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NASA's renamed Parker Solar Probe is on track for launch in 2018, kicking off a seven-year trip to the sun
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NASA's renamed Parker Solar Probe is on track for launch in 2018, kicking off a seven-year trip to the sun
NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back extraordinary images of the distant planet and its moons
NASA's Juno probe is surprising scientists with trailblazing observations of the giant planet
Melvin is one of just over 550 people ever to travel to space, but his path into orbit sets him apart
The Trump administration is requesting $1.9 billion for NASA in fiscal 2018, reducing Earth science and eliminating education office
The Trump administration had asked NASA to consider adding a crew to the first flight of the agency's new SLS booster
Astronaut Jack Fischer described his first spacewalk as "The biggest slice of awesome pie I've ever seen!"
Aerial imagery taken over the years tells a fascinating story about the world's most isolated nation
Video shows U.S. Air Force's robotic space plane landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after almost two full years in orbit
NASA engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory look to the past in developing a material for the future
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is beaming back spectacular data during dives between Saturn's rings and the planet's cloud tops
Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a pocket-sized primer of our understanding of the universe in his new book, "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry"
NASA's Terra satellite snaps an image of an unusual sight extending across the Arabian Sea
NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped a view of what scientists called a swirling "giant hurricane" in Saturn's atmosphere
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is back in contact after shooting through the gap between Saturn and its rings
In "grand finale," Cassini plunges between Saturn and its rings after 13 years orbiting and exploring the giant planet
"Space Ninja" Peggy Whitson talks to the president and the nation after logging more time in orbit than any other American
NASA's Mars Opportunity rover is seeking more evidence of the planet's watery history
An Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship carrying more than 7,600 pounds of equipment and supplies took off for the space station
Operation IceBridge, NASA’s airborne survey of polar ice, recently completed a mission over northwest Greenland and spotted something unexpected
A new technique could allow the first humans on Mars to 3D-print the things they need using only Martian dust
Grains of sand on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may stick together due to static cling, potentially meaning sand castles there would last for weeks
An Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship loaded with supplies bound for the space station is set for launch Tuesday atop an Atlas 5 rocket
From PayPal to electric cars to rockets, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk wants his company, SpaceX, to build America's next manned spacecraft. Scott Pelley reports.
For the first time since 2012, NASA has released a global map of Earth at night and the results are stunning
The murder of Charlie Kirk last week follows a litany of violent acts against political targets. Historian Jon Meacham talks about the existential questions now facing America.
Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested on charges of aggravated murder, obstruction of justice and felony discharge of a firearm for the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
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Desmond Holly and several school shooters in the past year were active on the same website, the ADL says.
In a joint segment with Republican Sen. James Lankford, Democratic Sen. Chris Coons said amid efforts to foster bipartisan discourse, the internet "is driving extremism in our country."
The strike on the Kirishi refinery, in Russia's northwestern Leningrad region, follows weeks of Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil infrastructure that Kyiv says fuels Moscow's war effort.
Rep. Michael McCaul, a foreign policy leader who had strongly supported Ukraine, warned Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "testing the resolve of NATO."
The device had been lit but "failed to function as designed," a Unified Fire Authority Investigations officer wrote in affidavits of probable cause.
Venezuela's foreign ministry said nine fishermen were "illegally and hostilely" detained on Friday by the USS Jason Dunham.