It travelled at an average speed of 60cm an hour and it has arrived a year late. But the Mars rover Opportunity is finally approaching its destination, the rim of the vast Endeavour crater.
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its panoramic camera to capture this view of Endeavour Crater's rim after a drive during the rover's 2,676th Martian day, or sol, of working on...
A test that is not regulated in the United States but is routinely used in Europe to assess the risk of gender-linked disorders raises the specter of sex selection.
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The drilling industry is preparing to swoop in and capture their shares of Arctic oil and gas as the top of the world loses its ice cover. Here's how to do it right.
Dragonflies the size of modern birds ruled 300 million years ago because smaller larvae were at risk of oxygen toxicity, a new study hints.
Scientists have long thought the Earth's moon was vital for its habitability. But that may not be so.
(DENVER) -- Mother of three Tamara Guida believes that women should eat their own placenta because the nutrient-packed organ that feeds the fetus is rich in nutritional and hormonal properties...
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The new discovery of salty water on Mars could prove significant for science and the search for life, scientists say.
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Read 'NASA funds 30 new space research projects' on Yahoo! News. The US space agency announced funding for 30 new space projects Monday, including ways to protect astronauts from deep-space radiation,...
An Atlas V rocket lofted the Juno spacecraft toward Jupiter from Space Launch Complex-41. The 4-ton Juno spacecraft will take five years to reach Jupiter on a mission to study its structure and...
Its been speculated for years that the molecules found in meteorites that carry genetic instructions - the building blocks for life - were created during their epic flight to their new home,...