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The Newtown Historical Society, in collaboration with Council Member Robert Holden, has unveiled its latest exhibit, ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX successfully launched another historic mission — this time, the Fram2, which will be the first human spaceflight to the Earth’s polar regions. SpaceX launched the ...
Ever wondered what the world looked like when Homo sapiens first roamed the Earth? In this video, we journey through time to ...
Originally planned as a low-earth orbit Lunar Module/Command Module test, the mission profile was changed to the more ambitious lunar orbital flight in August 1968 when the Lunar Module scheduled for ...
While not as dazzling as some of the more well-known showers, the Lyrids is a dependable event, producing up to 20 meteors per hour at its peak.
Working with Sanja Panovska at Germany’s GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, the team created a detailed map of the Earth’s space environment during the Laschamps event. This model showed ...
A SpaceX Dragon vehicle carrying four international astronauts on a commercial spaceflight around Earth's poles has landed off the coast of California. The water landing brings to an end a four ...
"As a kid, I used to stare at a blank white space at the bottom of a world map and wonder what's out there. "Curiosity eventually took me across the continent and to the southern most tip of Earth ...
A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.
Apple is reportedly starting an Earth Day promotion, and this will allow customers to trade in their old and used accessories for as much as 10% in discounts. Not only will users get the chance to ...
Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side. But how did they arrive at that number? Philosophers have debated the ...