Farewell, Rosetta: space mission to end on collision course with comet and other top stories.

• Farewell, Rosetta: space mission to end on collision course with comet

  

  In a few days, European Space Agency controllers will order their Rosetta space probe to make an orbital correction that will send the craft on a collision course with the comet it has been circling for more than two years. The manoeuvre will end one of the most successful space missions ever undertaken and will give scientists a final chance to examine a comet up close and personal. Rosetta, which cost more than £750m to build and launch, has been orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a ma..

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• Suspected Meteor Explodes Over Cyprus

  

  Officials in the Eastern Mediterranean country of Cyprus are puzzled by reports from residents regarding a fiery meteor streaking across the sky and causing a thunderous noise on Sept. 9. According to the police, several eyewitnesses claimed of seeing a strange glowing object flying over the Troodos Mountain range the evening of Sept. 8. People living in the area said they saw what appeared to be green-white lights in the sky at around 1 a.m. This was then followed by a loud explosion from afar..

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• How Illinois plans to help save the Monarch butterfly

  

  It’s been a tough year for America’s favorite butterfly.Each year, Monarch butterflies migrate as far as 3,400 miles from northern United States and Canada to Mexico. Most monarchs have a lifespan of only about a month, so several generations of butterflies are born and die over the course of the migration.However, due to 20 years of habitat loss along the paths of their migration and intense storms in Mexico this past winter, the number of butterflies in much of the United States much lower th..

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• Most Humpback Whales Removed From Endangered Species List, Officials Say | The Weather Channel

  

  Story HighlightsMost humpback whales have been taken off of the endangered species list. Officials say the recovery is thanks to international efforts to restore the giant mammals' numbers. After being endangered for decades, most humpback whales have now been removed from the endangered species list. According to federal authorities, international efforts have restored the giant mammals' numbers. Humpback whales, renowned for their leaps out of the water and complex singing patterns, came close..

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• Curiosity rover sends back striking images of Mars rock formations

  

  NASA has released new color images taken by the Curiosity Mars rover, which it says will help increase understanding of the red planet's landscape. The pictures, taken on Thursday, were taken in the "Murray Buttes" region of lower Mount Sharp, an 18,000ft mountain, where the Rover has been based since 2014. Curiosity is looking into how and when habitable conditions on Mars that were once present evolved into drier conditions less favourable for life on the planet. Curiosity Project scientist A..

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• NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft on it's way to asteroid Bennu

  

  September 11, 2016 |   Written by Dwayne Brown / Laurie Cantillo NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. – NASA’s first asteroid sampling mission launched into space at 7:05pm EDT Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, beginning a journey that could revolutionize our understanding of the early solar system. “Ee celebrate a huge milestone for this remarkable mission, and for this mission team,” said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. “We’re very excited about what this missi..

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