NASA's rover Curiosity lands on Mars
To brighten their futures even further, NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program this week awarded generous funding to twenty-eight such futuristic projects. The roster of winners includes a submarine designed to explore Jupiter's moon Europa
A new statistical analysis by NASA scientists has found that Earth's land areas have become much more likely to experience an extreme summer heat wave than they were in the middle of the 20th century. The research was published today in the journal
At 1:31 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, NASA's Mars Curiosity rover will complete its eight-and-a-half-month journey from Earth and try to land on the surface of Mars. The Times will report the news as it unfolds directly from
The one ton, $2.5 billion Curiosity is the most scientifically equipped probe ever sent to another planet. And when the robot rover touches down on Sunday, it will begin an intensive search for signs that Mars may have once
Follow @CNNLightYears on Twitter for updates on Curiosity. (CNN) — NASA's rover Curiosity successfully carried out a highly challenging landing on Mars early Monday, transmitting images back to Earth after traveling hundreds of millions of miles





