Watch live video and follow the latest updates from NASA and other scientists, as the Perseverance rover attempts to land on Mars.
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Stacker compiled a list of 25 things we’ve learned about the moon since 1969, using data from NASA, the Smithsonian, and other sources to salu…
On the evening of April 13, 50 years ago, everything was about to change for Apollo 13, ultimately forcing the crew to abort their mission.
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NASA has a long history of quarantining astronauts before they go to space to prevent illnesses like cold and flu from occurring off our planet.
NASA is encouraging everyone to look skyward on Tuesday, whether it's outside or through a living room window.
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It's not just Earth that's shaking these days. A NASA mission on Mars has recorded evidence of seismic activity.
Research from Yale University suggests the blood that coursed through dinosaurs' giant frames would have been warm.
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The Solar Orbiter that launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., embarked on the first mission that will provide images of the sun's north and south poles.
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Climate change activist Lewis Pugh became the first person to swim in a supraglacial lake, formed on top of a glacier because of melting ice.
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Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park is a long way from the ocean, but newly discovered fossils suggest the area was once teeming with sharks.
Lower pH levels in the Dungeness crab's habitat in Pacific Ocean coastal waters are dissolving parts of its shell and damaging its sensory organs.
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A high school student searching through data contributed to NASA's latest discovery: a planet orbiting two suns, like Tatooine in the "Star Wa…