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A volcano near Iceland's capital city and the country's Keflavik International Airport erupted Friday after sitting dormant for 6,000 years.

Pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Coleman Johnson of "Hidden Figures" fame was always at the front of the class. 

NASA and SpaceX are once again joining forces, signing an agreement on Thursday with the aim of improving spaceflight safety.

On Friday afternoon, three International Space Station (ISS) astronauts will relocate the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft in preparation for the arrival of its next crew members. 

NASA successfully test-fired the core stage of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the second time on Thursday afternoon.

The coughing among the western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in January was the first warning sign. Soon the fears were confirmed: A troop of gorillas became the first apes known to test positive for the coronavirus.

NASA's InSight spacecraft has measured the size of Mars's core for the first time. 

NASA has released the first-ever recordings of a vehicle driving across Mars. 

Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are opening new fronts in the war against so-called murder hornets as the giant insects begin establishing nests this spring.

A new study from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and researchers at the California Institute of Technology questions whether or not a longheld theory about Mars still holds water.

It has been almost a month since the Perseverance Mars rover successfully landed on the red planet to the cheers of scientists and onlookers millions of miles away.

The iconic Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is back online after entering "safe mode" following a "software error."

NASA will conduct its second Green Run hot fire test of the core stage for its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. 

Curie continued to break barriers after death when she was nominated to be the first woman enshrined in the Panthéon in Paris.

A massive walrus was spotted on the shore of western Ireland on Sunday — the first confirmed sighting of the tusked creature in the country, a report said.

Scientists have found evidence in ancient rocks from southern Greenland that indicates much of the Earth was once entirely molten. 

Two NASA astronauts are conducting the 237th spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday. 

The largest asteroid predicted to pass by Earth this year will reach its closest point on March 21.

China and Russia announced earlier this week that they had partnered to build a lunar research station.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover's SuperCam instrument has sent back its first readings, including images of its first rock targets.