The tug-of-war over space shuttle Discovery is becoming more volatile. Discovery — the crown jewel of the Smithsonian Institution's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia — is the subject of a ...

He led a team of scientists who helped confirm that a Big Bang was the source of the universe. The discovery earned him a ...

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MIT astronauts aboard the International Space Station—and the MIT researchers who have sent up experiments—have advanced our ...

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By combining the power of ground-based and space-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered a new brown dwarf—a type of ...

The NASA-funded ATLAS survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, made the initial discovery of the comet on July 1 and ...

The 24th annual Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery featured interactive booths and workshops highlighting space ...

Elizabeth C. Babcock, who previously worked as president and CEO of the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum in ...

Researchers discovered a hidden 185,000 light-year "bridge" of gas between two distant galaxies, which are also trailed by a ...