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By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:28 PM ET

Today's Leonid shower will be hard to see from the US but cosmic nonetheless. Read More

More like this in: Europe, Asia, National Geographic, Meteor Showers

By David Bois | Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:59 PM ET

The visual effects of the impact may have been a dud, but NASA's crater-making moon mission LCROSS makes a big splash with proof of water. Read More

More like this in: Water, NASA, Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)

By David Bois | Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:56 AM ET

Symphony of Science song featuring Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking gets a boost from The White Stripes' Jack White through release on White's record label. Read More

More like this in: Technology, YouTube, The Telegraph, White Stripes, Jack White

By David Bois | Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:00 AM ET

'2012' hits the theaters. Have fun with the hype, but don't give in to panic or fear. Rest assured, there will be a 2013 here on Earth. Read More

More like this in: Hollywood, NASA, Film, National Geographic, MSNBC, Astronomy

By David Bois | Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:50 PM ET

Four hundred years after deeming Galileo a heliocentric heretic, the Vatican sponsors a conference on extraterrestrial life. Read More

More like this in: Astronomy, Extraterrestrial Life, Biology, Galileo Galilei, Popular Science

By David Bois | Mon Nov 9, 2009 7:28 PM ET

Japan looks to the skies and beyond to power the things that run here on the ground. Read More

More like this in: Energy, NASA, Japan, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Power, Physorg.com

By David Bois | Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:38 AM ET

Tonic remembers Carl Sagan on what would have been his 75th birthday. He was out of this world, one in a billion. Read More

More like this in: NASA, PBS, Hulu, SETI Institute

By David Bois | Mon Nov 2, 2009 2:00 PM ET

Getting a clear and high-tech view from above is at the root of a new satellite geared to improving our understanding of the earth's water cycle. Read More

More like this in: Water, Drinking Water, Ocean, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Maps, European Space Agency (ESA)

By Lisa Jo Rudy | Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:00 AM ET

Star dubbed GRB 090423 is the oldest object ever seen. Read More

More like this in: NASA, The Telegraph, Astronomy, Milky Way

By David Bois | Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:10 PM ET

It's been a good month for moon holes: First came NASA's water-seeking blast, and now there is evidence of a potential cave system below the lunar surface. Read More

More like this in: New Scientist