Israeli and Palestinian negotiators held a second and final day of preliminary, face-to-face talks in Washington Tuesday. The talks included a meeting with President Obama at the White House. U.S. […]
Academics, professionals and Star Trek fans are once again discussing the iconic franchise’s influence on society, science, and technology, as t ...
Amateur and professional skywatchers all over the world send observations to the Minor Planet Center, which collects information about near-Earth obj ...
Scientists have announced the discovery of three planets, in two planetary systems, that are in or on the edge of the so-called habitable zone, the ra ...
Scientists from the European and U.S. space agencies say ESA’s Planck space telescope has yielded the most detailed map ever created of the oldest light in the universe. The new […]
The U.S. space agency confirmed Wednesday that the Mars rover Curiosity has collected the first sample from inside a rock on Mars. NASA engineers received images from Mars Wednesday showing […]
Astronomers hope to learn more about Asteroid 2012 DA14’s features and composition as it flies past Earth at about 7.8 kilometers per second – far faster than a speeding bullet. […]
NASA’s Curiosity rover is three months into its two-year mission on Mars as it investigates whether conditions there ever could have supported microbial life. Researchers are interested not only in […]
The U.S. space agency has landed a rover on Mars, completing the most harrowing step in a mission to investigate possible life on the planet. Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet […]
The U.S. space agency is preparing for its newest Mars rover, Curiosity, to touch down on the Red Planet on August 6. The rover’s entry and descent will be nerve-wracking […]