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Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to hundreds of millions of years ago.

Studying fossils can help us understand the evolution of species over time, and glimpse…

Ben-Itzhak studies what she has termed “space blocs” – the emerging groupings of space nations. Right now, as countries plan a return to the Moon, it looks like the US and Russians will soon go their separate ways. Russia will likely side with…

Fresh off a Ph.D. in astrophysics, science journalist Adam Becker moved to Silicon Valley with an academic’s acclimation to hearing the word “no.” “In academic science, you need to doubt yourself,” he says. “That’s essential to…

Today, the sky holds an exciting spectacle as 2025 MA90, an asteroid approximately 280 feet in diameter, makes its close flyby of Earth. Traveling at over 20,000 miles per hour, it is set to pass a safe distance of six million kilometers from…

NASA scientists have found that cell-like compartments called vesicles, needed to form the precursors of living cells, could form in the lakes of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.

These lakes and Titan’s seas are filled with liquid hydrocarbons like…

For years, satellites around Mars have been finding mysterious, spider-like geological structures. Mars spiders, scientifically known as…

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate will be a commander for a SpaceX mission to the International Space…

A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base Tuesday night.

The 7:05 p.m. launch from SLC-4E is set to deliver 26 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.

If the launch does not happen, crews will try again Wednesday…

Each summer, amateur astronomers from all over the world look forward to observing the famous Perseid meteor shower, but often overlook four lesser showers that reach their peak between July 29 and Aug. 16.

This year, a waning gibbous moon three…