When the U.S. was born, humanity was still seven years away from balloon-borne flight. Where might we be another 250 years from now, should the nation be fortunate enough to survive that long?

A U.S. pastor claims he was taken to a secret UFO disclosure gathering in Tennessee ...

June 6, 2026 A lightweight new X-ray telescope could finally give scientists something they’ve never had before: a complete chemical map of the Moon. Researchers used detailed mission simulations to ...

One year after the Dragon Bravo Fire tore through the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, the scars are still visible and deeply personal.

NewsNation will stream the announcements from this story at 2:30 p.m. ET/1:30 C. The moon base is a core part of the Artemis program, which aims not only to return humans to the moon but to establish ...

Ling Xin is a science journalist based in Ohio. She mainly covers physics, astronomy and space. Her writing has appeared in Science, Scientific American, MIT Technology Review and other English and ...

A backup version of Skylab was displayed when the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened 50 years ago. After renovation of the building, the artifact is once more on view in a new gallery ...

After the Challenger tragedy, nobody wanted to see a film about five kids on an adventure in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Three boys use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File) Melbourne’s RMIT University expert on information sciences Lisa Given said the ...