Articles filed under Science
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Reprieve for NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraftApr 11, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - To astronomers' relief, NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has won another reprieve. The spacecraft - responsible for detecting thousand...
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL STOP SCREAMING IN ALL CAPSApr 11, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED ITS FORECASTS IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. But in the age of social media that's considered...
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NASA's planet-hunting Kepler Spacecraft in emergency modeApr 10, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is trying to resuscitate its planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft, in a state of emergency nearly 75 million miles away. The treasured space...
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SpaceX delivers world's 1st inflatable room for astronautsApr 10, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX has made good on a high-priority delivery: the world's first inflatable room for astronauts. A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship arrived at the...
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SciTech museum in Aurora unveils portable planetariumApr 10, 2016 1:00 am - Checking out the cafeteria is usually the last thing on anyone's mind when visiting a museum. But Arlene Hawks is always trying to find a teachable moment. So when she ...
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NASA: Global warming is now changing how Earth wobblesApr 08, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Global warming is shifting the way the Earth wobbles on its polar axis, a new NASA study finds. Melting ice sheets - especially in Greenland - are chan...
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Space station getting inflatable room, a cosmic 1stApr 07, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Forget blowup air mattresses. Space station astronauts are getting their first inflatable room. It's a technology demo meant to pave the way ...
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Another study says warming may be worse than experts thinkApr 07, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Most computer simulations of climate change are underestimating by at least one degree how warm the world will get this century, a new study suggests. It al...
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Scientists blame El Nino, warming for 'gruesome' coral deathApr 06, 2016 7:00 am - The coral on the sea floor around the Pacific island of Kiritimati looked like a boneyard in November - stark, white and lifeless. But there was still some hope. This mo...
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WildStang robotics team advances to championshipsApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214's WildStang robotics team advanced to the FIRST Robotics Championship competition in St. Louis after placing second at region...