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The southernmost part of Pluto that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft could "see" during closest approach in July 2015 contains a range of fascinating geological features, and offers clues into what might lurk in the region...

Tonight (Sept. 4), the Smithsonian Channel has a special just for Trekkies. It will air a documentary called "Building Star Trek," which focuses not only on the props used for the show, but the technology Star Trek inspi...

From phasers to communicators, the science of "Star Trek" seemed so incredibly futuristic when the first show aired 50 years ago, on Sept. 8, 1966. But as a new Smithsonian Channel documentary explains, a lot of the tech...

A decade ago, Stephen Hawking warned that one of the major factors in the possible scarcity of intelligent life in our galaxy is the high probability of an asteroid or comet colliding with inhabited planets. This past De...

This image was taken by Mars Curiosty Rover's Mastcam: Right (MAST_RIGHT) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 1448 (2016-09-01 21:38:05 UTC)....

Composite image of Hurricane Hermine, the first Hurricane to make landfall in the US since 2005, from 06:00 UTC on Friday, 2 September 2016....