Articles filed under Science
-
FAA: No more commercial astronaut wings, too many launchingDec 10, 2021 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Heads up, future space travelers: No more commercial astronaut wings will be awarded from the Federal Aviation Administration after this year...
-
Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agileDec 09, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Not all two-legged dinosaurs were like the lumbering Tyrannosaurus rex. An analysis of dinosaur tracks from 120 million years ago unearthed in Spain adds...
-
NASA's newest X-ray telescope rockets into orbitDec 09, 2021 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's newest X-ray observatory rocketed into orbit Thursday to shed light on exploded stars, black holes and other violent high-energy event...
-
Panel: Consider tinkering with oceans to suck up more carbonDec 08, 2021 6:00 am - The United States should research how to tinker with the oceans - even zapping them with electricity - to get them to suck more carbon dioxide out of the air to fight cl...
-
High wind delays Michael Strahan's space trip with 5 othersDec 08, 2021 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - TV celebrity and former football great Michael Strahan is going to have to wait another few days before rocketing into space. Strahan was su...
-
Japanese tourists dock at International Space StationDec 08, 2021 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A Japanese billionaire and his producer rocketed to space on Wednesday and reached the International Space Station several hours later. Fashion tycoon Yus...
-
NASA's 10 new astronauts: pilots, doctor, physicist, cyclistDec 06, 2021 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA selected 10 new astronauts Monday, half of them military pilots, as it looks ahead to the moon and Mars. The space agency introduced th...
-
EXPLAINER: Stuck jet stream, La Nina causing weird weatherDec 04, 2021 6:00 am - America's winter wonderland is starting out this season as anything but traditional. The calendar says December but for much of the country temperatures beckon for sanda...
-
Spacewalking astronauts replace antenna after debris scareDec 02, 2021 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Spacewalking astronauts replaced a broken antenna outside the International Space Station on Thursday after getting NASA's all-clear for orbi...
-
New dinosaur species from Chile had a unique slashing tailDec 01, 2021 6:00 am - Fossils found in Chile are from a strange-looking dog-sized dinosaur species that had a unique slashing tail weapon, scientists reported Wednesday. Some dinosaurs had sp...