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SpaceX is dropping its original plans to propulsively ground land the advanced crewed version of their Dragon spacecraft planned for missions carrying astronauts returning from the International Space Station (ISS) - in ...

Enzyme crystals growing in the microgravity of the International Space Station will help scientists develop improved antidotes for toxic nerve agents.

With the 2017 total solar eclipse only one month away, scientists from several science organizations highlighted how studying the sun during an eclipse will help improve understanding of the behavior of Earth's closest s...

NASA's Aqua satellite captured a large area of smoke from the Long Valley Wildfire that was affecting Yosemite National Park....

The death of a massive star in a distant galaxy 10 billion years ago created a rare superluminous supernova that astronomers say is one of the most distant ever discovered....

Every moment of your waking life and whenever you dream, you have the distinct inner feeling of being "you." When you see the warm hues of a sunrise, smell the aroma of morning coffee or mull over a new idea,...     ...

A new institute gains steam, together witha new set of ideas on matter, life and information --

In saliva, scientists have found hints that a "ghost" species of archaic humans may have contributed genetic material to ancestors of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa today. The research adds to a growing body of evid...

"It's harder to distinguish between a microbe and a speck of dust than you'd think," says Nadeau, research professor at Caltech of medical engineering and aerospace. "You have to differentiate between Brownian motion, wh...

Among the reveals Saturday at the Star Trek: Discovery panel at San Diego Comic-Con is that lead character Micheal Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) is the biological daughter of Spock's mother Amanda , and Spock's father S...

On the heels of Moon Day watchmaker Omega has produced a short documentary called "Starmen,"featuring one of the first men on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, and actor George Clooney. It's worth a watch, with or without popcorn!

The total solar eclipse is coming across the United States on Aug. 21; early Sunday morning (July 23) marks the first new moon before the dramatic event.

Take a self-guided tour and imagine what it is like to be an astronaut --

The Stargate science fiction franchise is getting a revival this fall with "Stargate Origins," a new TV series that will serve as a prequel to the existing Stargate universe, which made its TV debut 20 years ago.