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Unmanned NASA spacecraft explodes spectacularlyAn SUV-sized lunar lander had barely gotten off the ground when a hardware failure sent it toppling to the ground, where it then proceeded to explode. Nobody was hurt.
Why is Mars red anyway?Iron oxide gives the Red Planet its distinctive hue, but why is there so much iron on the surface? And how did it oxidize?
Did NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spot a flying saucer?It sure did, but this was no UFO. The rover snapped a photo of its own heat shield after it separated from the descent module.
Astronomers release biggest ever 3-D map of the universeUsing data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III, the 3-D map contains more than a million galaxies.
On Mars: It's Curiosity's moment to shine, but MAVEN is in the worksIn 2014, Curiosity and MAVEN are slated to team up to help scientists unravel the mystery behind Mars' vanishing atmosphere: How did a wet, warm planet lose that thin layer that can preserve the building blocks of life?
Hey, is that Mars or the Mojave in NASA rover's photo?One of the first images from the camera atop the rover Curiosity's mast shows a Mars landscape that scientists called remarkably Earth-like, as if NASA 'put a rover out in the Mojave Desert.'
Mars rover landing site surprisingly 'Earth-like,' say scientistsGale Crater, where NASA's one-ton Curiosity Mars rover touched down on Sunday night, looks strikingly similar to California's Mojave desert.
Fossil discovery complicates Homo sapiens' family treeA team led by renowned paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey has discovered new fossils that they say suggests that our apelike ancestors shared their habitat with other hominid species.
Curiosity rover sends 3-D images of Martian surfaceUsing its stereoscopic navigation cameras, NASA's new Mars rover has beamed to Earth its first 3-D photos of Mars.
Early human ancestors had lots of company, fossils revealOur apelike forbears shared East Africa with lots of other hominid species, according to an analysis of fossils discovered in northern Kenya.
July was hottest month in US on record, reports NOAAJuly 2012's average temperature of 77.6 degrees Fahrenheit for the continental United States beat the previous record holder, July 1936, by one fifth of a degree, reports the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration.
Mars: Curiosity captures its first color pictureNASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, has taken its first color photo of the Red Planet. The photo acted as a thumbs-up to Earth, indicating that the rover's equipment is operational and that it is prepared for the mission ahead.
Mars 'crime scene' photo places rover Curiosity right where it wants to beDubbed 'the crime scene,' an overhead photo of the Curiosity landing site taken by a Mars orbiter indicates NASA's rover is in an almost ideal spot to carry out its mission.
- 'Cold fusion' co-discoverer Martin Fleischmann dies
Martin Fleischmann, the British electrochemist who in 1989 controversially proclaimed to have discovered a way to produce nuclear fusion in a room-temperature glass bottle, passed away on Friday.
What everyone is saying about NASA's Mars rover landingThe successful landing of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on the Red Planet marks a historic moment in the history of planetary science. Here's what people are saying about it.
Is global warming behind the recent heat waves?The unusual heat waves felt in Texas, Oklahoma, Moscow, and elsewhere in recent years are almost certainly a result of global warming, according to a study led by NASA scientist and climate activist James Hansen.
British astronomer Bernard Lovell left 'immense' legacyThe pioneering British astronomer and physicists Bernard Lovell, who died Monday, created the only telescope in the West that could track Sputnik.
- New Mars photos arrive from Curiosity rover
New Mars photos: NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has taken its first color photo of the surface of Mars.
Curiosity Mars rover phones home to say it's doing well, is beginning surface missionSignals sent to Earth from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover indicate that the robot is functioning normally as it begins investigating the surface of the Red Planet.
What made Curiosity's Mars landing a 'miracle?'NASA scientists credited engineering for Sunday's successful Mars landing. Rough-cut footage sent back to Earth from Curiosity's camera depicts the rover's descent, while other new photos show Mars' Mount Sharp.
