NASA's new moon rocket moves to the pad ahead of astronaut launch as early as February
NASA's preparing for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around since 1972....
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NASA's preparing for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around since 1972....
It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before....
The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a key spot for astronomers to study star formation....
Decades of human activity have left “irreversible damage” to the planet’s water supply, a new report warns....
Even though the Red Planet's atmosphere is thin, wind is still one of Mars' most relentless sculptors....
Over 30 US states are preparing for Winter Storm Fern. New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News via Getty Images Historic blizzards have caused fatalities, major damage, and lasting infrastructure ch...
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For the first time in the International Space Station's history, NASA safely returned a crew of four astronauts to Earth ahead of schedule due to medical issues affecting one of the group....
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The craters bear the names of astronomers who revolutionized our understanding of the night sky....
The frozen areas of our planet act as a historical record of changes in the atmosphere and climate...
China’s commercial space sector logged 50 launches last year – more than half of the country’s total – underscoring the growing role of private players alongside the state-led space programme, with Be...
The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing their thick atmospheres....
This past week in San Francisco, thousands gathered outside of an aquarium to celebrate one of its residents, an alligator named Claude who died in December....
"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe."...
Here in France, as well as countries including Hungary, Greenland and Germany, some residents have been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the northern lights. These vibrant scenes are the result of t...
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A sample of a polymetallic nodule at the Viridian Biometals lab in Pasadena, California. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration took the next step toward unilaterally jumpstarting deep-sea min...
Dr. Sue Hwang, a radiation oncologist, said her own experience with breast cancer helped her see vulnerability as a strength instead of a weakness. Tim Brown Oncologist Sue Hwang was diagnosed with br...
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