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NASA Aims to Catch a Falling Space Telescope and Push It Back Up

KENNETH CHANG

Without a rescue mission, NASA’s Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, will burn up in the atmosphere within a few months.

A Mission to Save NASA’s Swift Telescope Launches to Orbit

KENNETH CHANG

A refrigerator-size spacecraft will try to grab onto Swift and nudge it to a higher orbit, enabling it to continue observing powerful cosmic explosions.

Ancient ‘hobbits’ feasted on Komodo dragons’ leftovers

The hominins may have gone on adventures, but they lacked key skills of modern humans

Cheating Chickadees Are Seduced by Smarts

ANNIE ROTH

Female mountain chickadees are loyal to their mates, unless a smarter suitor comes along.

How working memory could give rise to consciousness

Working memory is the information we need to access to complete the tasks we're engaged in right now, and scientists think it may be closely entwined with consciousness

For July 4, NASA unveils an astronomical fireworks show, complete with sound effects

The rockets' red glare have nothing on these images from Chandra X-ray Observatory