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When Hubble reached orbit in 1990, it carried what was called the most perfectly polished mirror humans had ever made — and it was...
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When Hubble reached orbit in 1990, it carried what was called the most perfectly polished mirror humans had ever made — and it was...
The first living creature ever to orbit the Earth was a frightened Moscow stray named Laika, sent into space in 1957 inside a craft...
She was told women could not be scientists. She became NASA's first Chief of Astronomy and the "Mother of Hubble." On August 30, NASA...
Once every 176 years, the four giant planets line up so a single spacecraft can slingshot from one to the next in a single...
Galileo was deliberately crashed into Jupiter. Cassini into Saturn. Both destroyed at the height of their success to protect the ocean moons they had...
It weighed barely 570 pounds and ran on plutonium. Its electronics were 1970s vintage. And in September 1979, after six years and billions of...
Dr. Stephen Hawking remains a global symbol of the triumph of the human mind over physical frailty. His life was not just a quest...
Stephen Hawking’s remark that the universe follows scientific laws—possibly “decreed by God,” yet not interrupted by divine intervention—still provokes argument because it sits on...
Synopsis: Albert Einstein’s famous warning—World War IV fought with “sticks and stones”—has become shorthand for the idea that a nuclear war would collapse civilization...
The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and forecasters are keeping a close eye on rising ocean temperatures, and not just in the Atlantic. Globally,...