Scientists seek US backcountry skiers to measure snowpack

NASA's earth sciences arm wants backcountry winter enthusiasts to serve as volunteer snow measurers so it can do better job calculating how much water will end of in rivers and reservoirs in the Pacific Northwest and...

Is fight against global warming mission impossible?

Anyone who tells you that dealing with climate change is simply a matter of sweeping away the obstructionism of oil companies is living in a dream world. The real obstacle is us — our vast dependence on fossil fuels...

The black box set to revolutionize the search for life beyond Earth

In the world's driest desert, an unassuming black box called "Espresso" is about to begin a very big mission: scouring the universe for planets like ours to find signs of life beyond Earth. Espresso, an instrument...

Smith, Culberson: Space telescopes promise a universe of discovery

When one first focuses on the Ultra Deep Field image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2004, it appears to be just a photo of the night sky. Dots, stars at first glance, clutter the image, but a longer,...

Amazon sex toys mystery: Unsolicited parcels sent to strangers

Amazon has become known as the everything store, selling everything from pots and pans to books and furniture. It's racked up hundreds of billions in revenue and is now worth over $700 billion, making it the...

SpaceX Unveils New Falcon Heavy Rocket

Elon Musk's SpaceX has unveiled its new Falcon Heavy rocket, a month before its first launch. Photos show the new rocket inside its Florida hangar, minus the cargo for the January test flight

Asia markets: Trade concerns, tech stocks and dollar in focus

Asian stocks traded mostly lower on Wednesday as the overnight bounce on Wall Street stalled. Recent concerns over trade tensions also persisted amid new China-U.S. trade developments. Japan's Nikkei 225 slipped...

Rocket Launches and Trips to the Moon We're Looking Forward to in 2018

If you love space and astronomy, 2018 will be an exciting year. NASA has announced windows of time for sending spacecraft to Mars and the sun. Japanese and American probes already in space are set to enter orbit...