LONDON, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A controversial steel tower was unveiled in the Olympic park of London on Friday, about two and a half months before opening of the Games, which was hoped to become of a new icon of the city and bring more visitors. The tow...
The U.S. space probe MESSENGER is poised to enter orbit around Mercury（水银） early Friday, Universal time, capping a nearly seven-year journey to the solar systems innermost planet. Scientists with the U.S. space agency, NASA, hope the orbiting...
The U.S. space agency NASAs Messenger probe（正直的，廉洁的 ） is scheduled to reach Mercury later this week, and become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet closest to the sun. During Messengers year-long orbital mission, scientists exp...
The space shuttle Discovery's crew experienced a first on the shuttle's last full day in orbit. Our correspondent reports on the astronauts' welcome wake-up call Tuesday morning. If you have to wake up for work, an acoustic solo certainly beats a buz...
A planet has been discovered about 325 light-years away. But whats really interesting is that it shouldnt exist. The planet is called WASP-18b, because it was observed by a project called WASP, the Wide Area Search for Planets. It has 10 times the ma...
