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  1. European space probe completes asteroid fly by Reuters - Sat Sep 6, 5:57 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Space Agency obtained on Saturday the first images of an asteroid 360 million km (224 million miles) from earth, part of a space mission which scientists hope will help them understand the origins of the planets.

  2. China to launch space mission in late September AP - Sun Sep 7, 5:34 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    BEIJING - China will launch its third manned space mission in late September, featuring its first-ever space walk, a state news agency said.

  3. Lucy Kuptana weeds her garden in an old hockey arena converted to a greenhouse for growing vegetables 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of the Arctic Circle in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, August 26, 2008. The half-pipe shaped facility is North America's northern-most commercial greenhouse, and a virtual necessity for anyone interested in eating a fresh vegetable in Inuvik that has not been shipped in from a warmer climate. (Todd Korol/Reuters)
    Raising vegetables under Canada's midnight sun Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 2:44 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    INUVIK, Northwest Territories (Reuters) - Amanda Joynt reached down and picked a fresh tomato from the vine. That's no small feat when you are living 200 km (120 miles) above the Arctic Circle in Canada's Far North.

  4. How Hot Is the Yellowstone Hotspot? LiveScience.com - Sat Sep 6, 10:03 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    Yellowstone National Park has hot springs that can reach a scalding 150 degrees Fahrenheit (66 Celsius). But in recent years scientists have become interested in a different sort of hot spot - the area of hot molten rock flowing beneath the surface.

  5. An artist's impression of the European Space Agency (ESA) probe Rosetta with Mars in the background. European scientists were jubilant on Saturday after the pride of their space fleet, racing towards a rendezvous with a comet in 2014, enjoyed a close encounter with an asteroid likened to a "diamond in the sky."(AFP/ESA/File/C. Carreau)
    European space probe sees 'diamond in the sky' AFP - Sat Sep 6, 3:25 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    PARIS (AFP) - European scientists were jubilant on Saturday after the pride of their space fleet, racing towards a rendezvous with a comet in 2014, enjoyed a close encounter with an asteroid likened to a "diamond in the sky."

  6. A solar thermal electric power plant in Sanlucar La Mayor in February 2008. The world must speed up the deployment of solar power as it has the potential to meet all the world's energy needs, the chairman of an industry gathering which wrapped up Friday in Spain said.(AFP/File/Cristina Quicler)
    Solar energy can meet all the world's energy demands: expert AFP - Fri Sep 5, 2:57 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    MADRID (AFP) - The world must speed up the deployment of solar power as it has the potential to meet all the world's energy needs, the chairman of an industry gathering which wrapped up Friday in Spain said.

  7. A Perseid meteor streaks towards the horizon during the annual Persied meteor shower in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, August 12, 2008. Perseids meteors are bits of debris left by the comet Swift-Tuttle which burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. REUTERS/Doug Murray (UNITED STATES)
    Unusual asteriod orbit sheds light on comets' birth: researchers AFP - Thu Sep 4, 2:16 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    MONTREAL (AFP) - Canadian, French and US astronomers have found a strange asteroid with an odd orbit which could help explain the origin of comets, the National Research Council of Canada reported Thursday.

  8. A Feb. 25, 2007 file photo shows mission specialists at the ESA European Space Operation Center (ESOC) in Darmstadt, southwestern Germany, operating the Rosetta probe during it's fly-by of planet Mars. European Space Agency ESA scientists are preparing for the first fly-by of an asteroid by their deep-space explorer, Rosetta, on a mission to solve the mystery of the birth of the solar system. Rosetta is set to rendezvous with the Steins asteroid, also known as Asteroid 2867, just before 1900 GMT on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 at a distance of just less than 500 miles (800 kilometers). (AP Photo/Daniel Roland, File)
    Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops AP - Sat Sep 6, 9:51 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    DARMSTADT, Germany - The European deep space probe Rosetta successfully completed a flyby of an asteroid millions of miles from earth, but its high resolution camera stopped shortly before the closest pass, space officials said Saturday.

