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Want to help identify star clusters in Andromeda galaxy?
Astronomers are inviting the public to search Hubble Space Telescope images of the Andromeda galaxy to help identify star clusters.
December 5, 2012
Ancient microbes discovered under 60 feet of Antarctic ice
Where there’s water there’s life, even beneath 60 feet of Antarctic ice in permanent darkness and subzero temperatures.
December 5, 2012
New study reveals lions are rapidly losing ground in Africa
Suitable lion habitat reduced by 75 percent and wild lion population under decline.
December 4, 2012
Like us, great apes suffer mid-life crisis
They may not go out and buy a shiny sports car, but chimpanzees and orangutans can experience a mid-life crisis, just like humans.
December 4, 2012
NASA Mars rover fully analyzes first soil samples
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has analyzed Martian soil for the first time, and found a complex chemistry within the Martian soil.
December 3, 2012
Have Venus volcanoes been caught in the act?
Astronomers have speculated for decades about active volcanoes on Venus. Do volcanoes erupt beneath Venus' clouds?
December 3, 2012
MESSENGER finds new evidence for water ice at Mercury’s poles
New observations by the MESSENGER spacecraft provide compelling support for the long-held hypothesis that Mercury harbors abundant water ice in its polar craters.
November 30, 2012
Lesli Wood: Exploring Gulf of Mexico deep water oil
To meet demand for oil within U.S. borders, industry has pushed the limits of technology to reach oil reserves in deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
November 30, 2012
For pandas, bamboo buffet may run short
China’s endangered wild pandas need bamboo to survive, but models show that climate change may kill it off in swaths.
November 30, 2012
A new paradigm shift for the infant universe
A new paradigm for understanding the earliest eras in the history of the universe has been developed.
November 29, 2012
