The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday, acing a critical test in advance of the actual docking. More »Private supply ship flies by space station in test
Global warming is rescuing the once-rare brown Argus butterfly, scientists say. More »Global warming winner: Once rare butterfly thrives
U.N. climate talks ran into gridlock Thursday as a widening rift between rich and poor countries risked undoing some advances made last year in the decades-long effort to control carbon emissions that scientists say are overheating the planet. More »Rich-poor divide reopens at UN climate talks
Even robots like to have fun. NASA's rover on Mars showed off its playful side by snapping a picture of its own shadow. It's the latest self-portrait since the rover, named Opportunity, landed on the red planet in 2004. More »Say cheese! NASA Mars rover photographs own shadow
The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday, passing a critical test in advance of Friday's actual docking. More »Private ship's space station flyby called success
An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week. More »Solar plane begins 1st transcontinental flight
The world's first private supply ship drew close to the International Space Station on Thursday in a critical fly-by-without-stopping test in advance of the actual docking. More »Private supply ship flies near space station
A privately built space capsule that's zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race. More »Commercial space race gets crowded behind SpaceX
European researchers are planning to use new techniques to analyze DNA that could help crack the mystery of whether Bigfoot exists. More »Wanted: Bigfoot hair samples for European study
James Doohan, Scotty from "Star Trek," spent his acting career whizzing through the cosmos. Gordon Cooper was one of America's famous Mercury seven astronauts. And Bob Shrake spent his work life anonymously helping send NASA's high-tech spacecraft to other planets. More »Beam them up: Ashes of 'Star Trek' actor in orbit
Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies Tuesday after a spectacular middle-of-the-night blastoff. More »Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station
The first private spaceship is headed to the International Space Station. Some questions and answers about the cargo mission by Space Exploration Technologies, known as SpaceX: More »What's the big deal about private space launches?
A London museum is putting the conductor's baton in visitors' hands, allowing guests to direct a virtual orchestra using three-dimensional motion sensors. More »UK virtual orchestra puts you in conductor's stand
Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal: all fossilized evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth. More »Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall
A powerful health advisory agency says Britain should extend free fertility treatments to women up to age 42 as well as same-sex couples, recommendations likely to be followed by many of the U.K.'s medical centers. More »UK may allow IVF for older women, same-sex couples
A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight. More »Private supply ship rockets toward space station
Swept by the barefoot running craze, ultramarathoner Ryan Carter ditched his sneakers for footwear that mimics the experience of striding unshod. More »Born to run barefoot? Some end up getting injured
A commercial rocket blasted off early Tuesday with a load of supplies for the International Space Station, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight. More »Private rocket blasts off for space station
This time, private rocket maker SpaceX is hoping for an actual liftoff for its history-making flight to the International Space Station. More »Private rocket maker tries again to launch
It was one of the best places in the western United States to watch the annular solar eclipse, and people drove for days just to get to this dusty stretch west of Albuquerque. More »Webcasts push solar eclipse to the masses
Sea Launch AG says its oceangoing rocket pad and command ship have departed their Long Beach, Calif., home port for the equator to launch a communications satellite for Intelsat. More »Sea Launch vessels depart on Intelsat mission
Private rocket maker SpaceX aimed for a Tuesday liftoff after fixing the engine problem that caused a launch abort over the weekend, stalling the world's first commercial space station supply flight. More »SpaceX will try 1st private cargo run again Tues.
A dinosaur dispute is brewing between the Mongolian government and an American auction house, which sold a fossil of a fearsome T. Rex relative despite a court order not to. More »Disputed dinosaur fossil auctioned for $1M in NYC
From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan's Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing "ring of fire" eclipse. More »Eclipse crosses Asia, US: Millions look skyward
Skywatchers from Mount Fuji to the Grand Canyon enjoyed a treat: the moon nearly blotting out the sun to create a dramatic "ring of fire" over a narrow strip of eastern Asia and the western United States. More »Millions look skyward as eclipse crosses Asia, US
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