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Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after a suspected piece of space junk left them stranded on China’s Tiangong…

Data from Sentinel-6B will continue a decades-long record of sea surface height, helping to improve coastal planning, protect critical infrastructure,…

For the first time, scientists have successfully sequenced woolly mammoth RNA, shattering the assumption that this fragile genetic molecule couldn’t…

An astrophotographer has captured a spectacular shot of a falling skydiver perfectly aligned with the fiery surface of the sun,…

A New Jersey man has died in the first documented fatal case of alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy triggered by…

Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensitive data.Unlike classical…

NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Sentinel-6B, an international mission delivering critical sea level and…

This image released on June 30, 2025, combines data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory…

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has earned 2025 R&D 100 Awards for developing a system that delivers high-speed internet…