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NASA controllers will deliberately crash their $330 million spacecraft traveling at more than four miles per second into Dimorphos, an asteroid, in a few weeks, so as to destroy it. The purpose of this kamikaze science mission is for space...

NASA announced on Tuesday it has lost radio contact with the moon-bound CAPSTONE spacecraft launched last week to test an unusual lunar orbit. According to NASA, the loss of communications occurred on July 4, 2022 while CAPSTONE was in contact...

The existence of aliens elsewhere in the universe is a fascinating question for science and society. The search for extraterrestrial life, therefore, is a legitimate pursuit, subject to the same burden of evidence that applies to all science. By Steven...