
Pioneering NASA Astronaut Don Peterson Dies at 84
In 1983, Peterson performed the first spacewalk from a space shuttle
In 1983, Peterson performed the first spacewalk from a space shuttle
The New York City phenomenon takes place Tuesday and Wednesday, and again in July
New research suggests collisions between moonlets created the oddly-formed objects
Despite a long-standing international ban, ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons are surging back into Earth’s atmosphere from unknown sources
The autonomous rotorcraft will fly to the Red Planet with the Mars 2020 rover
A new study validates the feasibility of constructing gossamer-thin light sails for propelling spacecraft to other stars
Moganite within a moon rock found in northwest Africa suggests a treasure trove of ice in the lunar subsurface
Partisanship and his past statements about climate change could hinder Bridenstine’s leadership of the space agency
The spacecraft is headed to its science orbit and prepping to discover thousands of alien worlds
Formed at high temperatures and pressures, the gems trace extreme events from the dawn of our solar system
The space station disintegrated in the atmosphere over the South Pacific
The tumbling spacecraft’s uncontrolled reentry could resemble that of NASA’s Skylab station from 1979
The ARIEL mission will peer into the atmospheres of thousands of exoplanets to learn more about their formation and evolution
The late physicist’s ashes will share a final resting place with the remains of Newton, Darwin and other historic figures
The mysterious object may have formed in a binary star system, new research suggests
New research suggests a single quantum particle can be used for simultaneous two-way communication
Last December, the planet-hunting mission viewed our planet from 94 million miles away
Now might be the best time to study unexamined caches of lunar material from the Apollo missions
A simple signal confirms the existence of stars just 180 million years after the big bang, and reveals new hints about the nature of dark matter
Such flares dim hopes for life on the Earth-mass world
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