In this video, Nigel Ackland demonstrates how his new robotic hand allows him to do ordinary things with extraordinary technology.

A newly published article offers the description of nine remarkable new species of wasps from Africa and Madagascar.

As expected, the March 15 coronal mass ejection or CME from the sun caused auroras, or northern lights, at high and mid latitudes.

Globally, last below-average temps for February were in 1976. Last below-average month was December 1984. If you're 27 or younger, no month of your life has had below-average temps.

Marine biologists have, for the first time, found a whale skeleton on the ocean floor near Antarctica, giving new insights into life in the sea depths. The discovery was made almost a mile below the surface in an undersea crater and includes the find of at least nine new species of deep-sea organisms thriving on the bones.

A beautiful image of last night's moon and planet Jupiter from EarthSky Facebook friend VegaStar Carpentier in Paris.

March 2013 offers the best chance for the next 12 years to see Jupiter near the moon in a blue daytime sky.

The only fossil ever discovered of a spider attack on prey caught in its web – a 100 million-year-old snapshot of an engagement caught in amber.

NASA's Curiosity rover has acquired images of Mount Sharp on Mars since it set down nearby in August. The latest shows what Mount Sharp would look like on Earth.

The March 15 CME will reach Earth in one to two days. High latitude and even middle latitude auroras possible this weekend.