Basic research, often termed fundamental, frontier, blue-sky, curiosity-driven—or even useless—is the pursuit of knowledge ...

He had gotten in trouble several hours earlier for playing inside the family's homemade helium balloon and told his 10-year-old brother Bradford that he planned to sneak inside. R ...

A newly launched supply ship has run into engine trouble that is preventing it from reaching the International Space Station. Northrop Grumman’s capsule rocketed into ...

Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is chair of that task force, swearing in witnesses that under oath discussed their ...

A Northrop Grumman resupply mission is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station. This mission marks the first flight of Northrop Grumman's larger, solar-powered Cygnus XL spacecraft. The ...

In this video, a powerful laser is tested on different colored balloons with surprising results. A black balloon pops almost instantly under the laser beam, while a white or clear balloon resists ...

Chemistry in the first 50 million to 100 million years after the Big Bang may have been more active than we expected.

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SpaceX launched 28 Starlink internet satellites on the morning of Friday, Sept. 5. The Starlink 10-57 mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center after a delay. The next launch from Florida is an ...

Have you ever wanted to get scientific with your beer drinking? Now is the time. Eugeneans will be able to evaluate the difference between fresh hop beer and beer made using roasted hops at ColdFire ...