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May 11, 2013 08:12 AM EDT

NASA Mars Rover Curiosity to Drill into Cumberland Rock

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has a new site to drill--the Cumberland rock. Now, the rover will set course for the location in the coming day.

May 10, 2013 04:13 PM EDT

Earth's Most Precious Resource To Be Monitored By New Scientific Satellite

The satellite code-named 'Biomass', designed to map and monitor one of "Earth's most precious resources", was selected to become the seventh Earth Explorer mission by the European Space Agency.

May 10, 2013 10:18 AM EDT

NASA Reports International Space Station Radiator Leak May Need Emergency Space Walk

Houston, we have a problem. Astronauts on the International Space Station have discovered an ammonia leak that may require an emergency space walk, according to NASA officials.

May 09, 2013 08:23 PM EDT

Solar Eclipse: 'Ring of Fire' Eclipse Expected in Australia on Friday

Australians just might have the chance to witness a solar eclipse, starting Friday.

May 10, 2013 09:30 AM EDT

Moon and Earth Share Common Water Source: Ancient Meteorites

What does Earth's and the Moon's water have in common? Apparently they came from the same place. New research has revealed that the Moon's water did not come from colliding comets billions of years ago.

May 09, 2013 02:41 PM EDT

Hubble Space Telescope Discovers 'Polluted' Dead Stars and Signs of Earth-like Planets

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made an unusual find. It's discovered signs of Earth-like planets among dead, polluted stars in a nearby star cluster. The pollution itself may be caused by debris from asteroid-like objects falling onto the stars.

May 09, 2013 11:54 AM EDT

Thousands of Would-be Astronauts Want One-Way Ticket to Mars: Bye-Bye Forever, Earth

Ever wanted to take a trip to Mars? Now, you can--as long as you don't mind the fact that it's a one-way ticket and you'd never see Earth again.

May 09, 2013 11:15 AM EDT

Search for Space Warps! Armchair Astronomers Can Now Scout the Universe

The Space Warps project is recruiting armchair astronomers to scout the universe for massive galaxies that are so large that they warp space time. You can join the search, as well!

May 09, 2013 06:27 AM EDT

Hydrogen Gas Clouds Discovered between Milky Way's Neighboring Galaxies

A graduate student from West Virginia University has revealed a previously unrecognized huddle of gas clouds between Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies, neighbors of our Milky Way.

May 08, 2013 05:26 PM EDT

Forecasting the Weather on Mars: Snowstorms Can be Predicted

Weather forecasts may soon come to Mars, at least for the snowstorms that occasionally whip over the northern hemisphere of our neighbor planet during the icy cold winters and could be predicted several weeks in advance, say researchers from the Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, and the Max Planck...

May 08, 2013 12:41 PM EDT

First Biological Evidence of a Supernova: Remains of Exploding Star Discovered in Bacteria

Researchers have discovered that fossil remains hold clues to exploding stars in the form of the remains of iron-loving bacteria. The findings are the first to show that there can be biological evidence of a supernova.

May 08, 2013 10:34 AM EDT

Spectacular 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse This Week! Watch the Sun Here

You may be in for a spectacular solar display this week. The moon will block out the sun on Thursday and Friday during a solar eclipse, transforming our nearest star into a "ring of fire" in the daytime sky.