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US spacecraft reaches dwarf planet Ceres for 16-month study
Life & Style
March 7, 2015
US spacecraft reaches dwarf planet Ceres for 16-month study
A US space probe slipped into orbit around Ceres, a miniature planet beyond Mars believed to be left over from…
NASA: Mars ocean was bigger than the Arctic
World
March 6, 2015
NASA: Mars ocean was bigger than the Arctic
Mars once had a body of water bigger than Earth's Arctic Ocean and vast enough to cover the entire surface…
NASA delays spacewalk to Saturday to analyze spacesuit
World
February 20, 2015
NASA delays spacewalk to Saturday to analyze spacesuit
The start of a series of spacewalks to carry out major work at the International Space Station will be delayed…
Egyptian NASA expert demands army apology over hepatitis cure scam
Egypt
January 11, 2015
Egyptian NASA expert demands army apology over hepatitis cure scam
The Egyptian military should apologize for failing to live up to promises to activate a hepatitis drug it earlier described…
NASA rover finds organic molecules, methane gas on Mars
World
December 17, 2014
NASA rover finds organic molecules, methane gas on Mars
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has found carbon-containing compounds in samples drilled out of an ancient rock, the first definitive detection…
Egyptian NASA scientist slams media disregard to space landing achievement
Egypt
November 13, 2014
Egyptian NASA scientist slams media disregard to space landing achievement
An Egyptian researcher at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has slammed Egypt’s media disregard of the successful,…
Meteorite hits central Russia, more than 500 people hurt
World
February 15, 2013
Meteorite hits central Russia, more than 500 people hurt
More than 500 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday,…
2012 among warmest years in global record
Environment
January 16, 2013
2012 among warmest years in global record
Last year was among the top 10 warmest in the modern global record, two US climate-watching agencies reported on Tuesday,…
NASA says 97% of Greenland’s surface thawed in July
Environment
July 26, 2012
NASA says 97% of Greenland’s surface thawed in July
For a few days this month, NASA's images of the Greenland ice sheet turned red, indicating that for a while,…
NASA: Fukushima disasters disturbed upper atmosphere
Environment
May 31, 2012
NASA: Fukushima disasters disturbed upper atmosphere
The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Fukushima, Japan, last year wreaked havoc in the skies above as well, disturbing…