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The year that iceberg A-23A first broke away from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf, Ronald Reagan was president of the United…

The discovery of 773,000-year-old fossils in a cave in Morocco is transforming the geography of human origins by placing the…

The centuries-old mummified remains of Indigenous Siberians are revealing secrets about their genetics over a vast period — before, during…

Part of the Greenland Ice Sheet completely melted about 7,000 years ago at temperatures close to those predicted for the…

Half a year after first opening its eyes to the cosmos, NASA’s SPHEREx spacecraft has unveiled its first complete, all-sky…

A handful of 60,000-year-old arrow tips unearthed in a South African rock shelter are the oldest evidence of poison weapons…

NASA’s Johnson Space Center was front and center Jan. 4, 2026, as the Houston Texans faced the Indianapolis Colts during Space City Day at NRG Stadium. Fans watched the Texans…

The U.S. government has officially resurrected the food pyramid — and flipped it on its head.The new food chart emphasizes…

NASA and its partners have supported humans continuously living and working in space since November 2000. A truly global endeavor,…