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May 30, 2018

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane aces 2nd powered test flight

Virgin Galactic's newest space plane has taken to the skies again.

May 29, 2018

Astronaut Don Peterson, who performed first shuttle spacewalk, dead at 84

Astronaut Donald Peterson, one of the first astronauts to perform a spacewalk from the space shuttle, died on Sunday at the age of 84.

May 29, 2018

Jeff Bezos says we need to leave Earth

The recently anointed richest person in the world, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, says we need to colonize the moon — and time is of the essence.

May 29, 2018

Decoding alien messages could be the biggest citizen-science project ever

Stay sharp!

May 29, 2018

Trump's new space policy directive 2 could make life easier for SpaceX and others

The Trump administration's push to ease regulations on private industry is no longer confined to Earth.

May 28, 2018

Dino-killing asteroid impact warmed Earth's climate for 100,000 years

Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere after the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid, which ended the era of dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, warmed the Earth's climate for 100,000 years, a new study has revealed.

May 28, 2018

Dino-killing asteroid impact warmed Earth's climate for 100,000 years

Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere after the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid, which ended the era of dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, warmed the Earth's climate for 100,000 years, a new study has revealed.

May 27, 2018

Melted NASA camera's memory card survives fire, captures dramatic fiery last moments

A NASA photographer was able to save a camera's memory card and watch the last fiery moments before the device was engulfed in flames while filming a launch at a California air base.

May 25, 2018

First atomic blast reveals clues about moon formation

The explosion that opened the atomic age more than 70 years ago is helping scientists better understand another dramatic event: the formation of the moon.

May 25, 2018

Pluto may have formed from 1 billion comets

At its heart, Pluto may be a gigantic comet.