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Reports of Impending Doom Greatly Exaggerated
Did a German teenager find a glitch in NASA's asteroid collision estimates?
Peering Beneath the Surface of Distant Planets
Radar technology aboard ESA's Mars Express could be used to explore other planets and moons in the solar system
The Human Luck of the Draw
A new theory assigns values to our scant chance of existing. So what does this mean in the search for alien life?
Wing Men
On the eve of the world championship of remote-control flight, an American financier, a three-star general, a jet engineer and the Air Force’s most powerful civilian have come together in Thailand to build the perfect fighting plane—at 1:5 scale
Jumping into Action
Fresh off the assembly line, the leapfrogging, stealthy F-35B fighter jet prepares for liftoff
Supermassive Black Hole Takes a Nap
Japanese scientists propose that the giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy may be in a rest period
NASA Tweaks a Spacecraft’s Path en Route to Mars
Zoning in on the right landing site is key to a safe touchdown for the space agency's latest Red Planet explorer
American Airlines’ Own Pilots to Protest Recent Mismanagement
After hundreds of cancellations last week due to safety concerns, AA's pilots take action
Solar Systems Like Ours
Scientists find two gas giants orbiting a star, and with it up the chances of our discovering another Earth