CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago.
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel prizes award season begins Monday with the announcement by a panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm of the winner of this year’s medicine award.
NEW YORK (AP) - To save power, NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft.
BENGALURU, India (AP) - Unpredictable rains and increasing heat aren’t just making life more difficult for the people of Rayanpet, a village in India’s arid south. They’re also taking a toll on the thousands of acres of rice grown here.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth’s moon will soon have some company - a "mini moon." The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet’s gravity and orbit the globe - but only for about two months.
Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity - especially women - has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research.
GENEVA (AP) - Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new "suicide capsule."
