Europe's Deep Freeze: Why Climate Change Is Not (Entirely) to Blame
Bogdan Cristel / Reuters
How can the continental U.S. and Europe be experiencing such radically different winters?
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Burmese Pythons Invade Florida
As many as 150,000 nonnative snakes are believed to be crawling through the Everglades, resulting in a ban on importation and interstate transportation of the species.
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Mars Rover Opportunity Celebrates Its Eighth Birthday
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity was expected to live only three months, but it just celebrated eight years prowling Mars' surface
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Cosmic dispatches — both late-breaking and from the archives
Why Energy Efficiency Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be
By Bryan Walsh
If you use more as you pay less, the planet keeps getting hotter
Scientists: NASA to Cut Missions to Mars
Scientists say NASA is about to propose major cuts in its exploration of other planets, especially Mars. And NASA's former science chief is calling it irrational
Giant Eye Will Peer at the Sky
By Michael D. Lemonick
At least three giant-telescope projects are now under way, and the biggest of them, the European Extremely Large Telescope, is finally breaking ground in Chile
New Planet Found: Could a Super-Earth plus Triple Stars Equal Life?
By Michael D. Lemonick
In an improbable spot, scientists say they've discovered a world like our own where water and biology might exist
A Telescope as Sharp as Hubble — but on the Ground
By Michael D. Lemonick
A new system provides all the clarity of stargazing from space and none of the challenges
