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Cleaner, quieter, and even faster. NASA is entering a new era in aviation as x-planes take to the air.

Some thunderstorms can be seen approaching, while others hit without warning. Now NASA is taking to the air above Kansas to see why nighttime storms are brewing.

Do you have a special list of places you really want to visit? Find out about one of the places on NASA’s bucket list.

A heart attack is a serious thing – even when it’s not fatal, the resulting damage to heart tissue affects the heart’s ability to pump blood. But a new patch may actually restore both tissue and function.

In 1801, Piazzi pointed his telescope to the sky and first observed the object we call Ceres. More than 200 years later, NASA made history as Dawn became the first mission to visit Ceres. And now, a video animation brings the dwarf planet to us, in exquisite detail.

In the 1980’s compact fluorescent light bulbs hit the market, but the now familiar spiral shaped bulbs may soon become a fad of the past.

Nature is very good at making efficient creatures that swim through the water. Can we learn from nature? Can we create a rover that can turn slow motion into locomotion? A team at Cornell seems to think so.

For those of us who remember 2001 – A Space Odyssey, science is about to imitate art once again as engineers give exercise a whole new spin.

As Hubble zooms in on an exploded star, scientists get a second chance to examine the remains of a supernova.

You have GPS in your DNA and it can pin-point your old neighborhood… From a thousand years ago!