Plenty of Middle East-flavored drama unfolded at the United Nations Thursday as Syria called for a vote to try to…
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Final 10-mile trek for space shuttle Atlantis
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Trailed by a solemn entourage of astronauts and shuttle workers, Atlantis began its slow journey to…
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NASA aiming for moon again, this time from Va., to probe thinnest of atmospheres, lunar dust
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA is headed back to the moon, this time to explore its thin atmosphere and rough…
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A fossil? A monolith? Jimmy Hoffa? Mars rover finds … something
NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars is busily grinding out science data — and has likely relayed some provocative findings —…
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NASA Curiosity Rover spots iguana on Mars
NASA’s Mars Rover has captured the image of a rock that looks just like an iguana. The iguana doppleganger was…
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Incredible tech: How to find life on Mars
Finding life on Mars isn’t easy. While NASA’s Curiosity rover found that Mars could have once supported life at some…
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NASA launches satellite to monitor carbon dioxide
NASA has launched its first spacecraft devoted to monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide, the heat-trapping gas thought to be responsible for…
Read MoreJupiter’s moon Europa may have plate tectonics just like Earth
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, regarded as perhaps the solar system’s best bet to host alien life, keeps getting more and…
Read MoreIdeas wanted for NASA mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
Under its icy crust, Jupiter’s moon Europa could harbor a vast ocean of potentially life-supporting liquid water, and NASA has…
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Cygnus arrives at International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Christmas has finally arrived for the six space station astronauts. A privately launched supply ship reached…
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