Air And Space - Page 565

July 6, 2016

Could Saturn's moon Titan support alien life?

While scientists see Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus as prime candidates for life away from Earth, Cornell University researchers are eying Titan as a place that could be home to the chemical precursors for life.

July 5, 2016

The world's biggest telescope has been installed in China

Extraterrestrial life could soon join gunpowder and papermaking on the list of great Chinese discoveries.

July 5, 2016

Astronomers reveal 6,000-year-old 'telescope with no lens'

Did the narrow passageways to ancient, sacred tombs actually serve as the first telescopes?

July 5, 2016

Saturn Moon Enceladus' Plumes May Resemble Earth's 'Lost City'

Saturn's intriguing moon Enceladus could resemble Earth's "Lost City," a network of hydrothermal vents in the Atlantic Ocean where life survives despite cold and darkness.

July 5, 2016

NASA's Juno spacecraft enters Jupiter's orbit

A NASA spacecraft is zooming toward Jupiter for the closest encounter with the biggest planet in our solar system.

July 3, 2016

American woman guilty of threatening to kill Stephen Hawking at conference

An American woman was handed a suspended four-month jail sentence in Spain Friday for threatening to kill cosmologist Stephen Hawking.

July 1, 2016

Juno set to arrive at Jupiter on Fourth of July, a patriotic coincidence

Juno blasted off nearly five years ago, in August of 2011. And when it arrives at Jupiter on July 4th, it will be traveling insanely fast.

July 1, 2016

Bizarre Mars 'ripples' offer window into Red Planet's past

Mars harbors a mysterious kind of dune-like structure that's unlike anything seen on Earth, a new study reports.

June 30, 2016

Surface of Mercury was formed deep inside planet, scientists say

Parts of Mercury’s varied surface came from melted material over 200 miles deep inside the planet at the core-mantle boundary, NASA scientists found.

June 30, 2016

Mars' atmosphere was likely more oxygen-rich long ago

Ancient Mars was even more Earth-like than scientists had thought, a new study suggests.