Technology Topics
Mixed Up in Space
2001 — April 6, 2011
Humans can become confused and disoriented (and even a little queasy) in an alien world where up and down have no meaning.
Brainy 'Bots
2001 — Sept. 20, 2011
NASA's own 'Bionic Woman' is applying artificial intelligence to teach Robotshow to behave a little more like human explorers.
Bright Asteroid
2001 — April 6, 2011
A big and bright near-Earth asteroid will glide by our planet on Dec. 16th within easy range of powerful radars and backyard telescopes.
Comet Borrelly Revealed
2001 — April 6, 2011
Against all odds, NASA's Deep Space 1not only survived its daring encounter with Comet Borrelly but also returned stunning pictures of the comet's hidden nucleus.
Weird Geminids
2001 — April 6, 2011
What are the Geminid meteors? Scientists aren't sure. Perhaps chips off an exotic asteroid or dust from an extinct comet. In either case, they'll soon be here.
Halley's Comet Returns ... in Bits and Pieces
2001 — April 6, 2011
The annual Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend on October 21st. Sky watchers will see as many as 20 fast shooting stars each hour -- each one a tiny piece of Halley's Comet.
Anticipating the Perseids
2001 — Sept. 20, 2011
The 2001 Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th. Will it be an extraordinary sky show like last year -- or a moonlit disappointment? This story explains how to see for yourself.
Floating Fertility
2001 — April 6, 2011
Researchers have found that gravity -- either too much or too little of it -- affects the behavior of sperm in puzzling ways.
It's Not Over Yet!
2001 — April 6, 2011
Following one of the softest planetary landings ever, ground controllers have decided to extend the NEAR mission and gather unique data from the very surface of asteroid Eros.
Apocalypse Then
2001 — April 6, 2011
A violent collision with a space rock, like the one that doomed the dinosaurs, may have also caused our planet's greatest mass extinction 250 million years ago.