NASA Finds Water on Mars

Staff / Truthdig Sep 29, 2013 The Curiosity rover found H2O particles bound to other minerals in Martian dirt. According to scientists, it's enough water to hydrate astronauts who wish to explore the planet in the future. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NASA Made an ‘It Gets Better’ Video

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig May 31, 2013 Sex columnist Dan Savage was moved by the suicides of gay teenagers to launch the It Gets Better Project, and since then everyone from President Obama to Perez Hilton has made a video. Add NASA and its LGBT brainiacs to that list. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

An Interview With Pioneering Climate Scientist James Hansen

Joe Conason / Truthdig Apr 26, 2013 Having directed NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies for most of the past four decades, Dr. James E. Hansen retired this month to devote himself to the scientific activism that has brought both awards and catcalls during his long and distinguished career. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Telescope Spies ‘Most Earth-Like’ Worlds to Date

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 19, 2013 Scientists say they may have found a pair of distant planets that bear a closer resemblance to Earth than any yet discovered, with a chance the worlds contain liquid water on the surface. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Two Rats, One Mind

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2013 Scientists connected the brains of a pair of rodents--one in Brazil, the other in North Carolina--via computers; an Italian jeans maker has trademarked the word "Jesus" thus holding exclusive rights to clothes bearing Christ's name; meanwhile, a police officer is on trial in New York on suspicion of planning to rape, torture and cannibalize women. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Warp Speed Ahead?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 2, 2013 In case you missed it, in November, io9 reported that physicist Harold White was working on the concept for an engine that could transport a ship through space at warp speeds without violating Einstein’s law of relativity. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

NASA Announces World Won’t End Dec. 21, 2012

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 14, 2012 The space agency is so confident in its prediction that it has already released a video explaining why the world didn't end Dec. 21. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NASA Turnaround

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Neil Armstrong’s Footprint

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Neil Armstrong

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NASA Photos of Neil Armstrong

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Aug 26, 2012 Neil Armstrong has died at the age of 82 Here are some photos of the great explorer collected over the yearsNeil Armstrong has died at the age of 82. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Neil Armstrong Heads Back Into the Unknown

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Aug 26, 2012 Neil Armstrong entered this universe on his family's farm and would leave it having stepped foot on the moon He is dead after spending 82 extraordinary years on this Earth, and a few days off of it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )