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ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA’s newest class of astronaut candidates just found out what people will call them. The tradition of the previous astronaut class — the Flies — bestowing the name the following class has continued, according to a Thursday press release from NASA. The 10 candidates of NASA’s 24th astronaut class, chosen in 2025 and not expected to graduate until 2027, are now know as the ...

A kaboom, a fireball and white streaks in the skies over Pennsylvania and Ohio - seen as far as Virginia and ​Canada - were probably the signs of a meteorite landing near Cleveland on Tuesday morning, according to the National ⁠Weather Service and scientists.

Government and industry are looking to nuclear energy to power arsenals, data centers, and medical research.

Bull sharks, it turns out, have friends.

Two planets crashed into one another in a violent, chaotic collision that astronomers recently witnessed 11,000 light-years away from Earth.

NASA moved quickly to tap United Launch Alliance to help fill in the blank space the agency created when it decided to alter its Artemis program’s future launches. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman had announced Feb. 27 that instead of developing a larger version of the Space Launch System rocket, which would been called the Block 1B for the fourth and fifth flights of the agency’s moon ...

If you think life always feels just a little bit easier in the spring and summer, you’re onto something.

A revamped version of a congressional NASA authorization act moving through the U.S. Senate would add two more years of life to the International Space Station among a slew of new directives for the nation’s space agency.

OLYMPIA – While politics may leave voters with a chip on their shoulder, state legislators want to ensure employees are not forced to get one in their shoulder – or elsewhere.

United Launch Alliance was hoping to ramp up its new Vulcan rocket launches this year, but won’t be launching any national security missions until it solves a recurring issue of booster nozzles burning off the rocket on launch. While the Vulcan’s main first stage was able to course correct and get its Space Force payload to space on the Feb. 12 launch, one of the solid rocket boosters provided ...

GERETSRIED, Germany – In the foothills of the Alps in southern Germany, a clearing in the evergreen forest presents a strange tableau. The derricks of two drilling rigs jut toward the gray winter sky. Scattered around them are stainless steel tanks, stacks of pipe and toothy attachments for boring into the ground below.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced a major overhaul of the agency’s Artemis mission plans on Friday, adding an extra mission next year to help the program better prepare for a moon landing in 2028.

Vegetarian diets are linked with a lower risk of several cancers including pancreatic, breast and prostate, according to a study that found no similar benefit – and even a higher chance of colon cancer – among vegans.

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke announced Wednesday that it was his medical incident aboard the International Space Station in January that prompted the agency to return the SpaceX Crew-11 mission to Earth early.

NASA has at least another 8 miles of terrestrial travel to accomplish before it can take on a 600,000-mile trip to space.

In November, scientists arrived at the South Pole in planes outfitted with skis to pull off a construction project seven years in the making.

It’s skunk mating season. Perhaps you’ve caught a whiff of it in the air.

NASA is preparing to remove its massive moon rocket from its launchpad to fix a technical issue, delaying the agency’s much-anticipated mission to send a crew of four around the moon. On Saturday, NASA announced that it planned to roll back the rocket, the Boeing-built Space Launch System, to its hangar at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to fix a problem found in the upper portion of the ...

The hours you spend tracing countries on a globe or puzzling over a chessboard may add up to more than idle time. According to a new study, such mentally stimulating pursuits are linked to years-long delays in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment.