Science News
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Spacewalking team conquers bolt, installs box
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:10PM September 05, 2012 CommentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts triumphed over a stubborn bolt and installed a critical power-switching box at the International Space Station on Wednesday, reviving electrical systems.
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NASA Dawn spacecraft traveling to dwarf planet
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:54PM September 05, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Next and final stop: The biggest object in the asteroid belt.
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New DNA encyclopedia shows complex inner workings
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:57PM September 05, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A colossal international effort has yielded the first comprehensive look at how our DNA works, an encyclopedia of information that will rewrite the textbooks and offer new insights into the biology of disease.
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Afghan museum rebuilds with returned artifacts
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:49AM September 05, 2012 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Right down to the power cuts that frequently plunge its artifacts into shadow, the National Museum of Afghanistan is a symbol of the country's decades of hardships. Its building was shelled, looted and caught fire during the 1990s civil war. Taliban extremists later smashed many centuries-old statues.
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Jupiter-bound craft's 2nd maneuver delayed 10 days
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:50PM September 04, 2012 CommentPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA says it has postponed a maneuver planned for the Jupiter-bound spacecraft Juno.
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35 years later, Voyager 1 is heading for the stars
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:55AM September 04, 2012 CommentPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Thirty-five years after leaving Earth, Voyager 1 is reaching for the stars.
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Endangered sea turtle lays 6 eggs at Fla. hospital
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:45PM September 03, 2012 CommentMARATHON, Fla. (AP) — An injured endangered sea turtle has laid six eggs after being brought a turtle hospital in the Florida Keys.
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5 beached whales doing better at Florida center
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:04PM September 02, 2012 CommentMIAMI (AP) — Veterinarians fed fish drinks to five rescued pilot whales Sunday and kept a close eye on them, trying to nurse the mammals back to health so they can one day return to the ocean.
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Humpback whales rebounding on Brazil's coast
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:11AM September 02, 2012 CommentRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An institute that tracks the population of Humpback whales that reproduce along Brazil's coast says the number of the once-threatened mammals has tripled over the last 10 years.
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New 'Seahorse' sees scallops in new way
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:14PM September 01, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — A new underwater explorer hit the seas this summer, armed with cameras, strobes and sonar and charged with being a protector of sorts to a half-billion dollar resource — the Atlantic scallop catch.
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Federal government ending Wyoming wolf protections
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:28PM August 31, 2012 CommentCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The federal government will end its protections for wolves in Wyoming, where the species was introduced two decades ago to revive it from near extinction in the United States.
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Astronauts, family mourn humble hero Armstrong
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:25PM August 31, 2012 CommentCINCINNATI (AP) — Neil Armstrong was a humble hero who saw himself as a team player and never capitalized on his celebrity as the first man to walk on the moon, mourners said Friday outside a private service attended by fellow space pioneers, including his two crewmates on the historic Apollo 11 mission.
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Small Ky. town focus of eclipse chasers
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:42PM August 31, 2012 CommentHOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — This southwestern Kentucky town has hit the astronomical jackpot.
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Surgery allows blind orangutan to see her babies
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:21AM August 31, 2012 CommentJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A formerly blind Sumatran orangutan can see her baby twins for the first time after undergoing cataract surgery in the first such operation in Indonesia.
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Small Ky. town focus of eclipse chasers
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM August 31, 2012 CommentHOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — This southwestern Kentucky town has hit the astronomical jackpot.
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Jupiter-bound spacecraft makes key maneuver
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:21PM August 30, 2012 CommentPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A Jupiter-bound spacecraft successfully fired its engine Thursday in the first of two crucial maneuvers intended to bring it toward Earth for a momentum-gathering fly-by.
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Spacewalking astronauts stymied by sticky bolts
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:17PM August 30, 2012 CommentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Sticky bolts proved too much for spacewalking astronauts Thursday, forcing them to leave a new power-switching box dangling from the International Space Station instead of firmly bolted down.
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NASA launches twin satellites to radiation belts
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:26AM August 30, 2012 CommentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Twin satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on a quest to explore Earth's treacherous radiation belts and protect the planet from solar outbursts.
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NASA Mars rover begins trek to new destination
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:27PM August 29, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Mars rover Curiosity is hitting the road.
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'Blue moon' on same day as Neil Armstrong service
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:10PM August 29, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — There's a rare 'blue moon' on Friday, a fitting wink to Neil Armstrong by the cosmic calendar.
