Giant Eye Will Peer at the Sky
ESO
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. LemonickIn 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. LemonickA new system provides all the clarity of stargazing from space and none of the challenges
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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
Special Report

Surprise, Still Alive! The Top 10 Not-So-Extinct Animals
In recent weeks, both the Miller's Grizzled Langur and a giant tortoise species have returned from from presumed extinction. In their honor, TIME takes a look at other critters and creatures who have come back from the "dead"
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Space & Astronomy
Cosmic dispatches both late-breaking and from the archives
The Coming U.S.-China Solar War
By Bryan Walsh
Tariffs on Chinese imports is a feel-good solution that could do a lot of harm
Study: Pythons Killing Everglades Wildlife
By AP / MATT SEDENSKY
A burgeoning population of huge pythons appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals in the Everglades
Happy Birthday, Opportunity! Mars Rover Turns 8
By Jeffrey Kluger
Since 2004, the interplanetary car has been trundling across the Martian surface
New Federal Planting Map Reflects Warming
By AP / Seth Borenstein
The government's colorful map of planting zones is being updated for a warmer 21st century
Climate Change and Farming: How Not to Go Hungry in a Warmer World
By Bryan Walsh
The fact that the climate is already changing, and will continue to change, means we need to start adapting agriculture to a warmer world immediately
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The 'Choking Game': 1 in 7 College Kids Has Tried It
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New Mexico Is Stretching, Slowly but Surely
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Africa's Eye On the Sky: Behind a Radical New Radio Telescope
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Do Invisible Galaxies Swirl Around the Milky Way?
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A Cosmic Illusion: Gravitational Lensing Helps Redraw the Map of Space
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Lunar Liquid: More Water than Ever Found on the Surface of the Moon
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Meteorites from Mars Confirmed
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Forget Exoplanets: The Hunt for Exomoons Is Heating Up
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Silly Season: Russia Accuses the U.S. of a Secret Mars Plot
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Why We Love to Loathe John Edwards: It's Science
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Space Station to Move to Avoid Oncoming Junk
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The Year That Winter Forgot: Is It Climate Change?
