Science-&-Innovation
NASA spacecraft dashes by world beyond Pluto
Laurel, Jan 2 (AP/UNB) -NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has survived humanity's most distant exploration of another world.
NASA spacecraft enters orbit around asteroid, sets records
Laurel, Jan 1 (AP/UNB) — A NASA spacecraft has gone into orbit around an ancient asteroid, setting a pair of records.
Mars lander sets quake monitor on planet's red surface
Cape Canaveral, Dec 21 (AP/UNB) — NASA's new Mars lander has placed a quake monitor on the planet's dusty red surface, just a few weeks after its arrival.
Russia successfully launches military satellite from Baikonur
Moscow, Dec 21 (Xinhua/UNB) -- A military satellite was successfully launched atop the Proton-M carrier rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Farout: Scientists spot solar system's farthest known object
Cape Canaveral, Dec 18 (AP/UNB) — Astronomers have spotted the farthest known object in our solar system — and they've nicknamed the pink cosmic body "Farout."
NASA's first look: Tiny asteroid is studded with boulders
Washington, Dec 11 (AP/UNB) — NASA's first look at a tiny asteroid shows the space rock is more moist and studded with boulders than originally thought.
China launches pioneering mission to far side of moon
Beijing, Dec 8 (AP/UNB) — China launched a ground-breaking mission Saturday to land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to rival Russia, the European Union and the U.S.
Scientists reveal origin, evolution of golden snub-nosed monkey
Beijing, Dec 5 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Chinese scientists have revealed the origin and population history of the golden snub-nosed monkey in a recent study, the Science and Technology Daily reported Wednesday.
NASA spacecraft arrives at ancient asteroid, its 1st visitor
Cape Canaveral, Dec 4 (AP/UNB) — After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years.
China halts work on gene-edited babies
Hong Kong, Nov 30 (AP/UNB) — China's government has ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies.