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In this handout image provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, waits at an International Space Station's pressurized mating adapter (PMA-2) docked to the space shuttle Atlantis, as the station's robotic system moves the failed pump module (out of frame) over to the spacewalking astronaut and the shuttle's cargo bay during a planned six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk July 12, 2011 in space.

NASA Opens International Space Station to Private Visitors, With a Hefty Price Tag

Private space travel will begin as early as 2020, but for a hefty price. NA...

Private space travel will begin as early as 2020, but for a hefty price. NASA announced Friday that it would open the International Space Station to private individuals and more commercial business at roughly $35,000...

An view of Jupiter from early in the Voyager 1 mission. The two Galilean moons of Io and Europa (left to right) can also be seen.

Jupiter Will Appear its Biggest, Brightest, and Most Visible This Week. This Is the Best Way to See It

Here's how to get a good look at the gas giant

Americans Eat and Inhale Over 70,000 Plastic Particles Each Year According to a New Analysis

The health effects of microplastics are unknown

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reached back to nearly the beginning of time to sample thousands of infant galaxies. This image, taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, shows several thousand galaxies, many of which appear to be interacting or in the process of forming.

The Surprising Ways Art Has Advanced Astronomy

In January 2004, NASA announced it was canceling a mission to service the H...

In January 2004, NASA announced it was canceling a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. In light of dangers associated with the Columbia tragedy the previous year, it was considered too risky. As a...

In this photo made on May 22, 2019, a long queue of mountain climbers line a path on Mount Everest. About half a dozen climbers died on Everest last week most while descending from the congested summit during only a few windows of good weather each May.

Pollution and Climate Change Are Making Mount Everest More Dangerous for Climbers, U.S. Scientist Warns

Prof. John All said his team found a lot of pollution buried deep in the sn...

Prof. John All said his team found a lot of pollution buried deep in the snow

A Sumatran rhino is seen at Way Kambas National Park in eastern Sumatra, Indonesia, on Nov. 8, 2016.

Malaysia's Last Known Male Sumatran Rhino Has Died

Researchers hoped Tam, brought into captivity in 2012, would contribute to ...

Researchers hoped Tam, brought into captivity in 2012, would contribute to breeding efforts to save the critically endangered species

National Institutes of Health James Shannon building on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Md., Friday, Oct. 24, 2014.

Emory University Fires 2 Neuroscientists Accused of Hiding Chinese Ties

Emory University fired two neuroscientists after they were accused of faili...

Emory University fired two neuroscientists after they were accused of failing to disclose foreign research funding and connections with China. Li Xiao-Jiang told Science magazine that the university fired him and his wife, Li Shihua––with...

NASA Opens International Space Station to Private Visitors, With a Hefty Price Tag

Jupiter Will Appear its Biggest, Brightest, and Most Visible This Week. This Is the Best Way to See It

Americans Eat and Inhale Over 70,000 Plastic Particles Each Year According to a New Analysis

The Surprising Ways Art Has Advanced Astronomy

Pollution and Climate Change Are Making Mount Everest More Dangerous for Climbers, U.S. Scientist Warns

Malaysia's Last Known Male Sumatran Rhino Has Died

Emory University Fires 2 Neuroscientists Accused of Hiding Chinese Ties

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