An international group of scientists has swapped their comfortable offices for one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet to carry out a challenging field campaign that is seen as the key to ensuring the data delivered by ESA's ice mission CryoSat will be as accurate as possible.
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Beijing: Chinese President Hu Jintao has told his Iranian counterpart that flexibility from all parties was necessary for a peaceful resolution to the Iran nuclear issue. In a meeting on Saturday with Iranian President...
The "Dancing with Stars" memes appear to have spread rapidly, and now many countries can feature pairings of celebrity non-dancers with dancers, and the BBC tonight make it clear there is a European dance-off.I really...
The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ike has been downgraded to a Category 2 storm with winds sustained at 110 mph. Graphic shows the projected paths of Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike; This NOAA satellite...
PASADENA, California (AP) — The latest images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show faint, partial rings orbiting with two of Saturn's small inner moons, scientists said. Cassini detected a partial ring, or arch, orbiting...