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United States Vice President Mike Pence has confirmed overnight plans to create a "Space Force" as the sixth branch of the U.S. military.

At one time in the foggy, ill-remembered past, there were no stars.

So you've decided you want a piece of the rocket-building action to call your own. Well, read on.

Right now, as you read this very text, your DNA is getting sliced up by tiny, invisible bullets.

We have learned that there could be life beneath Mars’ surface and that it may be impossible to terraform its surface.

Summer is a season for children to enjoy, because it is a time when their very perception of time changes. The days seem to pass quickly — too quickly — until the months fade and the memories blur.

Space agencies and private companies already have advanced plans to send humans to Mars in the next few years – ultimately colonizing it.

America's space program is a necessity, not a luxury. While we should not have to qualify its importance, it is helpful to remember the good that NASA does.

As good skeptics, we shouldn't immediately believe general relativity's tangle of mathematics at first blush. Instead, we need evidence. Good evidence.

Before pilots and technicians can launch a space rocket or achieve liftoff into space, they must secure the links in a supply chain of many companies and contractors.