Porn and movies, not tech secrets, found on Chinese spy suspect's NASA laptop The Chinese national taken into custody on an airplane waiting to take off for home had pornography and illegally downloaded movies on his NASA computer, not government secrets, reports say. He is now set to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of violating NASA computer rules. More
One flight closer to space tourism Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to becoming a commercial "spaceline." The company's passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, completed its first rocket-powered flight Monday morning above the Mojave Desert in California. More
U.S. plans to drop gray wolves from endangered list The planned ruling would eliminate protection for the top predators, but scientists and conservationists say the proposal is flawed. Federal authorities intend to remove endangered species protections for all gray wolves in the Lower 48 states, carving out an a exception for a small pocket of about 75 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico, according to a draft document obtained by The Times. More
NASA’s Curiosity Uncovers Pure Sulfur Crystals on Mars: A Groundbreaking Discovery in the Red Planet’s Geology NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock. This finding is considered a significant scientific breakthrough, as pure ... 10/20/2024 - 6:11 pm | View Link
The quest to figure out farming on Mars If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way. 10/16/2024 - 9:34 pm | View Link
How did Mars turn into an uninhabitable desert? Curiosity rover rock samples may have answers NASA's Curiosity rover has new insights into how Mars might have changed from a potentially habitable, water-rich planet to an absolutely uninhabitable desert. 10/16/2024 - 6:41 am | View Link
NASA reveals damage on Curiosity rover after 12 years on Mars Since its landing in August 2012, Curiosity has been on a relentless quest to uncover evidence of past microbial life on Mars. The rover's primary mission focuses on analyzing the planet's geology and ... 10/11/2024 - 9:41 am | View Link
Curiosity Rover Uncovers Mars’ Shift From Habitable to Hostile NASA’s Curiosity rover reveals Mars' ancient climate, and the planet's shift from a habitable environment to a harsh, lifeless surface. 10/10/2024 - 2:30 am | View Link