In March, I visited the Lowell Observatory — the astronomical research site where Pluto was first discovered — in Flagstaff, Arizona. I stood in line to squint through telescopes at Jupiter and the ...

Black-and-white photographs authentically show Laika, a Moscow mutt sent to space aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957. Rating: True (About this rating?) Black-and-white photographs shared by some social media ...

Long before humans ever set foot beyond Earth’s atmosphere, animals were sent into space to test the effects of microgravity, ...

A project designed to track thousands of animals from space, which was halted due to the Russia-Ukraine war, has just ...

By monitoring the movement, health, and environmental conditions of thousands of animals at once, Project ICARUS hopes to ...

Albert II, a rhesus monkey, became the first mammal to reach space on June 14, 1949, aboard a V-2 rocket, achieving an altitude of approximately 83 miles. The mission successfully recorded Albert II's ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Black-and-white photographs shared by some social media users are said to show Laika, a 13-pound stray from Moscow who became the first dog in space after being launched into low orbit aboard Sputnik ...