Living For Longer

NASA has confirmed today that the New Horizons probe has successfully made its closest approach to Pluto. After an epic journey spanning almost ten ye... [...]

Just 10 days away from reaching Pluto the spacecraft has suffered an unexplained communications failure. The excruciatingly frustrating possibility th... [...]

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China's burgeoning space program is set to attempt something that nobody has ever tried before. Back in December 2013 the Chang'e 3 spacecraft made hi... [...]

The spacecraft is now set to spend the next 16 months studying the largest object in the asteroid belt. After a journey that has spanned more than 7 y... [...]

Scientists are hoping that Rosetta's companion lander will come back to life within a few months. It has been hailed as one of the most significant sp... [...]

The ill-fated spacecraft disappeared without a trace after reaching Mars more than ten years ago. Led by the late planetary scientist Colin Pillinger,... [...]

from Bloomberg: Switzerland’s regulator found “serious misconduct” by UBS AG (UBSN) employees in precious metals trading, particularly with silver, as part of its review of the bank’s foreign-exchange business. Electronic chats played a “key” role in the improper conduct in foreign exchange and precious metals trading, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, or Finma, said in a statement today. It found front running, when traders profit from advance knowledge about a tra [...]

Rosetta's companion spacecraft has made history today by touching down on the surface of a comet. There was much to celebrate at the mission control r... [...]

ESA officials have reported that everything is on schedule for the probe's attempted landing tomorrow. The European Space Agency's Rosetta probe made ... [...]

Rosetta's companion lander Philae is set to attempt a daring landing effort on the comet's surface. Set to take place on November 12th, the harrowing ... [...]

India's Mangalyaan probe has made history this week by successfully entering orbit around Mars. The mission has been hailed as an unparalleled success... [...]

NASA's Stardust spacecraft is now believed to have picked up particles from outside the solar system Launched back in 1999, the Stardust probe was des... [...]

Quietly received tens of thousands of dollars in performance bonuses and other taxpayer-funded perks. [...]

The European spacecraft has finally reached its destination after traveling over 6 billion kilometers. Launched back in March 2004 aboard an Ariane 5 ... [...]

Commissioner Calls It ‘One Of The Worst Cases I’ve Ever Heard.’ [...]

Bank previously offered about $12 billion to settle the matter.. [...]

A settlement could be announced as early as next week.. [...]

President in pointed snub to MI5 over 'lone wolf' mission to interrogate British security experts. [...]

Measure would require the city to investigate collapse of any building taller than 20-stories dating back to 9/11, aside from twin towers. [...]

Khairullozhon Matanov, 23, appeared in federal court but entered no plea. [...]

from The BRICS Post: Thursday, Russia and China vetoed a draft resolution intended to refer the Syrian civil war to the International Criminal Court (ICC). A Reuters report on Thursday said that an expert group under the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing American fighters traveling to Syria to fight against the Assad regime. James Comey, director of the FBI had said earlier this month that the number of those joining the al-Qaeda-linked militants in Syria is growing in the Unite [...]

James Rosen | Gowdy selected Philip Kiko, a key aide to Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis. [...]

RIA Novosti | EU said Saturday it is “deeply saddened” by violence in Ukraine’s Odessa. [...]

The New American | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been forced to respond to charges made in a two-part investigation into his dealings. [...]

AP | Police oversight panel want independent investigation. [...]

nbcnews.com | Said he'd asked Senate's Sergeant-at-Arms to investigate whether CIA gained access to congressional staffers' computers. [...]

Washington Times | Agents quietly working with Utah prosecutors to make case in DOJ absence [...]