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X Prize Oil Cleanup Challenge nets 2 companies awards
The X Prize Foundation awarded $1.3 million dollars to two companies, Elastic/American Marine and NOFI, for developing new technology to clean up oil spills.
October 13, 2011
Canary Islands volcanic threat eases, officials say
There have been at least two confirmed eruptions of undersea volcanoes in Spain's Canary Islands this week, with more than 600 people evacuated.
October 13, 2011
James Webb Space Telescope model in Baltimore
A 12,000-pound James Webb Space Telescope model visits the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Read more about it here.
October 13, 2011
Moon map reveals titanium treasure troves
Color variations on the moon reveal the presence of titanium and suggest how the lunar surface weathered. Learn more about the moon map here.
October 12, 2011
Hurricane Jova pushing into Mexico
Hurricane Jova is pushing northeast into the southwest coast of Mexico tonight (October 11) and Wednesday morning, causing heavy rains and possible mudslides.
October 11, 2011
Crickets’ gentlemanly side shows in surveillance
Male crickets don't bully and harass their female companions, but stick around and put their own lives on the line to protect them from predators.
October 11, 2011
First-ever Arctic ozone hole: How it formed, what it may mean
Scientists first observed an ozone hole over Antarctica in the mid-1980s. But in 2011 - for the first time - an ozone hole opened over the northern Arctic.
October 11, 2011
Uranus knocked sideways by series of small bumps?
Conventional wisdom said a single blow caused Uranus to lie sideways in the plane of the solar system. But maybe the cause was several small bumps instead.
October 10, 2011
Tim Otto Roth on using Hubble data as art
German artist Tim Otto Roth uses green laser light to project Hubble spectra onto a surface. The exhibit is currently on display in Baltimore, Maryland.
October 10, 2011
Exoplanets found in old Hubble data
Using data from 1998, astronomers have found two previously unknown planets orbiting distant suns. How many more exoplanets lie hidden in old data?
October 9, 2011
