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NASA honors 'Hidden Figure' Mary Jackson during Washington headquarters naming ceremony
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NASA honors 'Hidden Figure' Mary Jackson during Washington headquarters naming ceremony

In a Friday ceremony, NASA officially named their Washington, D.C. Headquarters building after pioneering engineer Mary Winston Jackson.
NASA's Perseverance rover sends back first HD Mars panorama
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NASA's Perseverance rover sends back first HD Mars panorama

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has sent back its first high-definition panorama, the agency announced on Wednesday. 
NASA leaves hidden message on parachute of Mars rover
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NASA leaves hidden message on parachute of Mars rover

Amateur puzzle fans delighted this week when NASA revealed it had hidden a secret color-coded message on the parachute for the Perseverance rover that landed on Mars last week.
How will NASA's Perseverance rover engineers pilot first helicopter on Mars?
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How will NASA's Perseverance rover engineers pilot first helicopter on Mars?

NASA's first-ever Mars helicopter is preparing to take to the Martian skies following Thursday's successful Perseverance rover landing in the planet's Jezero Crater. 
NASA releases new images of Perseverance, surface of Mars
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NASA releases new images of Perseverance, surface of Mars

NASA's Perseverance team has already begun its work from Mars' surface and released incredible images on Friday taken from the rover. 
Here's how NASA's Perseverance rover will search for life on Mars
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Here's how NASA's Perseverance rover will search for life on Mars

Now that NASA's Perseverance rover has successfully landed on the surface of Mars, it can begin the next steps of its mission. 
First clone of US endangered species announced
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First clone of US endangered species announced

Scientists announced the first successful cloning of a U.S. endangered species: a black-footed ferret.
'Building blocks of life exist' on Mars, former NASA administrator confirms
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'Building blocks of life exist' on Mars, former NASA administrator confirms

"The building blocks of life exist all over Mars," former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told "Your World" Thursday as the Perseverance rover successfully landed on the Red Planet.
NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars
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NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars

NASA has unveiled the first pictures from its fifth Mars rover, Perseverance, after a successful landing on the red planet's Jezero crater on Thursday.
How NASA's Perseverance rover will land on Mars
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How NASA's Perseverance rover will land on Mars

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance will make its descent onto the red planet on Thursday, but there are a few hurdles to cross before it can land.
Mount Etna in Italy erupts twice in 48 hours, photos show
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Mount Etna in Italy erupts twice in 48 hours, photos show

Mount Etna regularly erupts, with activity occurring almost once a year.
Million-year-old Siberian mammoth DNA breaks record for oldest sequenced
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Million-year-old Siberian mammoth DNA breaks record for oldest sequenced

The oldest DNA ever sequenced – more than 1 million years – has been extracted from three mammoth teeth that had been excavated from Siberian permafrost in the 1970s and have revealed a previously unknown kind of mammoth, according to findings first published by Nature.
NASA's Perseverance rover streaks toward a landing on Mars
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NASA's Perseverance rover streaks toward a landing on Mars

A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet.
NASA's Perseverance rover preparing to land on Mars
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NASA's Perseverance rover preparing to land on Mars

The countdown has begun as NASA's Mars rover Perseverance prepares to land on the red planet. 
NASA's Perseverance rover is ready to land on Mars
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NASA's Perseverance rover is ready to land on Mars

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is set to land on the red planet on Thursday. 
Scientists find evidence Stonehenge might have been built in Wales then moved
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Scientists find evidence Stonehenge might have been built in Wales then moved

British archaeologists believe they have pinpointed the origins of the 5,000-year-old prehistoric Stonehenge ruin. 
Famed medieval Bayeux Tapestry goes online, every thread
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Famed medieval Bayeux Tapestry goes online, every thread

The world-famous medieval Bayeux Tapestry may be off-limits to visitors because of the coronavirus pandemic, but its keepers have put a digital version online so the public can enjoy its fabled cloth from the safety of home.
Chinese spacecraft enters Mars' orbit, joining Arab ship
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Chinese spacecraft enters Mars' orbit, joining Arab ship

A Chinese spacecraft went into orbit around Mars on Wednesday on an expedition to land a rover on the surface and scout for signs of ancient life, authorities announced in a landmark step in the country's most ambitious deep-space mission yet.
Mysterious monolith pops up near Turkish World Heritage site
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Mysterious monolith pops up near Turkish World Heritage site

The monolith was discovered near a megalithic structure dating to the 10th millennium B.C.
Researchers worry chimpanzee-killing bacterium could jump to humans next
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Researchers worry chimpanzee-killing bacterium could jump to humans next

Scientists are concerned that a recently discovered bacterium linked to the deaths of chimpanzees in Sierra Leone could spread to humans.