2+ hour, 34+ min ago  (1048+ words) A 4. 9-magnitude earthquake struck Nevada on Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The tremor hit at a depth of about 12 kilometers (7 miles), around 19 kilometers southeast of Silver Springs. It struck at about 01: 17 am (0817 GMT), the USGS said. The earthquake…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1548+ words) Deep below the surface of the Mediterranean off the French coast, the pincer of a remotely guided underwater robot delicately closes around a centuries-old jug lying near a 16th-century shipwreck. "You have to be extremely precise so as not to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1392+ words) When part of a Space X rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacular fireball that streaked across Europe's skies, delighting stargazers and sending a team of scientists rushing towards their instruments. The German team managed…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1645+ words) One of the largest and oldest icebergs ever tracked by scientists has turned blue and is "on the verge of complete disintegration," NASA said on Thursday. A23a, a massive wall of ice that was once twice the size of Rhode Island,…...