December 4, 2013
NASA Funding Shuffle Alarms Planetary Scientists
Agency restructuring will postpone a major grants program for one year
Stories by Alexandra Witze
Alexandra Witze works for Nature magazine.
Space & PhysicsNovember 29, 2013
Remnants Suggest Comet ISON Still Going
First given up for dead, the "dirty ice ball" may have partially survived its close brush with the sun
The SciencesNovember 5, 2013
Nationwide Seismic-Monitor Array Nears Completion
The ambitious program to blanket the contiguous 48 states with a movable array will also now reach Alaska
October 9, 2013
NASA Missions Struggle to Cope with Shutdown
The Curiosity, Opportunity, LADEE and Juno missions are still operational, but other spacecraft are grounded for now
April 16, 2013
Dark Matter Signals Recorded in Minnesota Mine
Detectors at the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search have recorded three events that may represent collisions from weakly interacting massive particles
Space & PhysicsMarch 13, 2013
Mars Rover Finds Evidence of Ancient Habitability
The Curiosity rover's first drill-sample analysis at the Red Planet reveals clay minerals that formed in water that was slightly salty, evidence of an environment that could have once supported life