Scientists are a abuzz with anticipation for the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope, the biggest and most powerful infrared space-based telescope, which will be revealed in J… [+9313 chars]
There are a million and one ways to die in space , whether its from micrometeoroid impacts shredding your ship or solar flares frying its electronics , drowning in your own sweat during a spacewa… [+14018 chars]
Researchers uncovering fossils at the fossil site in 1951 before its location was initially lost. (Image credit: Ferraz et al) (opens in new tab)Scientists have finally rediscovered a lost fossil si… [+4244 chars]
North Carolina is in hog heaven. Well, in a manner of speaking: It's one of the largest producers of swine in the U.S., with pigs nearly outnumbering the state's human population. All of this pork … [+3942 chars]
For the past 10 years, the Curiosity rover has traveled across the Martian terrain, looking for clues to the planets potentially habitable past. Recently, the car-sized robot drove through a transiti… [+2991 chars]
A spacecraft's second close flyby of Mercury Thursday (June 23) gave a stunning set of close-ups of the planet's craters and volcanic regions. The BepiColombo mission, a joint project by the Europea… [+3046 chars]
