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Cassini Captures New Images of Icy Moon

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this raw, unprocessed image of Saturn's moon Rhea on March 10, 2012. The camera was...

Mixed Future Awaits Hyper-Connected Youth

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Millennials can balance a lot of information. But, according to...

Solar Storm Strikes Earth’s Magnetic Field Without Major Disruptions

The Sun’s surface erupted with a series of solar storms this week, sending a barrage of electrically charged particles crashing into the Earth’s magnetic field. So far, the solar blasts have caused only minor disruptions to terrestrial communications...

Scientists Develop Super-Adhesive

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Imagine a super-adhesive material that’s so strong, an index-card sized piece could hold more than 300 kilograms against a...

NASA Mars Orbiter Catches Twister in Action

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A towering dust devil casts a serpentine shadow over the Martian surface in this image acquired by the High...

Citizen Scientists Reveal a Bubbly Milky Way

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A team of volunteers from the general public has pored over observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and...

GLOBAL: Tinkering with the science of climate change

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An illustration of some of the geo-engineering ideas

TSA Pre✓™ Pilot to Expand to Busiest US Airports

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John S. Pistole today announced the expansion of TSA Pre✓™, a passenger pre-screening initiative, to additional airports...

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