In a tribute to humankind’s quest to explore the cosmos, two fossilized bones of ancient humans flew...
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NASA’s first asteroid sample-return mission is in the home stretch toward its home planet. The agency’s OSIRIS-REx...
When they went to the moon, Apollo astronauts placed seismometers on the surface. Those instruments strikingly revealed...
Frank Rubio didn’t set out to break a record, but today aboard the International Space Station (ISS),...
Japan’s recent launch of the SLIM moon lander included a tiny lunar explorer inspired by a children’s...
On Sept. 11, 1985, the International Cometary Explorer, or “ICE” became the first spacecraft to fly by...
Among the many major threats that astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) contend with daily, an...
An astronaut and his new camera will peer at the heart of lightning storms to learn more...
After a groundbreaking two-week mission, India’s robotic explorers are fast asleep in the frigid darkness of the...
A globular cluster glitters with starlight in a new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. Located 15,000...