  9. Cassini detects partial rings with Saturn's moons AP - Sat Sep 6, 12:35 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    PASADENA, Calif. - The latest images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show faint, partial rings orbiting with two of Saturn's small inner moons, scientists said Friday.

  10. The space shuttle Atlantis leaves the vehicle assembly building on its way to launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, September 4, 2008. (Scott Audette/Reuters)
    NASA delays Hubble mission 2 days due to storms AP - Fri Sep 5, 12:25 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has delayed next month's space shuttle launch to the Hubble Space Telescope by two days.

  11. An image provided by NASA of Saturn's moon Enceladus was made by the Casini spacecraft during a fly-by on Aug. 11, 2008. This false-color mosaic combines Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) narrow-angle camera images obtained through ultraviolet, green, and near-infrared camera filters. Areas that are greenish in appearance are believed to represent deposits of coarser grained ice and solid boulders that are too small to be seen at this scale. The whitish deposits represent finer grained ice. The mosaic shows that coarse-grained and solid ice are concentrated along valley floors and walls, as well as along the upraised flanks of the “tiger stripe” fractures. (AP Photo/NASA)
    New Partial Rings Discovered Around Saturn SPACE.com - Fri Sep 5, 1:32 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found two new, partial rings around Saturn that each accompany a small moon, shedding light on what determines whether a partial or complete ring forms with the moon.

  12. Extinction Circles Giant Vultures LiveScience.com - Fri Sep 5, 3:55 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    A shadow has fallen over endangered giant vultures whose captive populations are too small to save the species.

  13. Why Dewdrops Stay on the Rose LiveScience.com - Thu Sep 4, 6:02 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    Ah, roses. Their heady fragrance and delicate petals glistening with dew could soften the hardest heart.

  14. NASA workers watch as the space shuttle Atlantis makes the three-mile trip from the vehicle assembly building to launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida September 4, 2008. (Scott Audette/Reuters)
    Storms delay space shuttle launch to Hubble Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 1:32 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis' launch on a final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed because of tropical storms, NASA said on Friday.

  15. European Cargo Ship Departs Space Station SPACE.com - Sat Sep 6, 10:45 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    A European cargo ship the size of a London double-decker bus bid farewell to the International Space Station late Friday after five months docked at the orbiting laboratory.

  16. A woman gives her fingerprints to join a petition in a file photo. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)
    New fingerprint method could unlock cold cases Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 9:06 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    LONDON (Reuters) - It's a discovery that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud. British scientists have developed a new crime-fighting technique that allows police to lift fingerprints from bullets even if a criminal has wiped down a shell casing.

  17. Orphaned sisters play cards outside their home in Sandleni, Swaziland. World Vision estimates that HIV-AIDS has left more than 3,000 orphans in charge of households in Swzailand.(AFP/File/Paballo Thekiso)
    Gene may hold key to neutralizing HIV: U.S. study Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 3:40 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - The AIDS virus is especially hard to fight because few people develop antibodies to neutralize it, but U.S. researchers said on Thursday they have found an immunity gene that may offer a new way to fight back.

  18. Thinking Makes Us Pig Out LiveScience.com - Thu Sep 4, 11:11 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    Food for thought: Intellectual activities make people eat more than when just resting, according to a study that sheds new light on brain food.

  19. Strange New Comet Explains Old Mystery SPACE.com - Thu Sep 4, 4:01 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    Halley's comet, which lights up Earth's sky every 75 years with its glowing tail, is a bit of a scientific mystery.

  20. Mammoth Mystery: The Beasts' Final Years LiveScience.com - Thu Sep 4, 12:05 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    Woolly mammoths' last stand before extinction in Siberia wasn't made by natives - rather, the beasts had American roots, researchers have discovered. Woolly mammoths once roamed the Earth for more than a half-million years, ranging from Europe to Asia to North America. These Ice Age giants vanished from mainland Siberia by 9,000 years ago, although mammoths survived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean until roughly 3,700 years ago. ...

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