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Comet ISON is shown in this NASA handout image photographed by the Hubble telescope on April 10, 2013.

Astronomers Awaiting Comet ISON's Year-End Spectacular

Celestial rock and ice formation expected to bedazzle enthusiasts with long, luminous tail More

Scientists Race to Contain Malaria: New Discoveries, More Resistance

World Health Organization is warning about dire consequences if drug-resistant form of malaria spreads beyond southeast Asia More

Earth and Moon Share Water Source

Most of water on Earth thought to have come from ice-bearing meteorites; some of that water transported with new Moon during its birth in cataclysmic collisionMore

On May 17, NASA witnessed the largest impact of a meteoroid on the Moon in the past eight years. This is an artist's rendition.

Moon Hit By Largest Meteoroid Impact in 8 Years

Flash was nearly 10 times as bright as anything ever seen before More

Artist concept of OSIRIS-REx. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is to launch in 2016, reach asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36 in 2019, examine it up close during a 505-day rendezvous, then return at least 60 grams of it to Earth in 2023. (Credit: NASA/Goddard/Universit

Asteroid Sampling Mission Gets Green Light

OSIRIS-REx is expected to bring back a minimum of 60 grams of surface material from asteroid Bennu More

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Carbon Storing Qualities of Coastal Wetlands Explored In Australia

Seminar in Sydney brings together governments, research institutions, non-governmental organizations from around the world to discuss ecosystems

November 28 - December 8, 1983: This Columbia flight carried the first Spacelab mission and the first astronaut to represent the European Space Agency, Ulf Merbold of Germany. Left to right are Merbold, Byron K. Lichtenberg and Robert A. R. Parker. (Image

Skylab-Era Astronauts Reflect on Life Off Earth

Only four decades ago scientists didn't know if humans could adapt to long-duration spaceflight

Earth, Moon Share Water Source

Research raises questions about formation of Moon

Each red dot on this screen shot from the Ventus website represents a power plant. (Ventus Project)

Citizen Scientists Map Global Emissions

Power plants account for more than 40 percent of carbon dioxide emissions

Plastinated human body exhibit during a media viewing for the exhibition "The Human Body" in Ostend, Belgium, June 15, 2012 file photo.

Struggling With Math? Plug in to Improve

Using 'transcranial random noise stimulation,' Oxford University cognitive neuroscience researchers boost math performance

Google Launches Streaming Music Service Ahead of Apple

Amazon, Apple reportedly working on streaming music

Kepler Malfunction Imperils Search for Distant Earths

Space telescope has been crippled by failure of one of mechanical reaction wheels that helps keep it pointed

Cotton grows in a field near Keo, Ark., before being harvested.

Cotton May be Eco-Friendly Way to Clean Oil Spills

Scientists find low micronaire cotton can absorb and hold more than 30 times its weight in crude oil

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Scientists Race to Contain Malaria: New Discoveries, More Resistance

Two new medical discoveries are raising hopes of containing malaria - the mosquito-borne parasitic disease that each year infects more than 200 million people and claims an estimated 660 thousand lives. Meantime, the World Health Organization is warning about dire consequences if a drug-resistant form of malaria spreads beyond southeast Asia.

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