"Space gum" and sugars discovered in asteroid Bennu samples, NASA reveals

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

The Deep Space Discovery That Still Puzzles Scientists

In the late 1970s, a discovery unlike any other was made by a volunteer working in the Ohio State University Radio ...

NASA discovers rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there — and scientists think it’s a visitor from outer space

NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to ...
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A space shuttle was ready to launch from Vandenberg. What scrapped the $2.5 billion plan?

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...
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Space shuttle Discovery lands in Florida after short delay

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar ...

Chernobyl's Black Fungi Thrive On Radiation And Could Help Protect Life In Space

This cool discovery in the ruins of Chernobyl is now helping to understand how life on Earth copes with radiation, and how ...
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Space discovery shows that the pyramids were built using ingenious method

A landmark discovery on an ancient branch of the River Nile may have solved the mystery of how the pyramids in Egypt were ...