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Organic chemist who shared the 2016 Nobel prize in chemistry for his contribution to the development of molecular machines

The skies may be full of invisible "boson stars" that could have a connection to dark matter.

A rocket launch makes a big impact on the land. Launch after launch from SpaceX in Texas, all the more.

Buttes and mesas in Mars' Chryse Planitia contain clay minerals made from liquid water interacting with the rock nearly 4 billion years ago.

On Episode 145 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik meet the authors of a new book about spaceflight called "Star Bound: A Beginner's Guide to the American Space Program, from Goddard's Rockets to Goldilocks Planets and Everything in Between," Emily Carney and Bruce McCandless III.

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ultraviolet light before a solar flare, which could act as an early warning system for dangerous space weather.

Under orders from the Trump admin, agencies like the CDC are pausing some public health messaging as H5N1 surges

NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras and study the unique ribbons of light that dance across the Alaskan night sky.

False claims can go viral rapidly in the wake of a natural disaster — especially when they're about climate change, and posted on social media.