WASHINGTON: The dazzling success of NASA’s rover Curiosity has paved the way for a human conquest of Mars, scientists say, almost one year after the...
PARIS: Astronomers on Wednesday reported their best observation yet of a massive star embryo growing within a dark cloud — the largest stellar “womb” ever...
BONN: Phasing out “super greenhouse gases,” which mass emitters China and the United States have agreed to restrict, could curb global warming by as much...
WASHINGTON: The Sun has unleashed three potent solar flares in just under 24 hours, marking the most intense activity yet this year and causing limited...
WASHINGTON: Landing astronauts safely on Mars is one of the biggest technological hurdles for any future manned mission to the Red Planet, even more complicated...
WASHINGTON: Orbital Sciences, one of two private US firms chosen by NASA to shuttle cargo to the International Space Station, is preparing for the first...
Washington: Analysis of Mars rocks by the Curiosity rover uncovered the building blocks of life — hydrogen, carbon and oxygen — and evidence the planet...
Sydney: The quest for rare earths vital to some of modern life’s most indispensable technologies may see mining robots jet to the stars within decades,...