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Scientists map out the lava flow inside Mount St. Helens after its eruption 35 years ago.

Scientists Map Out Lava Flow Inside Mount St. Helens 35 Years After Erupting

A new study involves new data from Mount St. Helens where scientists have mapped out the lave flow inside the volcano to aid in future eruption predictions.

X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle

X-37B Spy Space Plane Launches Tomorrow for Another Mystery Mission

The U.S. Air Force military robotic spaceplane will launch tomorrow carrying experimental payloads that will test new, highly classified technology.

Mars

NASA Needs Your Help to Create a 3D Printed Habitat on Mars

NASA just announced a contest encouraging participants to design and build a 3D printed habitat for astronauts on Mars.

It's Real: Giant Squid Washes Up at New Zealand Shore

A giant squid measuring 23 feet washes up at Kaikoura where scientists have already transported the dead body to a freezer.

Humans on Mars

NASA Will Bring Algae and Bacteria to Mars to Create Oxygen for Humans

For future manned missions to Mars, scientists are now developing microbes to bring to the alien world to produce essential oxygen for humans.

Kīlauea Volcano's summit lava lake continued to drop.

Hawaii Earthquakes Can Trigger New Eruption at Kilauea Volcano

A flurry of earthquakes rattled Kilauea volcano in Hawaii's Big Island that can be a telltale sign of a new eruption.

The Proton-M, part being rotated to vertical. In the background, the mobile service tower can also be observed.

Another Russian Space Failure: Proton Rocket Crashes in Siberia

Russian space officials confirmed that their Proton rocket carrying a Mexican communications satellite has crashed into Siberia just moments after the launch today, Saturday, May 16.

This quasar quartet are found inside a giant nebula that spans one million light years across.

'Extremely Impossible' Quasar Quartet Reveals Universe from 10 Billion Years Ago

A new study reveals an extremely rare quasar quartet from cosmic light originating from 10 billion years ago.

Galaxies die when they run out of fuel for its star making process.

How Do Galaxies Die? Via Cosmic Gas Strangulation

Scientists believe that galaxy deaths are caused by gas strangulation from passing galaxies or just running out of hydrogen fuel for star formations.

What's An Opah? It's the World's First Warm Blooded Fish

NOAA scientists have discovered the first warm blooded fish ever in the Eastern Pacific ocean and its unique process how it retains body heat.

An artist's rendering of an exoplanet with cloudy mornings and clear, scorching afternoons, exhibiting a cycle of phase variations that occur as different portions of the planet are illuminated by its star, as seen from Earth.

Astronomers Can Now Predict Weather on Distant Planets

Data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope reveals different phases of distant exoplanets for astronomers to create alien world weather forecasts.

Structures of Cas9 endonucleases reveal RNA-mediated conformational activation.

UC Versus MIT: Patent Wars Over Gene Editing Tool CRISPR

UC and MIT are now involved over a legal dispute regarding the patent of CRISPR-Cas9 that can alter human genes and edit DNA.

Event displays of a candidate B0s particle decaying into two muons in the LHCb detector (top - Image: LHCb/CERN) and in the CMS detector

Large Hadron Collider Discovers Extremely Rare Sub Atomic Particle Decays

During the latest set of tests from the LHC, scientists have discovered its newest particles that are not found in the Standard Model of physics.

Young bees

Bee Colony Collapse: Population Deaths to 60% in US

A new report reveals shocking results for honeybee populations with as much as 60 percent of populations dying from bizarre circumstances.

Pluto's moons, Kerberos and Styx are captured for the first time by the New Horizons probe.

First View of Pluto's Hidden Moons Courtesy of NASA's New Horizons

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is on the verge of reaching Pluto next month and now reveals the first image of two of its hidden moons, Kerberos and Styx.

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