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Astronauts Spent 6 Nights in a Pitch-Black Cave, and Emerged with a Brand-New Species of Crustacean
By Brandon Specktor published
An international team of astronauts has discovered new life (in a cave below Italy).
Meet Ripley, SpaceX's Dummy Astronaut Riding on Crew Dragon Test Flight
By Meghan Bartels published
SpaceX's famous "Starman" dummy onboard the inaugural Falcon Heavy launch is about to have some competition — from a new dummy, named Ripley, strapped into the company's first Crew Dragon capsule.
No, Bacteria Aren't Mutating into Superbugs on the International Space Station
By Rafi Letzter published
Bacteria on the International Space Station are evolving and changing in the strange orbital environment. But they don't seem to be any more dangerous to humans.
Delay of SpaceX Launch May Mean 36,000 Wormy Passengers Are Too Old for Their Planned Experiments
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Here's what those wriggling worms are expected to do in space ... and it's not to scare aliens.
Last Man to Walk on the Moon Mistaken About Climate Change on Earth
By Mindy Weisberger published
Astronaut Harrison Schmitt saw Earth from space, but doesn't see that human activity is shaping climate change.
Astronauts Going to Mars Will Absorb Crazy Amounts of Radiation. Now We Know How Much.
By Meghan Bartels published
There are plenty of challenges to putting people on Mars, whether you look at the rocket, the astronaut or the planet itself.
Watch Hurricane Florence Make Landfall in This Incredible Space Station Video
By Meghan Bartels published
Hurricane Florence, the vast storm meteorologists and astronauts alike have been tracking, made landfall this morning (Sept. 14) near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
Hurricane Lane Looms Over Hawaii in These Astronaut and Satellite Photos
By Meghan Bartels published
Government weather satellites are watching closely as a massive storm called Hurricane Lane threatens Hawaii.
California Wildfires Rage in Astronaut Photos from the Space Station
By Mike Wall published
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have taken dramatic new photos of the fires that are blackening huge swaths of the Golden State and throwing off smoke that billows far to the east.
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