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NASA has pushed the rollout of its next moon rocket to March 20, but is still targeting April 1 for the launch of its first crewed mission to the moon in more than half a century.

“At last we will have revenge.”

Getting tough on youth crime is politically easy. Building a youth justice system that is safe, accountable and capable of learning is much harder. And the public is worried. Some offenses are serious and visible, and harsher penalties sound like…

Aurora chasers, keep your eyes on the skies later this week as an incoming coronal mass ejection could spark favorable conditions for widespread northern lights displays.

Research from a Bowling Green State University faculty member recently found that one of the best strategies in the context of the criminal justice system is an old-fashioned virtue: telling the truth. Thomas Mowen, Ph.D., an associate professor of sociology…

5 Min Read Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why These are X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans of particles from asteroid Bennu. They show the most common types of crack networks observed in Bennu samples. Credits: NASA/Scott…

From phone boxes and flux capacitors to black holes and hot tubs, sci-fi has created plenty of ways to explore the fourth dimension.

A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin remains one of the biggest unanswered questions in planetary science. Is it the exposed core of a failed planet, or a chaotic…

Blue Origin and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are teaming up to design an asteroid-defense spacecraft that will deploy a variety of deflection technologies.

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details in a bizarre nebula that looks like a brain floating in space. Formed by a dying star, the “Exposed Cranium” nebula shows layered gas and a dark central divide that creates…