Astronomy
Europe plans remote update to keep aging Mars probe stable
The European Space Agency plans to remotely update the software on its Mars Express probe to ensure the aging spacecraft remains stable...
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Scientists harvest 1st vegetables in Antarctic greenhouse
Scientists in Antarctica have harvested their first crop of vegetables grown without earth, daylight or pesticides as part of a project designed to help astronauts cultivate fresh food on other planet...
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The center of the Milky Way is teeming with black holes
Astronomers say they found a dozen black holes in the center of the Milky Way and that thousands of others are likely at our galactic core...
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China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific
China's Tiangong 1 space station has mostly burned up over the South Pacific upon re-entry into the atmosphere...
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Astronomers baffled by distant galaxy void of dark matter
Astronomers spy a galaxy that's missing invisible stuff...
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NASA delays next-generation space telescope until 2020
NASA has delayed the launch of its next-generation space telescope until 2020...
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity marks 2,000th day on red planet
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has now marked 2,000 days on the red planet...
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Our 1st interstellar visitor likely came from 2-star system
Our 1st known interstellar visitor likely came from a two-star system...
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Lack of evidence put Hawking's Nobel hopes in black hole
Stephen Hawking was a brilliant physicist, but he never got a Nobel Prize because no one has yet proven his ideas...
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Stephen Hawking: 'His laboratory was the universe'
The popular face of scientific genius, Hawking's work recognized but not understood by public...
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