrums as it approaches the edge of the sun's sphere of influence. Still, says a lead scientist, 'We all have the sense that something big is imminent.'
Fossils are a 'Frankensaur' says paleontologistA 70-million-year-old dinosaur the federal government seized is a Frankenstein-like amalgam of several dinosaurs. A Florida fossil dealer sold the dinosaur for $1.05 million in action in May and implied the bones were all from one creature.
Toothbrush-wielding, spacewalking astronauts repair space stationA stubborn bolt on the International Space Station finally cooperated, thanks to a pair of spacewalking astronauts with improvised tools.
Thirty-five years after launch, Voyager 1 set to exit solar systemNow some 11 billion miles from the sun, Voyager 1 is approaching interstellar space.
Where does the solar system end? Voyager 1 probe to find out, eventually.Launched on Sept. 5, 1977 and now more than 11 billion miles from the sun, the Voyager 1 probe was expected to be exiting the solar system by now. But it seems the edge is farther out than scientists thought.
Costa Rica earthquake: scientists saw it comingA magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit Costa Rica Wednesday, rattling buildings in the capital, San Jose. Scientists had been cautioning that the region was due for another major quake soon.
- Toothbrush used for vital space station repairs
With the help of a spare toothbrush, two spacewalking astronauts replaced a stuck bolt that had been preventing them from fixing a power unit.
Stuck bolt on ISS: Astronauts didn't bring any WD-40The International Space Station is running on partial solar power as spacewalking astronauts make another attempt to loosen a stuck bolt on a power-switch box today.
Felled trees make way for space shuttle EndeavourIn preparation for the space shuttle Endeavour's final journey from Los Angeles International Airport to the California Science Center crews are clearing trees. The center plans to replace the trees and improve the city's landscape, but some residents are unhappy.
Why did NASA delay its Jupiter-bound craft's maneuver?NASA engineers are delaying a second engine firing in its Jupiter-bound spacecraft in order to check out the propulsion system. The craft, Juno, is on a mission to map Jupiter's magnetic and gravity fields.
Curiosity Mars rover shoots spectacular full-circle panoramaA 360-degree view of the Red Planet's surface is the latest amazing image beamed to Earth from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
What is it like to live on Mars time? One family finds out.The family of David Oh, a flight director for NASA's Curiosity Mars rover mission, opted to join him in synching their lives to the Martian day, which is about 40 minutes longer than the Earth day.
