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A recent discovery claiming the discovery of particles travelling faster-than-light is coming under scrutiny.

The largest mass of water ever discovered is in space.

NASA is interpreting a fascinating array of new data about Mercury, including the possibility of the existence of water.

The Voyager probes that NASA launched more than 30 years ago are leaving our solar system.

A black hole has been discovered as part of a binary star system, drawing matter and energy from its stellar twin.

Recent research proposes that the building blocks of life could have formed around a distant star, lending viability to the theory that life on Earth could have been seeded from elsewhere.

A proposed mission by NASA and the European Space Agency to Jupiter to study the prospect of life on its moons inches closer to reality.

In a new paper, an astronomer proposes that life on Earth could have originated from dead alien DNA.

Students in Japan have successfully programmed bacteria so that it can solve Sudoku number puzzles.

Scientists have developed nano particles based on a component of the HIV virus that can infiltrate cells and monitor them for early signs of cancer.

Google is investing in transportation technology, including cars that drive themselves, and a pedal-powered monorail.

New, ultra-precise atomic clock technology proves Einstein's theory of gravity's effect on time--with startling accuracy.

A new finding suggests that the organic molecules for life could currently exist on Mars.

Astronomers warn that a violent solar storm will hit Earth in 2012, wreaking havoc.

Long journeys through space could cause astronauts to experience severe muscle loss.

The CEO of Google has declared that humans are generating new information at a shocking exponential rate.

A planet with a comet-like tail has been discovered outside of our solar system.

Astronomers have discovered a strange bubble of gas emanating from a nearby black hole.

Scientists are developing a fusion device to create a star in a lab that would supply virtually limitless clean energy.

Scientists have discovered that massive gamma ray bubbles seem to be emanating from the center of our galaxy.

Stunned astronomers are baffled by Jupiter's missing stripe.

A Swedish company has devised underwater kites to harness the tidal forces of ocean waves as an alternative energy source.

A California company is planning to offer "doomsday bunkers" designed to withstand a variety of apocalyptic catastrophes.

A new theory proposes that the planet Neptune once swallowed up a super-Earth and snatched its moon.

A disgruntled employee with access to controversial technology remotely disabled over one hundred cars in Texas.