Within a year, says Blue Origin, it will begin flying humans to the edge of space. That would grant the company, founded by Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, a symbolic victory over competitors like SpaceX, Boeing and Virgin Galactic, who are also pursuing …
Cheerios announced it has given away 1.5 billion wildflower seeds as part of a campaign to boost the global bee population, exceeding its goal tenfold.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A Delta IV rocket blasted off Saturday night (March 18) to deliver a $445 million U.S. military communications satellite into orbit, the ninth member of a planned network of 10 satellites.
Pluto is a dwarf planet but that doesn’t make it any less worthy of our attention. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI. Pluto’s status as a “dwarf planet” is once again stirring debate.
Off the coast of South Africa, as many as 200 humpback whales – typically solitary creatures – have been swarming and researchers aren’t exactly sure why.
Saturn’s largest moon is known for its methane/ethane lakes. But sometimes, certain ‘magic islands’ in these bodies of liquid will appear and disappear on Titan’s surface, leading scientists to think they might not really be islands after all.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the direct-to-home television broadcast satellite EchoStar 23 blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center’s historic launch pad 39A.
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, said it’s difficult to tell how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is contributing to global warming during a CNBC interview.
Following World War II, conflicts between the Soviet Union and the United States spurred the Cold War. Tensions between the countries remained strained during this period and the two powers turned their attention to the skies, beginning the race for …
This combo pictures taken on March 4, 2017 shows the Caledonian Sky (top), a British-owned cruise ship, which smashed into pristine coral reefs causing extensive damage in Raja Ampat, a remote corner of Indonesia known as one of the world’s most …
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet took this photo of Dublin, Ireland from the International Space Station on Jan. 24, 2017. Credit: Thomas Pesquet/ESA/NASA/Flickr.
New Delhi, March 19: The Indian government, prodded by an MP’s questions and relying on social media, provided inaccurate information in the Lok Sabha earlier this week when it said a privately funded mission plans to brew beer on the Moon.
A blue glow lighting up the waters off the shores of Tasmania has captivated photographers and onlookers ― but it’s also a troubling example of how rising ocean temperatures have disrupted marine ecosystems.
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