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December 12, 2016

Amazon/Blue Origin mogul Jeff Bezos gets letter from John Glenn the day he died

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos received an American Ingenuity Award Thursday night. He also received a letter from American astronaut legend John Glenn, the same day the 95-year-old passed away.

December 9, 2016

Slowing of Earth's spin revealed in ancient astronomers' tablets

The work of ancient astronomers reveals that the Earth's spin is slowing down — though not as much as scientists believed.

December 8, 2016

Tributes pour in for space pioneer John Glenn

Tributes are pouring in for former astronaut and senator John Glenn, who passed away Thursday.

December 8, 2016

PHOTOS: John Glenn through the years

John Glenn, an all-American astronaut and senator, rocketed into history on flights 36 years apart as the first American to orbit the Earth and the oldest person in space.

December 7, 2016

House of Representatives approves bill to mint coins for moon landing 50th

The United States Mint is now somewhere between a "small step" and a "giant leap" closer to striking coins for the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.

December 7, 2016

International Asteroid Day will be June 30, UN proclaims

Citizens of Earth, get out your calendars.

December 7, 2016

'It was not from this world': Witness to 'Britain's Roswell' UFO incident breaks 36-year silence

A new witness has broken his 36 -year silence to speak out about Britain’s most famous UFO incident.

December 6, 2016

Indian X Prize team secures launch contract with ISRO

TeamIndus, an Indian team competing in the Google Lunar X Prize, announced Dec. 1 it has a launch contract for its lunar lander mission with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

December 5, 2016

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spaceship makes 1st solo glide flight

Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo performed its first free flight Dec. 3, a glide test that begins the next phase in testing of the commercial suborbital spaceplane.

December 5, 2016

6-foot-wide 'bald' asteroid is smallest ever studied

Astronomers have set a new record, taking the measure of a tiny space rock just 6 feet wide.