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A stranded Russian science satellite, loaded with rocket fuel for a roundtrip mission to Mars, is expected to plunge back to Earth on Sunday, but officials said on Friday they don't know when or where it will hit.

Phobos-Grunt -- a stranded Russian science satellite loaded with enough rocket fuel for a round-trip mission to Mars -- is expected to plunge back to Earth either Sunday or Monday, but officials don't know when or where it, or its remnants, will hit.

The expeditious growth of industry in China in the last decade has been disastrous for the country's environment; China is the number one producer of carbon dioxide in the world

As NASA's latest Mars Curiosity rover ventures to explore the red planet's ability to sustain life starting in August - back on Earth, scientists already found life in a near-Martian place: an icy rocky surface of a lava-tube cave.

The great Norwegian butter shortage got me to thinking that shortages of 2012 might be just the ticket to send my faithful readers off to a rockin' New Year's Eve celebration. For sure, Lady Gaga will make it seem alright, though.

According to the Google Earth and NORAD Santa Tracker 2011, Santa got underway on his journey around the world early on Christmas Eve. By 9 a.m. Eastern Time on Saturday, NORAD had Santa at Canberra, Australia, heading for Hobart Tasmania before making his way tonight to the United States.

Don’t miss out on a sunny vacation in the Caribbean because you’re afraid it’s too dangerous; find out which islands are the safest and which are the most dangerous.

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system, a milestone in the search for planets like the earth, the space agency said on Tuesday.

Researchers said Tuesday that the planet, named Kepler-20f, with a radius only 3 percent larger than the Earth and was found in a five-planet solar system that challenges models of how planets form.

Two new Earth-like planets have been discovered, and one of them is actually a bit smaller than the Earth. They are about 1,000 light-years away, and Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f are two of the smallest planets ever detected orbiting another star.

For every man who sits gaping at a Victoria's Secret model prancing in her colorful bra and panties, a child in Africa pays a price. Bloomberg has uncovered Victoria's real secret, exposing the use of child labor to produce cotton in Burkina Faso.

Google Earth on Tablets would look much nicer on the monitor but the same Google Earth will look ethereal on 48 screens put together.

About 1,000 asteroids big enough to cause catastrophic damage if they hit Earth are orbiting relatively nearby, a NASA survey shows.

Santa Claus has brought an early Christmas gift to the earthlings - NASA has discovered an Earth-like planet outside our solar system whose distance from its on star makes it "habitable."

A NASA probe that has been visiting an asteroid since July has recorded images scientists say is proof the asteroid has a mineral make up more like that of Earth or Mars than a typical asteroid. Images from the Dawn space probe show differences in rock composition on the Vesta asteroid that are evidence of it's transition from asteroid to terrestrial-like planet.

The title of Miss Earth 2011 has been handed to Miss Ecuador, Olga Alava.

A Canadian university professor was named Italy's new junior minister of agriculture in a bizarre mix up.

A Russian probe bound for the red planet has been almost entirely silent since its early November launch, and the European Space Agency has announced they are giving up trying to contact it. The Phobos-Grunt probe was supposed to be crossing the roughly 200 million kilometers between the Earth and Mars before ESA engineers realized it was not responsive.

American mining corporation, Molycorp Inc. has indicated that funding of new mining operations by developers may be difficult following the sharp decline in rare earth metal prices.

The beaches affected by the New Zealand oil spill reopen on Wednesday.

Google Earth has apparently spotted large and unidentified structures in China's Gobi Desert. The satellite images have raised questions over what China could be building in the region, which shares borders with Mongolia and is used for military, space and nuclear programs.