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The president on Thursday ordered the release of federal files related to UFOs and aliens, although no evidence of extraterrestrials visiting Earth is known to exist ...

By completing a second “wet dress rehearsal” of its upcoming moon mission, NASA said it is targeting a March 6 launch date ...

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Researchers have rediscovered a 77-year-old recording of a haunting song that now has been determined to have come from a ...

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NASA leadership on Thursday outlined how 2024’s glitch-plagued Boeing Starliner mission jeopardized astronaut welfare and the ...

Researchers sequenced the genomes of tumors from almost 500 domestic cats and found remarkable parallels with human and dog ...

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Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, ...

The future of renewable energy might be in the sky. Researchers in China have reportedly tested a new, gravity-defying wind ...

A Microsoft Research study suggests glass blocks etched with lasers could provide enduring data archives ...