Antarctic's melting glaciers could be about more than warmer temperatures and other top stories.

• Antarctic's melting glaciers could be about more than warmer temperatures

  

  Antarctic's melting glaciers could be about more than warmer temperatures Updated February 22, 2017 17:53:51 An Australian team of international scientists is hoping to discover whether there's something more than warmer temperatures could cause Antarctic's glaciers to melt faster than expected. Key points:Scientists concerned that meltwater is hastening glacier disintegration in AntarcticaMeltwater gets under the ice through cracks and crevasses, speeding up glacier f..

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• NASA to Unveil New Exoplanet Discovery Tomorrow

  

  This artist's concept depicts one possible appearance of the planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of a star that is similar to our sun. Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle NASA is holding a news conference tomorrow (Feb. 22) to discuss "new findings on planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets," according to a statement from the agency. The news conference begins at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT). No other specifics abo..

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• SpaceX Dragon Capsule Aborts Cargo Delivery to Space Station

  

  This view of a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship as seen from the International Space Station is a NASA file photo from a July 2016 mission. On Feb. 22, 2017, a Dragon capsule aborted its approach to the station due a navigation software issue. Credit: NASA A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship packed with nearly three tons of supplies aborted its rendezvous to the International Space Station early Wednesday (Feb. 22) due to a navigation software glitch, NASA officials said. The supply ship will now aim for..

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• Once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse comes Aug. 21

  

  Once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse comes Aug. 21 WFLA Published: February 22, 2017, 7:40 am Updated: February 22, 2017, 7:41 am TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Day will become night smack dab in the middle of the afternoon across a large swath of the country later this year. It’s a rare celestial event that hasn’t been seen in the United States in almost 40 years – a total solar eclipse! On August 21st, the moon will pass directly in between the Earth and the sun, completely blocking out the..

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• First national 'bee map' charts their decline – but hopes to stem the trend

  

  February 21, 2017 —Scientists have compiled a map detailing wild bee activity across the US, but the picture it paints isn’t great.It’s no secret that bees are struggling to stay aloft. The precise reasons are up for debate, but many experts agree that a perfect storm of pressures from pesticide use, the rise of monocrop agriculture, declines in natural habitat, and global warming are squeezing many bee populations out of existence.And it isn’t just bees. A 2016 UN report found that 2 out of ev..

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• NGC 5907 X-1: The Brightest Known Pulsar That Is Also The Most Distant One Ever Detected

  

  Astronomers using the European Space Agency’s (ESA) XMM-Newton space telescope have discovered a pulsar nearly 50 million light-years from Earth. In a study published Monday in the journal Science, a team of researchers stated that not only is this pulsar the farthest one ever detected, it is also the brightest — appearing a thousand times brighter than previously thought possible.“Before, it was believed that only black holes at least 10 times more massive than our Sun feeding off their stellar..

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• Russia Launches Robotic Progress 66 Cargo Ship to Space Station

  

  A Russian Soyuz rocket launches the automated Progress 66 cargo ship toward the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Feb. 22, 2017. The spacecraft is carrying 3 tons of supplies for the space station crew. Credit: RSC Energia The Russian space agency Roscosmos launched a robotic cargo ship early Wednesday (Feb. 22) on a mission to deliver fresh supplies to the International Space Station.  The autonomous Progress 66 resupply ship launched into orbit atop..

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• Ancient DNA Yields Unprecedented Insights into Mysterious Chaco Civilization

  

  In 1896 archaeologists excavating Pueblo Bonito, a 650-room, multistory brick edifice in northwestern New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, found the remains of 14 people in a burial crypt. Necklaces, bracelets and other jewelry made up of thousands of turquoise and shell beads accompanied the bones. The artifacts signaled that these individuals were elite members of the ancient Chaco society, one of the most important civilizations in the American Southwest. The excavations at Pueblo Bonito revealed the s..

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