On Episode 197 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Aarti Holla-Maini, the director of UNOOSA, and Rick ...

The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of Earth's strangest creatures.

As for speed, the Turbo is a 2.8-second leap ahead of the non-turbo Beetle to 60 mph and a touch quicker than the Civic Si—0.3 second. In top gear above, say, 3500 rpm, turbo torque is ample and lag ...

To see stars, planets, constellations and meteor showers, Upstate, Midlands and Lowcountry beginners can find dark sky places away from light pollution.

For decades, scientists have been observing how galaxies spin and move throughout the universe. Gravity acts on stars and galaxies, in the same way it keeps you from floating off into space. Heavier ...

Bruneau Dunes State Park rises from the high desert like a mirage, except this vision doesn’t disappear when you approach – it only becomes more spectacular. Mountains of sand tower against an azure ...

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