NASA counts down to Orion's first step to Mars
The Orion spacecraft, designed to carry humans farther in deep space than ever before, is poised to blast off in what NASA hailed as a first step in mankind's journey to Mars.
Japan launches rocket carrying asteroid probe
Japan launched a rocket carrying a space probe destined for a distant asteroid, just weeks after a European spacecraft's historic landing on a comet.
03 December 2014
DNA may survive trip to suborbital space and back
DNA molecules attached to the outside of a rocket may be able survive a trip to suborbital space and back into the Earth's atmosphere at extremely high temperatures.
Small volcanoes could slow global warming: study
Small volcanic eruptions could be slowing global warming by spewing sulfur aerosols that reach the upper atmosphere and reflect sunlight away from the Earth.
19 November 2014
Lost languages leave a mark on the brain
Babies adopted across international borders may not remember the language they heard in their first days, but the words leave a lasting mark on their minds.
Famous Kazakh astronaut comments on Rosetta mission
Famous Kazakh cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev praises the Rosetta mission, which saw a space probe landing on the surface of a comet for the first time in human history.