Articles filed under Science
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Ozone hole grows this year, but still shrinking in generalOct 13, 2022 7:00 am - The Antarctic ozone hole last week peaked at a moderately large size for the third straight year - bigger than the size of North America - but experts say it's still gen...
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Scientists grow human brain cells in rats to study diseasesOct 12, 2022 7:00 am - Scientists have transplanted human brain cells into the brains of baby rats, where the cells grew and formed connections. It's part of an effort to better study human br...
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World's 1st space tourist signs up for flight around moonOct 12, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The world's first space tourist wants to go back - only this time, he's signed up for a spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk's Starship. For...
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Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudgeOct 11, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announc...
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Underground microbes may have swarmed ancient MarsOct 10, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Ancient Mars may have had an environment capable of harboring an underground world teeming with microscopic organisms, French scientists repo...
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AP EXPLAINS: How one computer forecast model botched IanOct 07, 2022 7:00 am - As Hurricane Ian bore down on Florida, normally reliable computer forecast models couldn't agree on where the killer storm would land. But government meteorologists are ...
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SpaceX delivers Russian, Native American women to stationOct 07, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A Russian cosmonaut who caught a U.S. lift to the International Space Station arrived at her new home Thursday for a five-month stay, accompa...
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Russian launches to space from US, 1st time in 20 yearsOct 05, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.. (AP) - For the first time in 20 years, a Russian cosmonaut rocketed from the U.S. on Wednesday, launching to the International Space Station alongs...
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He photographed what the human eye can't see, but his Fermilab exhibit remained mostly invisibleOct 05, 2022 5:00 am - Even if you could hitch a ride on a rocket ship, you wouldn't see cloudlike nebulas, star clusters and distant galaxies the way Eric Coles of Glen Ellyn sees them. Some ...
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NASA spacecraft buzzes Jupiter moon Europa, closest in yearsSep 29, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's Juno spacecraft has made the closest approach to Jupiter's tantalizing, icy moon Europa in more than 20 years. Juno on Thursday zippe...