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New Horizons, NASA’s name for its attention-grabbing Pluto probe, aptly evokes a sense of peering past the edge of the solar system. Rosetta, the orbiter that analyzes comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to uncover long-lost solar system history, brings to mind its namesake, the stone that once helped...

In the book and hit movie “The Martian,” astronaut Mark Watney is knocked for a loop by a Red Planet dust storm and separated from the rest of the crew. One of his first survival challenges is to quickly patch a hole in his space...

NASA plans on setting some fires in space capsules in a series of experiments named Saffire (the Spacecraft Fire Experiments). It’s not part of a plan to roast marshmallows in space — NASA wants to see how microgravity will affect larger fires. It’s also an...

This being the 21st century and all, no one should expect to fight natural disasters with anything less than automatons and transformers. You’ve probably noticed, however, that robots never show up to our global crises. But don’t lose all hope; we’re already employing some nifty...

So here’s what we know about everybody. They hurt. They dance. And they poop. From the queen of England to the queen’s corgis, everybody on Earth has gotta go. And everyone not on Earth, too. The world has long been interested in the bathroom habits...

If you’re a NASA researcher and you want to create a frenzy across the internet, try publishing evidence that a space rocket could propel itself across the cosmos without burning any fuel, seemingly defying the laws of physics in the process. That’s a trick that...

As dawn is about to break on Sunday, June 11, those living along the East Coast from New York City to North Carolina could be treated to a spectacular multi-colored atmospheric light show courtesy of NASA. That’s when the space agency intends its attempt its...

Back in 2015, NASA posted a job announcement: “ASTRONAUTS WANTED.” The legendary U.S. space agency does this every two years — how else would they get new astronauts? — but this time a record-breaking number of applicants poured in, as 18,353 hopefuls vied for 12...

Billows of smoke and steam infused with the fiery light from space shuttle Endeavour’s launch fill NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A. Endeavour lifted off on the mission’s sixth launch attempt, on July 15, 2009. NASA/SANDRA JOSEPH, KEVIN O’CONNELL Back in 1958, Americans were...

NASA announced on Feb. 21, 2019 that it has selected a dozen payloads of scientific instruments and technology demonstrations that it plans to fly to the moon on private commercial rockets and landers. The missions, planned for 2019, are an early step toward achieving the...