Feb 19 WATCH: Mars landing team ‘awestruck’ by photo of descending rover By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA equipped the spacecraft with a record 25 cameras, many of which were turned on during Thursday's descent. Perseverance can be seen just 6 1/2 feet off the ground, being lowered by cables attached to an overhead sky crane. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 4:30 NASA rover lands on Mars, resuming search for remnants of life By Miles O'Brien, Courtney Norris The U.S. is back on the Red Planet after a nearly 300-million-mile journey. NASA celebrated late Thursday afternoon when it landed its latest rover on Mars. The rover is designed to explore new areas of the planet and look for… Continue watching
Feb 18 NASA’s Perseverance rover pulls off tricky landing on Mars By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A NASA rover has landed on Mars in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet. Continue reading
Feb 17 5 things you should know about the Mars 2020 mission By Miles O'Brien Perseverance is expected to land on the Red Planet Thursday after a seven-month journey. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien previews the nailbiter landing, what scientists are hoping to learn, and the innovations on board. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 6:43 NASA sets ambitious goals for latest mission to Mars By Miles O'Brien If all goes according to plan, the United States will land its most advanced rover ever on Mars on Thursday, nearly 300-million miles from where it lifted off last year. It is a daunting task, one that will set up… Continue watching
Feb 17 WATCH: NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas The mission, one of the space agency’s most ambitious yet, will seek to answer whether there is evidence that microbial life once existed on Mars. Continue reading
Feb 17 How will we know we’ve reached herd immunity for COVID-19? By Candice Choi, Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press Health officials around the world are racing to vaccinate enough people to stop the spread of COVID-19, but what qualifies as “enough” is still an open question. Continue reading
Feb 17 Texas blackouts fuel false claims about renewable energy By Ali Swenson, Arijeta Lajka, Associated Press Conservative commentators on Tuesday have falsely claimed that wind turbines and solar energy were primarily to blame for power outages across Texas. Continue reading
Feb 13 Strong quake hits Japan’s northeast coast; no tsunami alert By Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press A strong earthquake hit off the coast of northeastern Japan late Saturday, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and other areas, but there was no threat of a tsunami, officials said. Continue reading
Feb 11 Judge overturns Trump action that lifted mining ban in U.S. West By Matthew Brown, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill said in Thursday's ruling that the decision under Trump to cancel a prior effort to ban mining failed to fully consider how the move would affect greater sage grouse. Continue reading