Tree seeds circled the moon. Then were planted here. Now they’re endangered. ↗
A ‘Moon Tree’ in Athens, Georgia faces the axe despite efforts across the U.S. to find and save more trees sprung from seeds carried on Apollo space mission.
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Find Halloween weekend events in North Texas including Día de los Muertos with the Dallas Symphony, Dracula with live music, Macbeth and Cosmic Howl.
Construction broke ground this week on a new school in Aurora, Colorado's first-ever Health Sciences High School.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida >> A SpaceX rocket lifted off from Florida on Thursday with a crew of two U.S. astronauts, a Canadian astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut headed to the International Space Station for a science mission devoted to human health and performance in orbit.
As part of the Orlando Sentinel's series of special events celebrating the paper's 150th anniversary, the Orlando Science Center hosted a panel about space on Wednesday night bringing together representatives from Kennedy Space Center, the Space Force and UCF as well as current and former journalists to talk about Central Florida's vital role in the nation's space endeavors.
Leaders in Southeast Louisiana are pushing for NASA to establish its space academy in New Orleans.
Fresh off announcing that Elon Musk’s SpaceX will build a massive space port in coastal Vermilion Parish, Louisiana is planning to compete for a new national space academy for the U.S. Space Force that would be located in New Orleans.
Amazon purchased 70 acres in Aurora, Colorado, for $23.6 million and plans a 1.2 million-square-foot distribution center expected to employ 1,200 workers.
The Oklahoma City Astronomy Club hosted an event at Bluff Creek Park to observe a near-total lunar eclipse, offering telescopes and insights into the rare celestial event.
A partial lunar eclipse will be visible in the Chicago area Thursday night into Friday, which scientists say will be the most impressive lunar eclipse visible in the U.S. before a total lunar eclipse on New Year's Eve in 2028.
Today in history: Bold move by officials on Aug. 24, 2006, created astronomical protest. The planet was discovered in 1930 by a student at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Read more. This date in history.