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Space

Felicette prepares for liftoff.

The First Cat in Space Deserves a Memorial

And if all goes well, she's finally going to get one.

Cara Giaimo November 27, 2017

Unstfest celebrates puffins, among other features of Unst.

A Remote Shetland Island Could Become a Spaceport

Unst's isolation is an asset for satellite launches. And it has a radar station.

Sarah Laskow November 15, 2017

Beverly Hills, California

Union 76 Gas Station

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

A Meteor Struck the Grounds of a School in Northern Ireland (Or Did It?)

Strange things were afoot at Castle Gardens Primary School.

Natasha Frost November 13, 2017

An image of Kepler's supernova remnant from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

A Short History of the Supernova, From Ancient China to the New 'Zombie Star'

Going out with a bang.

Vittoria Traverso November 10, 2017

Astronaut Scott Kelly inside the Cupola, a special module in the International Space Station that provides a 360-degree view of Earth.

space exploration

Exit Interview: Scott Kelly, an Astronaut Who Spent a Year in Space

It's very easy to lose things on the International Space Station.

David Plotz November 9, 2017

In 2012, the B612 Foundation took a trip to the bottom of the Barringer Crater in Arizona.

Mill Valley, California

B612 Foundation

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

A Mir/NASA group portrait, featuring the table.

Mir Space Station Dining Table

Cosmonauts and astronauts reheated food and formed bonds over this high-tech table.

The Hubble eXtreme Deep Field image shows just how many galaxies are out there (in a near-empty patch of sky). None are as old as G09 83808.

Found: One of the Oldest Things in the Universe

A newly observed galaxy formed just after the Big Bang.

Vittoria Traverso November 6, 2017

The Grand Gallery.

Found: A Large 'Void' Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza

The tools of particle physics hint that there's still more to discover about one of the world's most famous monuments.

Sarah Laskow November 2, 2017

The discovery of gas giant NGTS-1b orbiting around a red dwarf star defies accepted theories about planet formation.

Found: A Giant Planet Orbiting a Tiny Star

NGTS-1b defies what we thought we knew about how planets form.

Vittoria Traverso November 1, 2017

An aerial view of FAST

Pingtang County, China

The Eye of Heaven

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.

Titanium dioxide on Earth.

Found: A Planet Where It Snows Sunscreen's Active Ingredient

Only on the planet's dark side, though.

Sarah Laskow October 30, 2017

Nominal trajectory of possible hyperbolic comet C/2017 U1

Found: A Comet on a Weird, Wild Swoop Around the Sun

It may be the first interstellar comet ever observed.

Sarah Laskow October 26, 2017

Merlin Satellite.

Cornwall, England

Goonhilly Earth Station

Arthur, Merlin, and Guinevere are among the largest and oldest satellite dishes on the planet.

Langley researcher Elton W. Miller in Langley's Propeller Research Tunnel, 1927.

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100 Years of Rocketry and Research at NASA’s Langley Facility

See pioneering mathematicians, giant wind tunnels powered by submarine engines, and hypersonic rocket models.

Anika Burgess October 20, 2017

The remnant of a supernova that occurred 160,000 light years from Earth. The stellar explosion would have been visible in the Southern Hemisphere around 1600.

space exploration

The Most Beautiful Space Images on Earth

Stargazing through the ages.

Anika Burgess October 19, 2017

Terry the teacake had a satellite's-eye view of the earth.

Watch a Cookie Soar Into the Stratosphere

Terry the teacake took one giant leap for cookie-kind.

Anne Ewbank October 17, 2017