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September 8, 2022

'Star Trek' icon Nichelle Nichols' ashes to launch into space, son Kyle calls Enterprise mission 'great honor'

Nichelle Nichols died in July at 89 and will be memorialized among the stars via a Vulcan rocket launching her ashes into deep space with late "Star Trek" colleagues.

September 6, 2022

James Webb telescope captures 'Cosmic Tarantula' in stunning new image

The James Webb Space Telescope captured an image of a "Cosmic Tarantula," showing tens of thousands of bright young stars in stunning new detail.

September 5, 2022

Seattle search suspended as Coast Guard ends hunt for pilot, passengers of floatplane crash

The search for victims of a floatplane crash in a bay north of Seattle, Washington, was suspended on Monday, about 20 hours after the aircraft went down.

September 5, 2022

NASA funded tech that helps relieve menopause symptoms

NASA has funded technology that helps to relieve the symptoms of menopause. More than a million Americans start to experience symptoms of the condition every year.

September 4, 2022

Seattle plane crash: One person dead, nine unaccounted for after float plane plunges into bay

A plane with nine adults and one child on board crashed on Sunday into Mutiny Bay, which is about 30 miles north of Seattle, according to the Coast Guard.

September 3, 2022

NASA delays Artemis I moon rocket launch several weeks after hydrogen leak

A recurring leak of liquid hydrogen fuel forced NASA to postpone the launch of the Artemis I for the second time this week.

September 3, 2022

NASA weighs moving Artemis rocket off launch pad after second scrub

The Artemis launch was delayed for a second time after NASA engineers detected a fuel leak. The mission's management team is scheduled to meet to discuss its future.

September 3, 2022

Artemis moon launch: Americans weigh in on whether NASA program is worth $93B cost

Americans sound off on whether they support paying for NASA's Artemis mission objective of landing astronauts on the lunar surface for the first time in decades.

September 1, 2022

NASA's James Webb releases first direct image of a planet outside our solar system

NASA'S James Web Telescope released the first direct image of a planet outside our solar system: HIP 65426 b, 100 times farther from its host star than Earth is from the Sun.

August 31, 2022

NASA releases James Webb Space Telescope image of Phantom Galaxy

NASA and the European Space Agency shared an image of M74. Known as the Phantom Galaxy, the grand design spiral was captured using the James Webb Space Telescope.