The much-anticipated
incoming Comet ISON,
which some scientists
hope will become the
"comet of the century"
later this year, may not
be visible to the naked
eye yet, but you don't
have to wait months to
see this icy wanderer.
The comet takes center
s...
A private space plane has
arrived at a NASA
facility in California to
undergo tests that will
help vet its ability to
ferry astronauts to and
from the International
Space Station.
HOUSTON
â
Charles Bolden, NASA's
chief and a
self-described dreamer,
says there is a line
between dreams and
reality when it comes to
what the space agency can
do, especially in light
of current budget
constraints.
The moon generated a
surprisingly intense
magnetic field until at
least 3.56 billion years
ago, 160 million years
longer than previously
thought, a new study
reports.
A new stem cell discovery
has reawakened
controversy about human
cloning
â
though technical
challenges mean
scientists are far from
being able to create
human babies as in
Michael Bay's 2005 sci-fi
flick "The Island."
Sometimes, numbers are
the only way to tell the
true tale of a disaster
incomprehensible in scale
and indescribable in
words. For the victims of
Hurricane Sandy, those
numbers paint a bleak
picture. The storm is
estimated to have caused
between $50 b...