Space Science

In the Jodi Arias trial, the jurors faced a decision that was wrenching and real, with implications that could haunt them forever.

Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire.

Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on President Barack Obama's watch and robs Republicans of a central argument against Democrats.

The crash of a volunteer Angel Flight in upstate New York that killed at least two people is under investigation, and authorities say a search is under way for the missing pilot.

Scientists Measure All the Light in the Universe Going Back 5 Billion Years #space

Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.

A SETI Institute Hangout with Nathalie Cabrol (Senior researcher at the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute), Liam Pedersen (Senior Robotics Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley / NASA Ames Research Center), and Leslie E. Bebout (Microbial Ecologist at NASA Ames) on the exploration of the Titan Lakes. Hosted and moderated by Franck Marchis (Senior planetary astronomer at the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute), the team will describe the Planetary Lake Lander project that aims at developing an adaptive and robotic lake lander to explore the lakes of Titan, foggy satellite of Saturn. This mission is an opportunity for planetary scientists to develop and test exploration strategies for future planetary lake landers.

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden had the opportunity to fly a simulated landing of the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Dream Chaser while touring the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center in California on May 22, 2013. SNC's Dream Chaser flight test vehicle arrived at Dryden on May 15, 2013 in preparation for tow, captive-carry and free-flight tests later this year. The testing is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) initiatives to develop safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from low-Earth orbit destinations, including the International Space Station.

At least 17 children were burned to death in eastern Pakistan on Saturday when a faulty gas cylinder exploded on the bus taking them to school, police said.

the 2013 Earth & Sky Photo Contest winners have been announced, and what incredible photos they have taken.here are some personal favorites: