Mars Rover Opportunity Trekking Toward More Layers (NASA - The National...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) June 07, 2013 PASADENA, Calif. - Approaching its 10th anniversary of leaving Earth, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is on...
View ArticleOld Opportunity Mars rover makes rock discovery
Nasa's ageing Opportunity rover on Mars has just made what may be one of its most significant discoveries to date. The nine-year-old robot has identified rock laden with what scientists believe to be...
View ArticleRover Finds New Evidence That Ancient Mars Was Habitable
The pale rock in the upper center of this image, about the size of a human forearm, includes a target called "Esperance," which was inspected by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. This image...
View ArticleOld Mars rover digs up evidence for drinkable water
An old Mars rover that landed nine years ago has found the latest evidence that drinkable water once flowed on the Red Planet. Combined with previous, similar discoveries, this suggests that neutral...
View Article>Will Nadal, Williams be unbeatable at Wimbledon?
PARIS (AP) — Right now, French Open champions Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams are as good as it gets in tennis. The next time we see them competing, though, at Wimbledon in two weeks, Nadal will be...
View ArticleFour police officers in hospital after their Land Rover crashes on Westlink
Four police officers - one female and three male - have been taken to hospital after a police Land Rover overturned on Belfast's Westlink. A spokeswoman has described the incident as a "one-vehicle...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing: Inventing the question to fit your answer
"Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple." So says Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka, in the 1971 film of Roald Dahl's classic children's...
View ArticleShale could spark new boom in WA
WA'S shale gas potential is "quite amazing" and could spark the next great resources boom, says the head of the state's Department of Mines and Petroleum. Director-General Richard Sellers is excited...
View Article90-year-old lobsterman survives sinking off Maine
Correction: Fort Hood Shooting story 6 minutes ago DA: Couple had tequila before stiletto stabbing 11 minutes ago 90-year-old lobsterman survives sinking off Maine 6 minutes ago UN official: 11...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Sangiran
Paper Edition | Page: 21 Clean room: Cow, goat and deer skeletons are stored in the conservation room of the Sangiran museum. The area of Sangiran in Central Java would not have been known as a place...
View ArticleWestlink shut following police Land Rover crash
Belfast's Westlink has been closed from Broadway to the M2 following a crash involving a police Land Rover. The road traffic collision happened just after rush hour on Tuesday evening. Eyewitnesses...
View ArticleAll-New Range Rover Sport Sets Pikes Peak Hill Climb Record
LONDON, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The transformational on-road dynamics of the Range Rover Sport conquers one of the world's most unforgiving driving challenges. New hill climb record for...
View ArticleSexton to become first English woman to fight in the UFC
Lawyers, engineers, teachers. There has been no shortage of brainiacs fighting in a UFC cage. But Rosi Sexton may have raised the bar when it comes to MMA fighters' education. The 35-year-old Sexton...
View ArticleMother will get chance to tell agents about Sheena Morris' death
BRADENTON BEACH - After police ruled her daughter Sheena Morris' death a suicide, Kelly Osborn began her own investigation — a probe that has lasted four years. On Monday, Osborn will have the...
View Article3 FTSE Shares Crashing to New Lows
LONDON -- The FTSE 100 has lost 586 points, or 8.5%, since it set a 13-year high of 6,876 on May 22 to reach 6,290 by 10:10 a.m. EDT today. But at least it's nowhere near its 52-week low of 5,415...
View ArticleAre the gods playing marbles on Mars?
(Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona) A rolling stone gathers no moss – but on Mars it can nevertheless cloak itself in mystery. This NASA image shows the track of a boulder that rolled...
View ArticleNews Blitz 6/10: Brandon Spikes reportedly at Gillette Stadium for mini-camp...
(Source: New England Patriots) News Blitz 6/10: Brandon Spikes reportedly at Gillette Stadium for mini-camp Posted 1 hour ago Mike HackuStaff WriterPatriots.com The Patriots.com News Blitz gets you up...
View ArticleMirasol Reports Initial Encouraging Gold-Silver Surface Results from the...
(Source: Mirasol Resources Ltd) June 10, 2013 Mirasol Reports Initial Encouraging Gold-Silver Surface Results from the Atlas Project, Northern Chile VANCOUVER, BC, June 10, 2013 -- Mirasol Resources...
View ArticleScientists confirm Curiosity rover's discovery of ancient Martian streambed
Even before the landing last year, it was thought likely that streams had once been active in the huge Gale crater, which Curiosity landed in. Channels cutting through the crater walls ended in what...
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