In 1993, Mike Lawson, an aerospace entrepreneur based in Roswell, Georgia, unveiled his vision for a brave new future of ...

LONDON  — The winners of the first ever Global Space Awards were revealed in a glamorous ceremony hosted by physicist and author Brian Greene on Dec. 5, during which the family of Apollo and Gemini ...

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to discover that a distant "hot Jupiter" planet has two ...

On the steps of the U.S. Capitol on a balmy October morning, a crowd of people sporting “Save NASA Science” buttons buzzes with anticipation. Among them stands Eli Orland, who likens America’s space ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Some NASA Earth science missions have been told to prepare termination plans given the potential for major budget cuts in the agency’s overall science activities. Rep. George ...

The future of U.S. space exploration and NASA-funded science is up in the air as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to office. “There’s just so many question marks,” says political ...

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From blockbuster movies to simplified lessons in school, many of us have been taught ideas about space that are not entirely true. Some of these myths are harmless, while others are so ingrained that ...

Imagine stepping outside to stargaze on a clear summer night, only to see no stars but rather the garish glow of advertisements streaming across the sky. This seemingly science-fictional scenario ...

Digestive gas gets the best of everyone sooner or later, often in the form of a burp. Burping is how the body clears excess gas from the upper digestive tract, which would otherwise result in ...

Over the past four years, private equity (PE) firms that invested in life science assets have faced a difficult reality.