|  Athenian Wealth: Millions of Silver Coins Stored in Parthenon Attic  | Millions of silver coins may have been stored in the attic of the Parthenon,one of the most famous structures from the ancient world, a research team says. The attic of the Parthenon is now destroyed and the coins would have been spent in ancient times. Their evidence suggests that millions of coins made up the cash reserves of the city-state of Athens and much of this hoard was stored in the attic of the Parthenon.
| Read More » Continents Rose Above Oceans 3 Billion Years Ago  | The continents may have first risen high above the oceans of the world about 3 billion years ago, researchers say. Currently, the continents rise an average of about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) above the seafloor. The continents are composed of a thick, buoyant crust that's about 21 miles (35 km) deep, on average, whereas the comparatively thin, dense crust of the ocean floor is only an average of about 4 miles (7 km) thick.
| Read More » SpaceX Falcon rocket explodes after Florida liftoff: NASA By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An unmanned Space Exploration Technologies rocket exploded about two minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sunday, destroying a cargo ship bound for the International Space Station, NASA said. The 208-foot-tall (63-meter) rocket was the company's 19th Falcon 9 launch since its 2010 debut, including six previous cargo runs for NASA under a 15-flight contract worth more than $2 billion. SpaceX, as the company is known, is owned and operated by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk. Read More » Elusive Saturn is Easy to Spot Tonight  | If you've ever struggled to identify Saturn in the night sky, be sure to look up tonight to get a clear view of the ringed planet. Finding Saturn can often be a challenge for new stargazers. To the naked eye, Saturn really isn't all that distinct, and many neophytes to astronomy may have over looked it without knowing exactly what it is.
| Read More » SpaceX Rocket Fails During Cargo Launch to Space Station  | An unmanned SpaceX cargo mission crashed back to Earth today (June 28), marking the third failure of a resupply flight to the International Space Station in the past eight months. Everything appeared to proceed smoothly at first, but mission controllers stopped receiving data from the rocket 2 minutes and 19 seconds after launch, NASA officials said. Will provide more info as soon as we review the data," SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said via Twitter today, which is, incidentally, his 44th birthday.
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