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ORLANDO—The first flight of a SpaceX rocket tailored to fly astronauts to the International Space Station is set for liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 7, NASA ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—A rarely seen shark embryo. Corals up to 7 feet (2 meters) high. Sponges with ...

After about six months of travel, NASA's Mars InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) ...

The little planet that’s had so little attention will finally get a little more acknowledgement—in seven years. A ...

Scientists have discovered a massive impact crater under the ice sheet in Greenland that might have been formed ...

Russian officials revealed a “spacecraft of the future” that they believe can transport humans to Mars. "Today, the ...

An independent climate scientist recently cast doubts on a major ocean warming study, causing the researchers to pull ...

Access to safe and clean drinking water is a basic necessity, but as the world’s cities grow it ...

A 1,500-year-old painting of Jesus Christ has been uncovered in southern Israel's Negev desert. Scientists discovered the painting ...

Space enthusiasts around the world say they see a creature lurking in a new photo of swirly clouds ...

LONDON—A longstanding theory of how men and women think differently has now been confirmed in the largest study ...

The physicist and astronomer who discovered the Oumuamua, the first interstellar object ever discovered in the solar system, ...

A team of researchers has for the first time captured what it looks like when two galaxies are ...

SAN FRANCISCO—The smartphone industry has been searching for a breakthrough to revive a market mired in an innovation ...

Facebook said it blocked 115 accounts for suspected "coordinated inauthentic behavior" linked to foreign groups attempting to interfere ...

NASA has for the first time shared photographs of a "flying saucer" that crash-landed in a Utah desert ...

Commentary The Trump administration wants the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to focus on deep space exploration, ...

The mysterious Oumuamua object that was spotted in the Solar System could be “a lightsail of artificial origin,” ...

BERLIN—Europe's Airbus on Nov. 2 delivered the "powerhouse" for NASA's new Orion Spaceship that will take astronauts to ...

BERLIN—Europe's Airbus on Nov. 2, delivered the "powerhouse" for NASA's new Orion Spaceship that will take astronauts to ...

MOSCOW—The abortive launch last month of a manned Soyuz mission to space was caused by a sensor damaged ...

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has partially reversed a 25-year-old ban on the trade of tiger bones and ...

An underwater research vessel has captured rare footage of a ghostly white octopus drifting in the deep sea. ...

Humans have killed about 60 percent of animals, including mammals, fish, birds, and reptiles, on the planet since ...

Apple refreshed some of its lower-profile products at a New York event on Oct. 30, adding iPhone features ...

NASA has completed three successful tests of the parachute that will lower its landing craft to the surface ...

An environmental advocacy group is raising the alarm on dozens of breakfast cereals and snack bars, saying they ...