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“Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier,” scheduled to air Monday on the Smithsonian Channel, examines the race to get black astronauts into the heavens while fighting for human rights on Earth.

NASA has revealed a gorgeous image of the Moon, Mars and the International Space Station.

A majestic leopard was captured by a photographer as it seemed to pose for the camera on a city street in India.

In 1989 astronaut Fred Gregory made history when he became the first African American to command a NASA mission, but he paid little attention to the headlines that he made.

The Vatican is set to open the secret archives of Pope Pius XII, the World War II-era pope whose record during the Holocaust has come under intense scrutiny.

Coral reefs around the world are dying and scientists are looking at a variety of ways to save these endangered structures, including growing them in labs and trying to make them pollution-resistant.

An asteroid hitting Earth is one of humanity's greatest existential threats, making it imperative that asteroid detection is a vital task for government space agencies around the world. Using advanced artificial intelligence, researchers in the Netherlands have discovered several "potentially hazardous objects" that were not spotted by humans.

Astronomers have made a significant discovery, finding molecular oxygen for the first time ever outside the Solar System.

A new study may help answer one of the universe's biggest mysteries: Why is there more matter than antimatter? That answer, in turn, could explain why everything from atoms to black holes exists. 

A logbook and gun camera photos that belonged to a World War I pilot have been found in a U.K. barn.

NASA astronauts will soon launch into space from U.S. soil for the first time in almost 10 years, vowed Vice President Mike Pence, during a speech Wednesday. ​​​​​​​

Scientists have discovered the world's oldest salamander, a 167-million-year-old specimen found in Siberia.

Maritime archaeologists from Mexico and Spain are set to ramp up their efforts to find a treasure-laden Spanish galleon that sank in the 17th century.

A photographer has managed to capture remarkable images of a newborn giraffe appearing to get a kiss on its head from its doting parents.

Following the news that scientists discovered a fast radio burst from deep space that is "repeating" every 16 days, experts are increasing their efforts to look for alien life.

A photographer has captured remarkable images of what is believed to be the only pink manta ray on Earth.

Archaeologists in England recently uncovered new details about a medieval mass burial of victims of bubonic plague. 

Scientists from Duke University have revealed that World War I helmets perform remarkably well against shock waves compared to their modern high-tech counterparts.

A leaf that fell from an elm tree more than 6,000 years ago was discovered intact by archaeologists in the United Kingdom.

A shrine dedicated to the legendary founder of Rome, Romulus, has been discovered after archaeologists excavated the Roman Forum and stumbled upon the discovery.