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An ill-fitting spacesuit cancels NASA's first all-female spacewalk

NASA said astronauts Nick Hague and McClain completed the first spacewalk in the series earlier this month , so Hague and Koch plan to set out on the next on...

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The top-seeded Tigers (13-0) will head back to Atlanta for its playoff game to face the Big 12 champion Sooners (12-1) in the Peach Bowl on December 28. The unb...

NASA’s 1st solar probe results unravel Sun’s mysteries

Among the findings are new understandings of how the Sun's constant outflow of solar wind - the constant outflow of hot, ionised gas that streams outward fr...

Defending champion Clemson to face Ohio State in Fiesta Bowl

The Badgers actually held a 21-7 advantage at halftime, but Ryan Day's Buckeyes secured their third consecutive Big Ten title by scoring 27 unanswered points in...

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Dropping ocean oxygen levels can have detrimental effects on marine life , forcing them to swim closer to the water's surface where they risk falling victim to...

China’s lunar probe may land on the moon’s far side tonight

A photo taken by the lunar explorer Chang'e 4 at 11:40 a.m. and published online by the official Xinhua News Agency shows a small crater and a barren surface ...

SpaceX delivers 'mighty mice,' worms, robot to space station

SpaceX and NASA originally hoped to launch the test flight, called an In-Flight Abort Test , sometime this month, but an exact launch date was never released. ...

Ford to use coffee bean waste to produce auto parts

The automaker has teamed up with McDonald's to use the skin dry coffee beans, or rice husks, which are usually discarded as waste during the roasting process to...

Watch SpaceX launch a Dragon capsule twice flew direct from the ISS

The drone ship landing was because the rocket was scheduled to perform a "thermal demonstration" in orbit. Anheuser-Busch and Budweiser beer are sending the fou...

That’s no moon, it’s a Chinese space light

The man-made moon is essentially an illumination satellite created to complement the moon at night, though it is predicted to be eight times brighter, the s...

SpaceX Dragon Ship Carrying NASA Cargo Successfully Launched

SpaceX's Dragon rocket, which launched at 12:30 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Flordia and was filled with about 5,7...

Ever "Pig-Monkey Chimeras" Born in Chinese Lab

Two "chimera" piglets containing the DNA of both monkeys and pigs have been born in a laboratory in China . It took extra than 4,000 embryos to invent ...

Astronaut assistant CIMON-2 returns to International Space Station

The droid was among 5,700 pounds (2,585 kg) of supplies and experiments aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, whose midday launch had been delayed from Wednesday bec...

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches on first commercial flight

SpaceX made headlines early past year with the first-ever launch of the Falcon Heavy, and the successful return of two of its three boosters was a stunning sigh...

NASA's 1st solar probe results unravel Sun's mysteries

The finding also suggests that the solar wind is transporting more energy away from the Sun than previously thought, so the star's rotation might be slowing...

Bye, Birdie: A study reveals that North American birds getting smaller

Is this a taste of things to come - for humans as well as for birds? Mr Weeks said the body of specimens was the result of a "herculean effort" by Dave Willar...

SpaceX launches caring robot, beer malt and 'mighty mice'

The rocket, lifting off at 12:29 p.m., carried 5,700 pounds of supplies, experiments and a new version of the CIMON robot created to interact with astronauts. A...

The engineer who spotted Vikram debris

The space agency had earlier announced that the lunar lander of Chandrayaan-2 had been located but was unable to establish any communication. "Now that the C...

Audentes Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BOLD) Downgraded to "Neutral" at HC Wainwright

Audentes Therapeutics (Nasdaq: BOLD) is a leading AAV-based genetic medicines company focused on developing and commercializing innovative products for serious...

NASA's closest-ever Sun flybys reveal how solar wind works

Initial results show freakish behavior of the sun's magnetic field, including reversals that took just seconds. The new research suggests that the spikes are ...

Hidden giant planet discovered by astronomers for first time

The work is the first evidence of a giant planet orbiting a white dwarf star and suggests that there could be many more planets around these stars waiting to ...

This decade set to be hottest in history, United Nations says

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We’re facing challenge of civilisation, Pope tells United Nations climate summit

The Climate Summit, which should lay the bases for a new phase of climate action, starts today in Madrid. Delegates from nearly 200 countries will try to put ...

Watch SpaceX's second Falcon Heavy launch LIVE from 5 miles away!

National Security Space missions - coveted military contracts worth billions. Each of the three boosters, on Thursday, made a safe return to Earth. The Falco...

Birds are shrinking due to climate change, scientists claim

The longer wings, the researchers said, may help offset the loss of body mass so the birds can fly efficiently on their long migrations. The study provides fr...

SpaceX Delays CRS-19 Resupply Mission Launch Due to High Winds

Spacex It is scheduled to launch its 19th Commercial Replenishment Mission (CRS) for the International Space Station today, with a scheduled take-off time for ...

Huawei moving USA research centre to Canada

In this November 20, photo, people stand outside of a Huawei store at a shopping mall in Beijing. Chinese tech giant Huawei, facing USA criminal charges and e...

Facebook updates crisis response tools, adds WhatsApp integration

Facebook already offers Safety Check, Fundraisers, and Community Checks to let people get as much help as they can from others. This central crisis hub seems ...