NASA: Asteroid to Pass Very Near Earth
Astronomers around the world are preparing for a record-breaking asteroid flyby February 15.
Landsat 5 Sets Guinness World Record For 'Longest Operating Earth Observation Satellite'
Landsat 5 successfully set the new Guinness World Records title for 'Longest-operating Earth observation satellite’ as stated in an e-mail from Guinness World Records sent to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Outliving its three-year design life, Landsat 5 delivered high-quality, global data of Earth's land surface for 28 years and 10 months.
Earth-like planets are right next door
Cambridge, MA – Using publicly available data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have found that six percent of red dwarf stars have habitable, Earth-sized planets.
Klondike, a Puppy Born from a Frozen Embryo, Fetches Good News for Endangered Animals
ITHACA, N.Y. — Meet Klondike, the western hemisphere’s first puppy born from a frozen embryo. He’s a beagle-Labrador retriever mix, and although neither of those breeds are endangered, Klondike’s very existence is exciting news for endangered canids, like the red wolf.