March 20, 2018 11 bizarre sources for alternative energy Here are 11 of the more unusual sources that go above and beyond the norm. Who knows. One day, you may use sugar to power your laptop, bacteria to run your car or dead bodies to heat a building.
March 20, 2018 'Gravity': Science vs. fiction Director Alfonso Cuarón's visually stunning film "Gravity," in theaters yesterday, is already being heralded as one of the year's best movies. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star as astronauts whose mission goes spectacularly wrong when a cloud of orbital debris shreds their shuttle, cuts off communication and leaves them stranded in space.
March 20, 2018 1st known interstellar visitor gets weirder: Oumuamua likely had 2 stars Our solar system's first known interstellar visitor is likely even more alien than previously imagined, a new study suggests.
March 20, 2018 Wandering rogue moons may be as common as stars Rogue moons, torn from their planets and flung outward to drift through space, may be as common as stars in the universe, a new study finds.
March 20, 2018 Stephen Hawking never answered his 'most interesting' scientific question Stephen Hawking died March 14, leaving behind a massive legacy of work as an astrophysicist, science communicator, activist, and figure of pop culture admiration.
March 19, 2018 Astronaut Scott Kelly: How a year in space altered his DNA In March 2016 NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth after a historic 340-day stint on the International Space Station a changed man – his time in orbit had altered part of his DNA.
March 19, 2018 Is astronaut Scott Kelly still an identical twin after his year in space? Yes, says NASA Two years after his historic return from the International Space Station astronaut Scott Kelly’s year on the orbiting space lab continues to be a source of fascination.
March 19, 2018 'Star Wars' droids point the way to NASA repair robots The "Star Wars" robots R2-D2 and BB-8 are the droids that NASA is looking for — "astromechs" that can help repair spaceships on the fly, a NASA robotics engineer says.
March 19, 2018 Deep-Space Radiation may be getting more dangerous for future astronauts Space radiation may be a bigger worry for voyaging astronauts than scientists had thought, at least in the near future, a new study suggests.
March 19, 2018 Bizarre stunted galaxy found in our own cosmic backyard Astronomers are hunting down the cause of a nearby galaxy's "arrested development" with the help of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
