Orion Over and Under Tibet
This night was so serene you could see Orion rise downwards. The unusual spectacle was captured in this […]
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Mars Is Pretty Clean. Her Job at NASA Is to ...
By KENNETH CHANG Catharine A. Conley is not facing aliens, so her main job is to make sure […]
Mummification Practiced in Bronze Age Britain
By SINDYA N. BHANOO Archaeologists used microscopic bone analysis to study 34 human remains from Britain dating to […]
A Shifting Approach to Saving Endangered Species
By ERICA GOODE In a shift in policy toward endangered species, conservation interests are working with those of […]
Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Scholars for Parasite-Fighting Therapies
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN William C. Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu were awarded the Nobel Prize in […]
Eye Treatment Closes In on Being First Gene Therapy Approved ...
By ANDREW POLLACK Spark Therapeutics said the treatment had allowed people with certain so-called inherited retinal dystrophies to […]
The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
This floating ring is the size of a galaxy. In fact, it is a galaxy — or at […]
Nobel Prize Winning Scientists Reflect on Nearly Sleeping Through the ...
By As told to CLAUDIA DREIFUS With announcements of this year’s Nobel Prizes set to kick off on […]
A Blue Blood Moon
This sharp telescopic snapshot caught late September’s Harvest Moon completely immersed in Earth’s dark umbral shadow, at the […]
Charon: Moon of Pluto
A darkened and mysterious north polar region informally known as Mordor Macula caps this premier high-resolution portrait of […]