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March 1, 2018

NASA's new space telescope will investigate why Mars lost so much water

Mars will be one of the first targets for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope as the orbiting observatory gathers more data to learn why the Red Planet lost so much water over its 4.5-billion-year history.

March 1, 2018

A bus-size asteroid will whiz by Earth Friday

A small asteroid will zip safely by Earth on Friday (March 2), and you have a chance to see it as a pinprick of light in the sky in a live webcast.

February 28, 2018

Bizarre research paper explores threat of alien galactic cyber attack

Do Earthlings need to be prepared for the potential of an alien cyber attack?

February 27, 2018

Could methane on Saturn's moon Enceladus be a sign of life?

Some hardy Earth microbes could likely survive in the Saturn moon Enceladus' buried ocean, gobbling up hydrogen produced by interactions between seawater and rock, a new study suggests.

February 27, 2018

Water may be all over the Moon, giving new hope for sustained life

It may not be as widely available as say a bottle of Poland Spring, but the water on the Moon may be more widely available than first thought, giving new hope for its potential.

February 27, 2018

Bugs found in the driest spot on Earth could indicate life on Mars

Freak rains in the driest part of the world have revealed hidden microbes that could point to what life on Mars might look like.

February 27, 2018

The universe is expanding faster than we thought, Hubble data suggests

Recent Hubble Space Telescope findings suggest that the universe is expanding much faster than expected — and astronomers say the rules of physics may need to be rewritten in order to understand why.

February 26, 2018

The world's luckiest photographer may have proved astrophysicists right

On a September night in Argentina, amateur astronomer Victor Buso took his camera outside, mounted it on a 16-inch telescope and trained it on a spiral galaxy some 80 million light-years from Earth.

February 26, 2018

Here's what aliens probably look like

We are on the cusp of discovering new technologies that “will take us even farther as we explore the planets and the stars” — and lead us closer to making contact with alien life, writes Michio Kaku in “The Future of Humanity.”

February 26, 2018

Mining for asteroids will be the next gold rush

Forget cryptocurrency — the next big “gold rush” isn’t even on Earth.