‘Gus’ the T. rex fetches record $50.1 mn at US auction
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed “Gus” sold Tuesday for $50.1 million at Sotheby’s in New York, making it…
Italian astronaut expects home flavors on Artemis III menu
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano is hoping to bring a taste of his homeland to the Artemis III mission…
Woolly mammoth among trove of ancient DNA found in squirrel poo
A huge treasure trove of ancient DNA from animals including extinct woolly mammoths has been discovered in frozen…
Artemis crew’s families enthralled by messages from space
A week after astronaut Jeremy Hansen blasted off on the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon, his…
Lunar crater named after Artemis commander’s deceased wife
Artemis astronauts at the outer edge of human space travel had an emotional moment Monday as they proposed…
Artemis astronauts preparing for historic lunar flyby
The Artemis astronauts were gearing up Saturday for their long-anticipated lunar flyby, including reviewing the surface features they…
It’s go time: historic Moon mission set for lift-off
More than half-a-century after the groundbreaking Apollo program’s last crewed flight to the Moon, three men and one…
NASA to build $20 bn moon base, pause orbital lunar station plans
NASA’s chief on Tuesday said the US space agency will invest $20 billion to develop a base on…
NASA defense test kicked asteroid off course — and changed its orbit around the sun
Four years ago, NASA purposely smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid to see if they could deflect…