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Jeff Bezos offers to cover $2 billion in NASA costs for lunar lander contract
NASA in April awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX with a sole $2.89 billion contract to build the next crewed lunar lander under its Human Landing Systems program.
Video catches fiery meteor shooting across the night sky over Texas
NASA suggested that the slow speed of Sunday night’s meteor means it was likely that a small piece of an asteroid produced the fireball.
The FAA just updated its definition of 'astronaut.' These two billionaires don't qualify.
The space tourism industry is poised to take off, but the FAA recently tightened its rules on who qualifies for commercial astronaut wings.
Bird brain: Why a cockatoo trick in Australia has scientists enthralled
Scientists have documented examples of social learning in birds, and the spread of a trick to open trash bins hints at a distinct advantage for those that easily transmit knowledge.
Should you be worried about Covid if you're vaccinated? Experts explain breakthrough cases
As coronavirus cases once again rise in the U.S., experts say breakthrough cases will also go up, but that doesn't mean the vaccines aren't working.
In the frugal last meal of a man 2,400 years ago, scientists see signs of human sacrifice
A study of the gut of a well-preserved body from a bog in Denmark has offered new details that researchers say hint at dark rituals.
'There are no words': Bezos says space mission changed him, reinforces climate change fight
“When you look at the planet, there are no borders,” the Amazon founder said. “It’s one planet, and we share it and it’s fragile.”
Amazon's Jeff Bezos makes history with all-civilian suborbital flight
The Amazon founder flew to the edge of space with three others aboard a rocket and capsule developed by his private spaceflight company, Blue Origin.
Wally Funk, 82, makes history as oldest person to fly to space
"I've been waiting a long time to finally getting up there," Funk said during a post-launch news conference. "I loved it."
'Best day ever!': Watch highlights from Jeff Bezos launch to edge of space
Watch the best moments from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' successful launch to the edge of space on the New Shepard rocket from his private spaceflight company, Blue Origin.
Bezos' launch into space could make history in more ways than one
If successful, Blue Origin's launch on Tuesday will be the first unpiloted suborbital flight with a civilian crew.
Fifty years later: Earth Day has descended into GOP-driven chaos, experts warn
Changing global and political landscapes have made the kind of broad and bipartisan agreements reached in the 1970s seem impossible.
