Twenty years ago, Michel Mayor helped discover the first planet orbiting a sunlike star outside Earth’s solar system. Space.com talked…
‘Stargazer Lottie’ Declared ‘First Doll in Space’ After Launch to Station
Fifty years after Barbie was first dressed like an astronaut, a different toy girl has claimed the title of "first…
‘Time Delays’ and Exploding Stars
With our focus on nearby stars for both exoplanet detection and SETI work, I don’t often find the time to…
The Alps in Winter
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) photographed the Alps from orbit on Dec.…
The Alps in Winter
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) photographed the Alps from orbit on Dec.…
Hubble Hints at Source of Milky Way’s Titanic Eruption 2 Million Years Ago (2015 Most Popular)
At a time when our earliest human ancestors mastered walking upright the heart of our Milky Way galaxy underwent a…
WATCH: The Stuff We’ve Left In Space
Scientists keep track of nearly 20,000 pieces of space debris, from the size of an apple to that of a…
World Economy will have weak growth for a few years
Global growth for 2015 is projected at 3.1 percent, 0.3 percentage point lower than in 2014, and 0.2 percentage point…
F35 production being rushed to avoid embarassment but will not be truly software or combat ready for several years
Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program Office say they’ve finished delivering jets for 2015, increasing their yield from…
Scientists Identify Fragments of Primordial Proteins that Existed 3.5 Billion Years Ago
Scientists at the Max Planck Society have investigated the hypothesis that the first protein domains arose by fusion and piecemeal…
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