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April 20, 2021

Ingenuity has flown on Mars; what's next in NASA's Perseverance mission?

Now that NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has completed its first test flight on the red planet, members of the agency's Southern California-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory will prepare for the next stages of their mission.

April 20, 2021

Fossil site may prove tyrannosaurs lived in packs

Ferocious tyrannosaur dinosaurs may not have been solitary predators as long envisioned, but more like social carnivores such as wolves, new research unveiled Monday found.

April 16, 2021

Alert level raised for Aleutian Islands volcano emitting ash

A volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain has continued to emit ash, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reported Thursday, prompting officials to raise the alert level.

April 14, 2021

NASA satellite data could detect volcanic unrest years before eruptions

New research methods using satellite data may be able to detect volcanic eruptions years in advance.

March 31, 2021

SEE IT: NASA's Curiosity rover takes Mars selfie

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) released a stunning "selfie" taken by the Curiosity Mars rover on Tuesday. 

March 23, 2021

Archaeologists uncover first Maryland colonial site after decades-long search

After an exhaustive search, archaeologists at Maryland's Historic St. Mary’s museum have located St. Mary's Fort, the state's first European settlement and the United States' fourth English colony.

March 20, 2021

NASA's Mars helicopter completes tests, nears historic flight

Ingenuity, NASA's miniature Mars helicopter, is nearly ready to make history with the first powered flight on another planet.

March 20, 2021

Volcano erupts in Iceland for first time in 6,000 years

A volcano near Iceland's capital city and the country's Keflavik International Airport erupted Friday after sitting dormant for 6,000 years.

March 17, 2021

New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars

A new study from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and researchers at the California Institute of Technology questions whether or not a longheld theory about Mars still holds water.

March 17, 2021

What the Perseverance Mars rover has accomplished so far

It has been almost a month since the Perseverance Mars rover successfully landed on the red planet to the cheers of scientists and onlookers millions of miles away.