Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
This close-up from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera shows weathered craters and windblown deposits in southern Acidalia […]
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Petition Seeks Better Treatment of Monkeys
By JAMES GORMAN Animal welfare groups are lobbying for monkeys in labs to be housed in social groups […]
Jupiter, Ganymede, Great Red Spot
In this sharp snapshot, the Solar System’s largest moon Ganymede poses next to Jupiter, the largest planet. Captured […]
What You Get When You Blend a Drone and a ...
By JOHN MARKOFF Researchers have figured out how to enable a quadcopter drone to stick a landing — […]
Survey: More Than 40 Percent of Bee Hives Died in ...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS More than two out of five American honeybee colonies died in the past year, […]
Dwarf Planet, Bright Spot
Now at Ceres, Dawn’s camera recorded this closer view of the dwarf planet’s northern hemisphere and one of […]
Fruit Flies Are Shown to Enter a Fearlike State
By SINDYA N. BHANOO A new study indicates that the insects display building blocks of emotion when a […]
The Science Behind the Dress
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Three teams of scientists looked at the perceptions that led to the viral phenomenon […]
In a First, a Fish Is Shown to Be Fully ...
By SINDYA N. BHANOO The moonfish, or opah, is the only fish shown to warm its heart and […]
Crew Change on International Space Station Is Delayed
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR The recent failure of a Russian resupply mission forced NASA and its partners in […]