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Methane is the chief component of natural gas and packs more than 80 times the planet-warming power of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.

NASA's attempt to find a replacement for its iconic Astrovan to drive astronauts to a new Moon rocket has opened a Pandora's box as people began suggesting the most bizarre vehicles, and added Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to the mix.

According to TMZ, the 90-year-old "Star Trek" veteran will climb aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket for a 15-minute suborbital spaceflight scheduled for October.

NASA is aiding in the effort to humanely track sea otter populations.

A few years ago, I decided that I needed to know more about the history of science, so naturally I volunteered to teach the subject. In working up my

Scientist Josiah Zayner is brilliant, daring, and may have incurred the wrath of more internet platforms than any person alive. Is America's most interesting person also its most censored?

Apple's Time to Walk plays compelling stories from influencers and celebrities as you run, jog, or walk. Here are five storytellers we want to hear from next.

NASA experts explained why the rover's cameras are critical for the Mars mission.

Sea ice cover in the area has dropped by roughly half since the 1980s, as a direct result of increased carbon dioxide from human activities.

An international team of researchers has used seasonal variations to identify likely sub-surface deposits of water ice in the temperate regions of Mars where it would be easiest for future human explorers to survive. The results are being presented this week by Dr. Germán Martínez at the European Planetary Science Conference (EPSC) 2021.

NASA's InSight Lander recorded three massive Mars quakes, which were more than magnitude 4. Read to find out more.

It's 3 a.m., and after five days plying through the high seas, the Ocean Warrior is surrounded by an atoll of blazing lights that overtakes the nighttime sky...

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of legislation to appropriate funds for the military on Thursday following lengthy debate.

Scientists tap into an array of imagers aboard the six-wheeled explorer to get a big picture of the Red Planet.

News of VIPER's future landing site sparks concern about its exploration plan.

Days after completing his historic ride into space as part of the first all-civilian crew to reach Earth orbit, billionaire e-commerce mogul and mission...

NASA will hold a virtual media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 28, to preview the launch of the agency's first spacecraft to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.

The Opelika factory will employ 261 people.

The Lockheed Martin SR-72, also known as the "Son of Blackbird," is a hypersonic unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) concept that is being developed under the company's Skunk Works or Advanced Development Programs. This next-generation aircraft has been tabbed to be the highly anticipated successor to SR-71 Blackbird that retired from service in the U.S. Air […]