Twin satellites are part of this GRACE mission. This orbited Earth in tandem to identify subtle gravity changes. As a result of shifting ocean masses or melting ice sheets, these changes generally ...

Thirty years ago, on a crisp October day in 1995, two Swiss astronomers changed the course of cosmic history. Michel Mayor ...

Experts think the near side of the moon stayed hotter due to this uneven spread of elements for a longer time. Furthermore, the more volcanic activity made it smoother. On the contrary, the far side ...

In zero gravity, there's no weight to bring to bear and the rescuer just bounces off the patient's chest, so some other method is needed. To evaluate alternatives, cardiologists teamed up with the ...

Google Fiber has leased office space in Summerlin after securing approvals to provide internet service in Southern Nevada. Howard Hughes Holdings, developer of Las Vegas’ Summerlin master-planned ...

Filmmaker and creative director Henry Daubrez will join Google Labs to create new content, help shape the Flow product, and lead Flow Sessions with other filmmakers. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

Want to turn on, tune in, and drop out? The lava lamp is your go-to device. Hailing from the same era as the famous Timothy Leary quote, this hippy, trippy lamp, with its slowly undulating globules, ...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - India's space regulator has picked a consortium led by Google-backed startup PixxelSpace to build a commercial home-grown constellation of earth observation satellites, with an ...

As NASA’s missions become longer and more ambitious, the agency is innovating with space-based medical care. Eduardo Ramos for Unsplash+ It’s an exciting time for space research as NASA eyes a future ...

As human-spaceflight missions grow longer and travel farther from Earth, keeping crews healthy gets more challenging. Astronauts on the International Space Station can depend on real-time calls to ...

As plans for missions to Mars accelerate, so do questions about how the human body might cope. A return trip to the red planet would give more than enough time for someone to become pregnant and even ...