Mars Science Lab Seems OK After Mishap
A bullet dodged? The next Mars rover, the Mars Science Lab, appears to be okay after last week’s mishap.
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NASA to abandon trapped rover Spirit
NASA has decided to abandon efforts to contact the rover Spirit, incommunicado for more than a year.
Evidence mounts for liquid water on Enceladus
Evidence mounts for liquid water on Enceladus.
Mars Science Lab Hardware Damaged
Facing a launch window that ends December 18, the next rover mission to Mars was damaged last week upon arriving at the Kennedy Space Center.
Satellite monitoring of new Iceland volcano eruption
Satellite monitoring of the new Iceland volcano eruption.
More on the new Kepler results: Lots of multiple planet systems
More on the new Kepler results: Lots of multiple planet systems.
New results from Kepler
New results from Kepler.
Climate cleansing: Google to censor skeptics?
From JunkScience: Google to censor climate skeptics?
The next Moon probe
The next Moon mission, launching this summer.
Seeing the Planets for the Trees
A storm ten times bigger than Earth
New data provides further confirmation of dark energy
New data provides further confirmation of the existence of dark energy.
NOAA predicts an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season
NOAA today announced its prediction for 2011, calling for an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season.
Archaeologists uncover oldest mine in the Americas
Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest evidence of organized mining in the Americas.
A 135-year-old scab launches a smallpox scare at a Virginia museum
A 135-year-old scab launches a smallpox scare at a Virginia museum.
Using a black hole as your starship engine
Testing beer in zero gravity
Video and images from the zero gravity beer test Plus some results!
Astronomers, Kepler, and SETI@home team up to find exoplanets
Astronomers, Kepler, and SETI@home team up to find exoplanets.
Is Gliese 581d habitable? Maybe
Is the extrasolar planet Gliese 581d habitable? Maybe.
Private citizen commits $25 million for Giant Magellan Telescope
Private citizen has just donated $25 million for the construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope.
This is how it used to be done all the time: All the early giant telescopes built in the United States before World War II were financed by individuals or private foundations, with no or little government investment.