European Space Agency releases first picture from comet surface
The European Space Agency has released the first picture taken by the Philae landing probe from the surface of a comet after determining that the...
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Test flight of Virgin Galactic spaceship ends in fatal crash in California
(Reuters) – A passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company crashed during a test flight on Friday near the Mojave Air and...
How NASA crews could sleep for 6 months on the journey to Mars
Existing medical techniques are laying the foundations for an ambitious research project to send astronauts into a deep sleep on a six-month journey to Mars,...
3,000-year-old golden bowl hides a grisly archaeological tale
In 1958, archaeologists were digging through the ruins of a burned Iron Age citadel called Hasanlu in northwestern Iran when they pulled a spectacular, albeit...
Comet makes rare close pass by Mars as spacecraft watch
(Reuters) – A comet from the outer reaches of the solar system on Sunday made a rare, close pass by Mars where a fleet of...
Scientist Meets Largest Spider In The World And It’s Actually Pretty Harmless
But it’s sickeningly massive This is a pretty reassuring story for arachnophobes, but the pictures might make your stomach lurch: a scientist found a spider...
A look at how your voice is being used to ID you
LONDON (AP) — Businesses and governments around the world are increasingly turning to voice biometrics, which sometimes are described as voiceprints, to replace passwords and...
Light bulb moment: Low-energy LED wins Nobel prize
(Reuters) – An American and two Japanese scientists won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for inventing a new energy-efficient and environment-friendly light...
Mission Accomplished: India Joins Mars Explorers
NEW DELHI (AP) — India triumphed in its first interplanetary mission, placing a satellite into orbit around Mars on Wednesday and catapulting the country into...
NASA’s Maven spacecraft enters Mars orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Maven spacecraft entered orbit around Mars for an unprecedented study of the red planet’s atmosphere following a 442 million-mile...