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The space shuttles: Where are they now?
The space shuttle program was one of the most visible, successful and adored missions in NASA's history. Here's where the space shuttles will end up.
October 21, 2011
Planet-sized object has temp like Arizona summer day
The white dwarf WD 0806-661 has an orbiting brown dwarf companion - a planet-sized object - whose surface temperature is in a range comprehensible to us humans.
October 21, 2011
Deforestation makes rainforests drier
Deforestation in West Africa can reduce rainfall over the rest of the forest by around half, according to new research.
October 20, 2011
Jaguars in Bolivia revealed in camera traps
The Wildlife Conservation Society used digital camera traps to capture images of 19 individual jaguars in Bolivia in the Madidi National Park.
October 20, 2011
Offshore aquaculture project underway in Hawaii
An aquaculture company experiments with unanchored fish-farm cages set adrift on eddies near Hawaii.
October 19, 2011
Improved map of Earth wows the world
The ASTER 3D map is the most complete digital topographic map of Earth. Find out more about his new digital map of Earth.
October 19, 2011
Study of dwarf galaxies deepens mystery of dark matter
Researchers look at two dwarf galaxies and find no dark matter clumped at the centers, contrary to what a standard model predicts.
October 19, 2011
Andrea Milani calculates odds of killer asteroids
Will a killer asteroid strike the Earth in the foreseeable future? Andrea Milani calculates the odds. Read more about the results here.
October 18, 2011
Teenage tyrannosaurs grew double-quick
Teenage tyrannosaurs was even bigger and heavier than was thought, new research shows. And juveniles must have grown twice as quickly as previously thought.
October 18, 2011
Massive dust storm hits Lubbock, Texas
A haboob - an enormous dust storm - swept through parts of Lubbock, Texas on the evening of Monday, October 17, 2011.
October 18, 2011
