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New Shepard Lands Back on Earth After Suborbital Test Flight

Blue Origin, the space transportation company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, successfully landed a suborbital rocket a day after launching.

Nov 24, 2015 AM EST

Cassini Spots Giant, Foreboding Ice Cloud Bringing Over Titan
Nov 23, 2015 PM EST
Mars Will One Day Strip Phobos Completely and Form a Ring With the Remnants
Nov 23, 2015 PM EST
Small, Cool Red Dwarf Exerts Masively Powerful Solar Flares
Nov 20, 2015 PM EST
New Arachnid Species Named for 'LOTR' Golem 'Smeagol'
Nov 20, 2015 AM EST
Humans, Acorn Worms Share 1,400 Genes: a 70 Percent Similarity
Nov 20, 2015 AM EST
Acanthopleura Granulate: Sea Mollusk Has Armor With Built-In Eyes
Nov 20, 2015 AM EST

'Dead' Galaxy on Milky Way's Edge Has Unusually High Concentration of Dark Matter

By Russell Westerholm
Nov 20, 2015 AM EST
Songbirds Filmed Tap Dancing Rapidly While Singing to Partner (WATCH)

By Russell Westerholm
Nov 19, 2015 PM EST
New Distant Galactic Class Challenge What Astronomers Know About Massive Galaxies

By Russell Westerholm
Nov 19, 2015 PM EST
Astronomers Capture Birth of Multiple Planets Around Young Star

By Russell Westerholm
Nov 19, 2015 AM EST
Astronomers Determine M87 Galaxy's Age by Measuring Stars' 'Pulses'

By Russell Westerholm
Nov 18, 2015 PM EST
Bats Have Heavier Wings to Help Them Land Upside Down

By Russell Westerholm
Nov 18, 2015 AM EST
MIT, Northeastern Selected for R&D Upgrades to NASA Humanoid Robot Prototypes

By Russell Westerholm
Nov 18, 2015 AM EST
Denisovan DNA Found in Ancient Tooth From Siberian Cave

By Russell Westerholm
Nov 17, 2015 AM EST