The Wright Brothers and the First Airplane Flight By Elizabeth Howell The Wright Brothers’ first plane flight in Kitty Hawk lasted just 12 seconds in 1903, but Orville and Wilbur made history with their Wright Flyer.
The First Flight: Wright Flyer By Jeremy Hsu The 1903 Wright Flyer that made history's first flight was a relatively simple machine with propellers and wire controls.
Charles Lindbergh and the First Solo Transatlantic Flight By Nola Taylor Redd "Lucky Lindy" electrified the world and changed public opinion about air travel.
Vera Rubin: The Astronomer Who Brought Dark Matter to Light By Tim Childers Vera Rubin's discoveries showed that our universe is much more mysterious than anyone imagined.
New Horizons: Exploring Pluto and Beyond By Elizabeth Howell The New Horizons spacecraft reached the dwarf planet Pluto in July 2015.
White Holes: Black Holes' Neglected Twins By Charlie Wood You've heard of black holes, but what about their inverted twins — white holes?
Red Dwarfs: The Most Common and Longest-Lived Stars By Nola Taylor Redd Most of the star nearest to Earth are red dwarfs, but they are too dim to be seen with the naked eye.
Night Sky, June 2019: What You Can See This Month [Maps] By Chris Vaughan Find out what's up in your night sky during June 2019 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.
What Is the Grandfather Paradox? By Greg Uyeno If time travel is possible, it must avoid the contradiction of the grandfather paradox.
What Are Skyrmions? By Adam Mann Skyrmions are simple. They're just itty-bitty nano-magnetic vortices.
What Is a Light-Year? By Tim Childers Light-years make measuring astronomical distances a bit more manageable.
Stratolaunch Systems: Building the World's Largest Airplane By Adam Mann Stratolaunch is the builder of the world's first megaplane.
Saturn: Facts About the Ringed Planet By Charles Q. Choi Learn about the physical characteristics of Saturn and its famous rings, what we know about Saturn’s moons and Saturn’s roots in Greek mythology.
Apollo 11: First Men on the Moon By Nola Taylor Redd Apollo 11 astronauts were the first to leave footprints on the moon.
The First Space Shuttle Flight Into Space By Nola Taylor Redd The first launch of the space shuttle Columbia touched off a new era in space flight.
Space Launch System: NASA's Next Generation Rocket By Nola Taylor Redd NASA's Space Launch System aims to carry humans far beyond Earth.
Event Horizon Telescope: An Earth-Size Black Hole Camera By Greg Uyeno The Event Horizon Telescope produced the first-ever image of a black hole.
Challenger: The Shuttle Disaster That Changed NASA By Elizabeth Howell The space shuttle Challenger was one of NASA's greatest triumphs and also its darkest tragedy.
The Kuiper Belt: Objects at the Edge of the Solar System By Nola Taylor Redd Beyond Neptune, the Kuiper Belt is a vast region of icy objects called Kupier Belt Objects (KBOs), including dwarf planets Pluto, Eris, Maumea and Makemake — and possibly a true ninth planet.
