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It's a question by a science fiction author with The New York Times.

A NASA spacecraft sent out to collect rocks from an asteroid seems to have nabbed a lot of material, but there's now an unexpected problem — a flap isn't closing because some rocks are stuck.

Our solar system's smallest planet will pass between the Earth and the Sun on Monday in a rare astronomical event known as a "transit" of Mercury.It's…

By Robin Sussingham and Stephanie Colombini Saturday July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, considered by many to be one of the…

By Robin Sussingham and Stephanie Colombini Saturday July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, considered by many to be one of the…

SpaceX launched its heftiest rocket with 24 research satellites Tuesday, a middle-of-the-night rideshare featuring a deep space atomic clock, solar sail,…

Anyone who has ever built and launched a rocket – from a child with a store-bought kit to the NASA scientists who put a human on the moon to Elon Musk –…

Real space travel will necessitate interplanetary gas stations on the moon, or on asteroids. A Colorado university has launched the first degree program in "space mining."

Mars, Earth and the sun have lined up, a celestial orientation known as opposition. This particular opposition occurs at a time when the orbit of Mars takes it closest to the sun.

Private companies want to mine the moon for water and a team at the University of Central Florida is helping them figure out just how to do that....

President Trump signed an executive order Friday establishing the National Space Council. Vice President Mike Pence will lead the council, steering the...

(Originally aired Sept. 27, 2016)Few states have as close a tie to the U.S. space program than Florida, so it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that…