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Scientists are sending mouse sperm to space. They want to see if mammals can reproduce there. The sperm is stored on the ...

That timeline is based on analyses of lunar rock samples from NASA ... moon 4.35 billion years ago, at a time in the solar ...

This record-setting year for heat saw stunning auroras, a map of a brain, a Dengue epidemic, the first look at rocks from the ...

Next year could be a transformative one for U.S. space exploration, as the election of Donald Trump to the presidency and his close relationship with SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk promises to chang ...

When it comes to mice, the freeze-dried mouse sperm Wakayama is currently storing aboard the ISS will return to Earth in 2025 ...

Here's how to watch the Geminid meteor shower, which is expected to peak between Dec. 13 and Dec. 14 this year. NASA calls ...

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, the first to fly on another planet, crashed on Mars after 72 successful flights. A software glitch during its final flight in January 2024 led to an uncontrolled descent.