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Streaming out of the sun at a million miles an hour, the solar wind—a blistering plasma of electrons, protons, and ...

Some people would rather invest these resources in solving global problems, not launching astronauts to other worlds. People in the ...

SWOT could turn out to be a major improvement over measurements by previous satellites. “Instead of a ‘pencil beam’ moving ...

After circling the moon for the past three weeks, NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down under parachute yesterday morning off the ...

James Webb led NASA in the 1950s and 60s, during the Cold War–era “Lavender Scare,” when government agencies often enforced ...

Today is the 45th anniversary of the launch of Voyager 1, one of humanity’s iconic twin emissaries to the cosmos. ...

All eyes will be on the moon as the Artemis mission’s inaugural launch blasts toward our lunar neighbor in a ...