STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A potentially hazardous asteroid will pass by Earth on Thursday, according to NASA. Dubbed Asteroid 418135 (2008 AG33) by NASA, the asteroid will make a close approach to Earth a… [+1511 chars]
Sign up for CNNs Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Two Russian cosmonauts will give the International Spa… [+1466 chars]
Venus and Jupiter are on track to “nearly collide” in the sky this week. Stargazers will be able to watch the phenomenon if they wake up very early. How to watch Venus and Jupiter ‘nearly collide’ … [+1923 chars]
A team of paleontologists has discovered fossils of three impressive new ichthyosaursancient marine reptilesin rocks located 9,000 feet above sea level. The ichthyosaurs were found in excavations th… [+3995 chars]
Lockheed Martin engineers just unwrapped a plane-sized package in California. NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet arrived this month at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility in Palmdale for assembly, ah… [+2301 chars]
Ottawa (AFP) Canadian lawmakers were set to vote Thursday on amending the nation's Criminal Code to allow for the prosecution of crimes committed on the Moon. The proposed change to the law -- which … [+1541 chars]
Three meteorites contain the molecular building blocks of DNA and its cousin RNA, scientists recently discovered. A subset of these building blocks had been detected in meteorites before, but the r… [+8639 chars]
