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All-European Axiom-3 crew to launch private trip to International Space Station
SpaceX prepares the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft for launching the Axiom 3 crew to the International Space Station from Launch…
SpaceX completes second launch Sunday, sends more satellites into orbit
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from California Sunday on an unmanned mission to deliver 22 more Starlink internet satellites into low Earth…
Many cities across the United States could become ghost towns by 2100
A man wears a protective face mask crossing a quiet West Side Highway in Manhattan during rush hour amid the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in…
NASA, NOAA studies confirm record-high global temperatures in 2023
Declining water levels due to climate change and 20 years of ongoing drought are shown at the Lake Mead shoreline in Boulder City, Nev., in this…
Scientists discover dopamine at the heart of desire
Zoe Donaldson, associate professor of neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, hopes her research can help inform treatment for people…
Japan successfully launches spy satellite
1 of 2 | Japan on Friday launched an intelligence-gathering satellite into space. Photo courtesy of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries…
NASA satellite aims to put climate research in new orbit
1 of 4 | NASA's Plankton Aerosol Cloud Ocean Ecosystem satellite is prepared at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla. It is…
NASA’s Fermi telescope discovers unknown gamma-ray pattern beyond our galaxy
An artist's concept shows the entire sky in gamma rays. The pink circles show the approximate direction where higher-energy gamma rays than normal…
DNA from ancient humans gives clues to common diseases
Northern Europeans have relatively high rates of multiple sclerosis because their farmer ancestors carried a gene protecting them from diseases…
Oceans absorbed record levels of heat in 2023, study finds
1 of 2 | A diver points to the change in color of a distressed brain coral as warmer than normal sea temperatures are affecting the…