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The idea of social distancing -- keeping ourselves at least six feet away from one another and avoiding gatherings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 -- has millions of people worldwide confronting a type of loneliness that's acutely familiar to astronauts.

The idea of social distancing -- keeping ourselves at least six feet away from one another and avoiding gatherings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 -- has millions of people worldwide confronting a type of loneliness that's acutely familiar to astronauts.

Here's a list of ways to keep your kids occupied with more mindful content during the quarantine, thanks to a growing number of folks trying to help in this now global collective effort. 

Chloroquine, a drug that has been used to prevent and treat malaria, has shown promise in being a potential treatment for the novel cornavirus sweeping the globe, President Trump said Thursday.

Researchers at UC San Diego are evaluating a test that would inform patients whether they are infected with COVID-19 within one hour.

An international team of marine scientists has discovered two new species of six-gilled sharks in the Indian Ocean.

Cases of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that fly under the radar — without being detected or diagnosed — may have fueled the rapid spread of the disease, according to a new study.

Buzz Aldrin, who spent three weeks in quarantine after returning from the moon decades ago, is self-isolating amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

Have you ever gotten a whiff of a certain smell that brought you back to childhood? Or maybe a scent that reminded you of a past love affair?

Here's one bit of good news: Spring is coming early this year.

Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Al Worden has died at age 88, his family confirmed Wednesday.

The damaging impact of air pollution in urban areas is likely increasing the coronavirus death rate, experts say.

Scientists at Oxford University say that they have developed a technology that could significantly speed up testing for COVID-19.

An ancient Chinese noblewoman has been discovered buried in a grave with the donkeys she used for playing polo more than 1,000 years ago.

The first known dog that tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a 17-year-old Pomeranian, has died in Hong Kong, according to a local media report.

Talk about monkey trouble. Hordes of starving monkeys have clashed in an ancient city in Thailand amid the coronavirus outbreak.

NASA has posted a remarkable image of Jupiter from the space agency's Juno mission after it made a recent flyby of the planet last month.

After NASA announced one of its centers would move to Stage 3 "mandatory telework status" in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the space agency has elevated the issue, moving entirely to Stage 3.

In late February, a hiker on Hawaii's Big Island stumbled across two unexploded bombs on the flank of the Mauna Loa volcano. Those bombs, it turns out, were the remnants of a 1935 attempt to divert a lava flow.

When a precision-guided artillery projectile exploded an enemy target from 64km (39.8 miles) away in the Arizona desert during a recent live-fire exercise, the Army took a new step toward redefining land-attack tactics and paving the way toward a new warfare era in long-range fires.