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Climate Change in ‘Real-Time’: Beaufort Sea Ice Fracturing (+Video)

April 3, 2013, 11:22 am

As the Beaufort Sea ice fractures extensively, climatology PhD student and professor Paul Beckwith says “This is abrupt climate change in real-time.”

U.S. Restarts Plutonium Production for Powering Space Probes

March 19, 2013, 4:29 am

NASA, with the Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee, has produced non-weapons grade plutonium to power future space probes.

NASA finds Habitable Conditions Existed on Mars

March 18, 2013, 4:46 am

Curiosity Rover has analyzed a rock sample it dug from the Gale Crater, and found evidence that Mars could have supported life a long time ago.

Watch Live Stream of Asteroid DA14 Flying by Earth

February 15, 2013, 11:17 am

Asteroid DA14 is slated to pass by the Earth on Friday—coming within 17,200 miles of our planet—and the probably best way to watch the event is to stay here and watch [...]

‘Record-Setting’ Asteroid Flyby

February 13, 2013, 4:44 pm

Skywatchers in certain parts of the world will have the chance to see a large asteroid flying near the Earth Friday.

Amazon Imperiled by Climate Change Droughts: Study

January 19, 2013, 1:35 am

A massive drought almost eight years ago is still affecting the Amazon rainforest to this day, according to a new study released by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Hadfield and Crew Arrive at Space Station

December 23, 2012, 6:50 pm

The spacecraft carrying Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield and two other astronauts arrived at the ISS on Friday morning.

Five White House Petitions You Should Know About

December 22, 2012, 12:18 am

In the flood of appeals to the White House’s “We the People” petition websites, it can be hard to sift through and find ones of interest. There are many important ones. Here’s [...]