NASA releases rescued Gulf sea turtles. The Associated Press reports that fifty six newly hatched sea turtles were released on a Canaveral National Seashore Beach in Florida on July 11. The rescued hatchlings were the first batch of sea turtle eggs recued from a nest in the Florida...
nbsp;As the number of deaths in the plane crash tragedy in Alaska remains undisclosed, a new discovery has made waves amongst the NASA populace. Sean O’Keefe was aboard the flight that crashed on Monday and his loved ones still don’t know whether he has survived the crash. The official...
On Thursday, December 2, 2010, NASA held a press conference to announce the discovery of GFAJ-1, a new life form. GFAJ-1 is a rod shaped extremophile bacterium that can use arsenic, rather than phosphorus, to build its DNA, RNA, cell membranes, and proteins. GFAJ-1 is unlike any other living...
NASA researchers from the Space Weather Prediction Center have issued an ominous warning regarding the sun's cycles and possible "Solar Max" eruptions and coronal mass ejections. After two centuries of observation, scientists have discovered the Sun goes through 11 year long cycles marked by...
Neil Armstrong launches anger at Obama's NASA cuts. One of the first men to walk on the moon has reacted strongly and critically to Obama's plans to decrease funding of NASA's space exploration programs. Armstrong typically shies from the spotlight since his famous moon walk 41 years ago but...
On Monday, the American Astronomical Society hosted a meeting at which NASA revealed a photo of a giant, green, and glowing blob detected by the Hubble Space Telescope in a remote part of outer space. The blob is reportedly giving birth to new stars as parts of itself collapse and pressure causes...
It was reported at a news conference December 2, 2010 that NASA funded astrobiologist Felisa Wolfe-Simon has isolated a form of life that is capable of using arsenic instead of phosphorus as an elemental building block. These are microbes from the domain Archaea, which have an independent evolutionary...
RideLust reports that the NHTSA has linked Toyota's unintended acceleration to driver error, in all but one case studied. The NHTSA has not released the data, saying only that the study was not yet complete. Further testing, in conjunction with other government agencies such as NASA,...
Officials announced that NASA has canceled Saturday's launch effort of space shuttle Endeavour on a construction mission to the International Space Station to assess possible damage from overnight lightning strikes. The launch was rescheduled for 7:13 p.m. EDT on Sunday. The shuttle is carrying...
NASA's shuttle Discovery was launched successfully at 6:21 a.m. EST Monday, April 5, 2010 from Kennedy International Airport in Florida. The space shuttle Discovery is on it's way to outer space for the STS-131 mission, a 13 day trip to the International Space Station to deliver supplies. Associate...
