Space
Come along with us as we explore outer space, including everything from NASA to astronomy to aliens.
Many, many questions about the space agency’s peculiar beliefs regarding feminine hygiene products.
Sally Ride changed everything, but her accomplishments weren’t limited to her time in space.
46 years later, it’s still unsolved.
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly is on his yearlong voyage aboard the International Space Station.
NBC came in first place this TV season and still posted lower numbers than it did in 2010 — when it was in last.
Why harnessing solar power could be the key to space exploration.
A new bill would cut Earth science by $265 million.
The Science Guy talks about his beloved children’s show, solar sails, and arguing with climate deniers.
Is your hometown cloudier than the rest of the globe?
It sure seems like split-screen trickery was used to get the two in the same frame.
What the world’s most common optical illusion reveals about the human mind.
They could make the search for life a little bit easier.
It’ll take astronauts up to the space station — and maybe beyond.
Or, why you shouldn’t use microwaves next to radio telescopes.
It’s one of the biggest obstacles to sending humans to Mars.
Replacing wide streets with narrow ones opens up tons of new land for desperately needed urban houses.
It’s being built on Mauna Kea — a truly sacred site for Native Hawaiians.
The movie most resembles director Joss Whedon’s cult TV creation Firefly.
Its diameter has shrunk by 8.5 miles.
“We should be turning the entire solar system into our backyard.”
Get the list of Clinton Foundation donors who reported lobbying the State Department when Hillary Clinton was in charge. Right here.
This is the closest we’ll get to the new Star Wars until December.
The hidden details in the Pillars of Creation.
Start planning your trip to Mars.
Some Swedes sent a doughnut to space and then ate it.
It could someday lead to evidence of extraterrestrial life.
We’ve solved old environmental problems — and discovered entirely new ones.
It’s easy to forget that we live on a rotating sphere.
It’s 1.8 billion light years wide.
As of 2017, NASA will only have probes orbiting two planets.
The rocket tipped over at the last second, but landed vertically, on target.
Life aboard the space station will never be the same.
Soon we’ll see Pluto up close for the first time.
This is a big deal.
Inside the effort to stop palm oil from destroying Indonesia’s valuable rainforests.
It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds.
It’s the most radical vision of limited government ever presented by a major American presidential candidate.
West Coast residents: set your alarms for 4:58 am.
Scientists will crash a probe into an asteroid at more than 13,000 miles per hour.
Watch confused ants float around in microgravity.