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Grassley: No Gorsuch Deal for Democrats

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is doing so well in committee hearings that Senate Democrats are searching out a deal to protect the filibuster, to potentially use against a future nominee, in…
March 24, 2017

Curiosity Catches Moving Martian Sands

This pair of images shows effects of one Martian day of wind blowing sand underneath NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover on a non-driving day for the rover. Each image was taken just after…
February 28, 2017

Venice from outer space courtesy of the ESA

Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency shared this photograph from the International Space Station on Feb. 14, 2017, writing, “Venice, city of gondoliers and the lovers they…
February 28, 2017

ISS Shows Space Shot of Oroville Dam

International Space Station crew member Sergey Ryzhikov captured this image of Lake Oroville and the Oroville Dam. To decrease reservoir levels and prevent a collapse of the emergency spillway following high amounts…
February 28, 2017

Trump To Send NASA Back To The Moon In 2019

NASA will honor a request from the Trump administration and spend the next month studying how to return astronauts to the moon’s orbit. America’s storied space agency will study the feasibility of…
February 28, 2017

Explosion reported at French nuclear plant

A fire in the Flamanville nuclear power plant in northern France set off an explosion in the plant”s engine room Thursday, injuring dozens. Authorities have yet to ascertain the cause of the…
February 10, 2017

Obama Enjoys Vacation in BVI

While the internet flips out over Barack Obama’s vacation in the British Virgin Islands, we’d like to extend our warmest wishes to the former president and first lady.  Eight years as America’s…
February 2, 2017