Earth scientist Andrea Donnellan studies the surface of the Earth from the sky to better understand earthquakes, including ...

A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major ...

Materials scientists from The Grainger College of Engineering have provided the first quantitative explanation for a phenomenon first observed in iron in the 1970s.

Section 1. Purpose. Superiority in space is a measure of national vision and willpower, and the technologies Americans develop to achieve it contribute substantially to the Nation’s strength, security ...

To hear Silicon Valley tell it, artificial intelligence is outgrowing the planet that gave birth to it. Data centers will account for nearly half of U.S. electricity demand growth between now and 2030 ...

For nine months in 2022, moss lived in space. It wasn’t in a lab aboard the International Space Station, like other gardening experiments conducted in orbit — rather, the moss was attached to the ...

BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation’s space station Friday after more than a week’s delay because the return capsule they had planned to use was damaged, likely from ...

Before computers, NASA relied on “human computers” — mathematicians who solved complex equations for flight paths and spacecraft design by hand with slide rules, graph paper, and adding machines.

Advances in artificial intelligence are driving surging demand for data centers. But these warehouse-like facilities, containing computers that process and store data, require a lot of land and huge ...

Space Command is responsible for military operations beyond Earth's atmosphere, or about 62 miles and higher. Trump re-established Space Command in 2019 during his first term. It was originally ...

When will Sierra Space’s winged vehicle, Dream Chaser, finally take flight? Unfortunately, it’s still not clear. Almost certainly, however, it won’t be this year. The Dream Chaser space plane has been ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...