Astronaut Alan Bean, the Fourth Man to Walk on the Moon, Has Died at 86
“A native Texan, Alan died peacefully in Houston surrounded by those who loved him.”
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“A native Texan, Alan died peacefully in Houston surrounded by those who loved him.”
If the fence fails, I suggest a particularly frightening wall of cucumbers instead.
Around 100 million years ago, a poor tick ran into some seriously bad luck.
Thanks to the impressive Event Horizon Telescope, scientists are getting really close to taking a picture of a supermassive black hole.
It’s nice that scientists are looking for ways to push things through space without fuel, but the EmDrive is probably another dead end.
The latest threat comes as the Big Island enters its fourth week of eruptions.
We gather here today to pay our respects to a theory that was and is no longer, whose death tore our knowledge of the very universe to shreds.
Ethnic diversity and the availability of public transit are among the neighbourhood qualities associated with better reported well-being among residents, according to a new study.
Ice cores allow scientists to observe and document climatic and environmental changes over long time scales, revealing things we would have never otherwise known.
Surrounding gas acting as a magnifying lens allowed researchers to observe the pulsar in striking detail.
Pluto's unexpected chemical composition has confounded scientists for years, but a new theory may finally hold the answer.
We reached out to a number of nicotine scholars to figure out whether it’s possible to OD from vaping.
New research shows how the asteroid that hit Earth 65 million years ago decided which species made it and which ones didn't.
It’s a lingering question as to just how dangerous firing up an e-cigarette really is.
That’s one small hole for a probe, but one giant leap for NASA.
It's a finding that could influence the way scientists study mobility and movements in extinct animals.
