Forty years ago, NASA launched twin robotic explorers on a mission to travel farther out than any spacecraft had gone before, and today, they continue to be our most distant emissaries.
Robert Z. Pearlman <a href=http://www.collectspace.com/>collectSPACE.com Editor</a>
Archaeologists have uncovered a vast trading network that operated in Vietnam for 1,500 years, from 2500 BC to 1000 BC, a find that changes what was thought to be known about early Vietnamese culture.
When a 6-mile-wide asteroid crashed into the Gulf of Mexico 66 million years ago, it caused a devastating wave of earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis that killed untold number of animals and ended the reign of the dinosaurs.
A paddleboarder at a beach in Massachusetts had a very close encounter Wednesday with a shark that took a bite out of the board, forcing officials to close the beach.
Nashville, Tenn., is known for its music scene but on Monday it became a hot spot for those who wanted to see the first total solar eclipse in the country in nearly a century.
Millions gazed at the eclipse along the path of totality with it ending its coast-to-coast travel in Charleston, SC. Nearly 3,000 visitors from all over the country viewed the celestial event from the deck of USS Yorktown (Fighting Lady), World War II’s famous battleship.
People may risk serious eye damage if they look at the sun without proper protection, an optometrist has warned ahead of the upcoming total solar eclipse.