The U.S. Capitol building, the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress went into evacuation mode briefly on Saturday after a small single engine plane crossed into restricted airspace in Washington D.C. The Capitol entered “AirConRed” at approximately 1:30pm after the pilot of the single-engine Cessna failed to respond to call from air traffic controllers […]
A newfound asteroid will safely pass Earth on June 8 from a distance of about 777,000 miles (1.25 million kilometers), more than three times farther away than our moon. Designated 2014 HQ124, the asteroid was discovered April 23, 2014, by NASA’s NEOWISE mission, a space telescope adapted for scouting the skies for asteroids and comets. […]
Washington, D.C.— An international team of astronomers, including five Carnegie scientists, reports the discovery of two new planets orbiting a very old star that is near to our own Sun. One of these planets orbits the star at the right distance to allow liquid water to exist on its surface, a key ingredient to support […]
OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY, FRANCE — U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders paid tribute to World War II veterans at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany. In a speech at Omaha Beach on the coast of Normandy, France, Obama hailed the troops who […]