Using the lunar module as a lifeboat and employing techniques never before considered, the astronauts' ordeal ended triumphantly
Find a hobby, for starters, and don't forget the mission, say scientists who have worked at remote research stations
Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Alfred "Al" Worden, an aviator, engineer and storyteller passed away on March 18, 2020
On July 31, 1971, Al Worden performed the first deep-space extra-vehicular activity. "No one in all of history" saw what he saw that day
In an illustrated narrative, Perseverance—scheduled to launch this summer—searches for any signs of past microbial life on Mars
Medicine gets trippy, solar takes over, and humanity—finally, maybe—goes back to the moon
From astronaut ice-cream to Plymouth Rock, a group of scholars gathered at the 114th Smithsonian Material Culture Forum to address tall tales and myths
Physicists will try to observe quantum properties of superposition—existing in two states at once—on a larger object than ever before
Deep underground, in abandoned gold and nickel mines, vats of liquid xenon and silicon germanium crystals will be tuned to detect invisible matter
Looking back on the groundbreaking discoveries of NASA's little telescope that could
Whether you are a telescope enthusiast or just want to step outside to enjoy the night sky, these are the phenomena to look out for this year
The oldest dust sample, perhaps 7 billion years old, predates the formation of our planet and the sun
NASA scientists imagined some innovative technologies that could enhance a future mission to Uranus or Neptune
Breakthroughs include measuring the true nature of the universe, finding new species of human ancestors, and unlocking new ways to fight disease
In a new offering from Smithsonian Books, James Trefil and Michael Summers explore the life forms that might exist on a dizzying array of exoplanets
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New titles explore the workings of the human body, the lives of animals big and small, the past and future of planet earth and how it's all connected
Ann Hodges remains the only human known to have been injured by direct impact of a meteorite
A powerful outburst in a distant galaxy produced photons with high enough energies to be detected by ground-based telescopes for the first time
Never before had scientists seen the phenomenon until they rallied colleagues around the world to view a galaxy far, far away
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