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She’s Officially Celestial: Malala Gets Astroid Named After Her
She fought for girls’ rights, survived an assassination attempt, and won the Nobel Peace Prize all by the time she was 17 years old....
Slow and Steady Mars Rover Finally Completes Red Planet Marathon
A time of 11 years, two months isn’t much to brag about if you’re running the Boston Marathon. It’s pretty good if you’re on...
Power Cables a Thing of the Past? How About Solar Energy Beamed From Space?
Annoyed with power lines that can be knocked over by trees, rain and wind? The Japanese might get rid of them for good, now...
Hubble Captures Giant Emoji in the Stars
A galaxy cluster in the shape of an emoji appeared to smile down on Earth, with the grin formed by the distortion of light...
The Top 10 Good News Stories of 2014
In many respects 2014 was a rough year, with Ebola, the Islamic State, and deaths in Ukraine, but it was also one in which...
Drone Searches Forest for Tiny Wildfires Before They Blow Up
Three years ago, a forest fire raged for four months in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge on the Virginia-North Carolina border. Living...
Paralyzed Man Walks Again After Breakthrough Cell Transplant
A Polish man who was paralyzed from the chest down following a knife attack can now use a walker after receiving a pioneering transplant treatment...
Report Shows ‘Cold Fusion’ to Be Breakthrough Source of Energy
A new report by university scientists proves the existence of a potential breakthrough energy source new to science, according to detail released last week.
The...
India Makes History With Successful First Voyage to Mars
"India has managed to do what few other nations have accomplished (and no other Asians): putting a satellite into orbit around another planet" —...
Scientists Confirm Victory in Ozone Layer Recovery
"It's a victory for diplomacy and for science," and for the fact that all the nations in the world worked together, said the Nobel Prize...
Europe’s Rosetta Becomes First Spacecraft to Orbit Comet
After a decade-long journey chasing its target, the European Space Agency's Rosetta, carrying three NASA instruments, became the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a...
Air Pollution Plummets in US Cities
Anyone living in the U.S. for the past decade may have noticed an encouraging change in air quality.
These NASA satellite images demonstrate the country's...
Check Out This Photo of the Bahamas From Space For Caribbean Heritage Month
To celebrate Caribbean Heritage Month decreed to be June in the United States, we wanted to show you this photo captured by a crew...
Bubblegum That Cleans Your Teeth–For Kids Where There Are No Dentists
For kids living in slums in the developing world, dental hygiene is a real problem. With this cheap gum developed by a team of...
Top 10 Good News Stories of 2013
Saying goodbye to 2013 feels bittersweet. When we remember the crime and tragedies of the year, we tend to forget all the good things....
International Space Crew Returns Olympic Torch to Earth
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carried three astronauts and the Olympic torch back to Earth on Monday after the torch was taken on its first...
Furloughed Federal Workers Spend Unpaid Days Renovating Church
NASA worker Bruce Jackson went to work Wednesday morning despite the government shutdown.
Instead of going into Washington, the York County resident hung ceiling tiles...
Voyager 1 Becomes First Man-Made Object to Reach Interstellar Space
After being whipped around Jupiter and Saturn in a gravitational slingshot, the space probe launched by NASA in 1977 to study outside the Solar...
Coffee Santa Triggers Copycat Generosity Across Canada
For the third time in a week a generous customer at a coffee chain in Canada has handed over around $900 to pay for...
Pentagon Becomes a Major Wildlife Protector
Many of the nation’s 440 military bases were established in what were once sparsely populated hinterlands. Now, with urban sprawl pushing up against perimeter...