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Dutch Duck Posing in Photo Shoots is Instagram Hit
There is a duck named Guus who’s taking Instagram by storm.
Guus the duck, named after Donald Duck’s cousin in Holland, has been dressing up in...
NASA Discovers Most Earth-Like Planet Yet In the “Goldilocks Zone”
Planet hunters at NASA have found what they’re calling Earth’s “older, bigger cousin,” and believe it’s our strongest lead yet to finding advanced life...
Girl Sends A Message to Dad in Space Using 11 Cars
Can you deliver a message to space using a car? Yes, if you have 11 sets of tire tracks.
That's how a 13-year-old girl sent her father...
Space-Out With This Spectacular GoPro Spacewalk Footage From NASA
If you were blown away by the scenes in the movie "Gravity," wait until you see high-def video of the real thing.
Earlier this year, NASA attached GoPro...
International Space Crew Returns Olympic Torch to Earth
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carried three astronauts and the Olympic torch back to Earth on Monday after the torch was taken on its first...
Real Life ‘Major Tom’ Performs David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” From Actual Space
The Canadian commander of the International Space Station used his down-time in orbit to create a music video that has attracted 10 million views...
How a Museum Exhibit is Changing Lives in Los Angeles
A 10-year-old boy who lives in L.A.'s inner-city has never been on an airplane, but that hasn't stopped him from dreaming of becoming an...
Hail and Farewell to Those We Lost in 2012
Today on New Year's Eve we remember those in public life who left us in 2012. They were wonderful singers and actors, politicians and...
Rare Blue Moon Tonight Coincides With Neil Armstrong Memorial Service
The memorial service for astronaut Neil Armstrong being held today, August 31, coincides with the day of the rare blue moon, a fitting tribute...
Mars Rover Plays First Song Transmitted From Another Planet (WATCH)
For the first time in history, a recorded song was beamed back to Earth from another planet. Will.i.am's new composition, "Reach for the Stars,"...
Tribute to Sally Ride, First US Woman in Space (1951-2012)
Even though she was well known as a physicist, Sally Ride became famous for being the first American woman astronaut to enter space. A...
Gabrielle Giffords Travels to Top of the French Alps (Photos)
Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, still recovering from wounds after being shot last year, traveled high up into the French Alps on Monday with...
50 Years ago Today, John Glenn Became America’s Biggest Hero
Today is the 50th anniversary of NASA astronaut John Glenn's Project Mercury flight, when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. On...
Ten Tech Innovations From NASA’s Space Shuttle Program
Tech designs to come out of the space shuttle program have permeated just about every aspect of our lives. Many of the iconic NASA...
Thousands Flock to Florida to Watch Final Space Shuttle Launch (Video)
Emotions ran high at the final launch of NASA's 30-year Space Shuttle program which brought out hundreds of thousands to Florida's "Space Coast" to...
NASA Coaxes Biofuel From Bags of Sewage
There are lots of creative ways to produce biofuel from algae, but NASA's takes the cake. The space agency is growing biofuel in plastic...
International Year of Astronomy Kicks Off, Bringing the Universe Down to Earth
A large cluster of astronomers were sighted in Paris last week at the official launch of the International Year of Astronomy. Planned to coincide...
NASA Beams Beatles Tune ‘Across the Universe’ Into Deep Space
U.S. space officials said The Beatles song Across the Universe will be blasted directly into deep space tonight.The tune will be beamed toward the...
First Brazilian in Space
Brazil's first astronaut docked at the International Space Station. Marcos Pontes and his American and Russian crewmates arrived in their Soyuz spacecraft, while in...