SpaceX launches US, Russia, UAE astronauts to space station
The Dragon capsule should reach the space station Friday. The astronauts will replace a US-Russian-Japanese crew up there since October.
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A surprisingly complicated question: ‘What time is it on the moon?’
The question is more complicated than you might think.
For man behind gene-edited babies, a rocky return to science
Some scientists worry he may return to the sort of work he did before, which involved using a tool called CRISPR-Cas9 to genetically edit...
UT Austin hosts annual STEM Girls Day with demonstrations, activities
About 8,500 girls grades kindergarten through eighth grade attended.
American Meteor Society posts photo of meteorite found in Texas
The meteorite, the American Meteor Society says, is from the Feb. 15 event that created a sonic boom and shook houses in the Rio...
Tiny California mouse wins Guinness award for longevity
Pat, who weighs about as much as three pennies, belongs to a species once thought to be extinct.
Space Shuttle Columbia: Investigators discuss evidence found after disaster
As it passed through Texas, the shuttle was 16 minutes away from landing in Florida. It never made it.
NASA Challenger explosion remembered 37 years later
Saturday marks the 37th anniversary of the Challenger tragedy. NASA remembered the crew and other fallen astronauts this week in its Day of Remembrance.
Remembering the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster, 20 years later
On Feb. 1, 2003, WFAA News cameras were rolling when the world realized something was wrong.
Watch: Fireball shoots across the Texas night sky on Tuesday
Dash cam footage captured the moment a fireball could be seen flying across the night sky in front of Lake Belton High School.
El recién descubierto “visitante de hielo” se dirige a una noche cercana a usted.
Bright green comet to make once-in-a-lifetime trip past Earth
This newly discovered "icy visitor" is headed to a night sky near you.
Antarctica, where it’s so thin there’s an annual giant gaping hole in the layer, won't be fully fixed until 2066, the report said.
After nearly 4 decades in space, a NASA satellite fell to Earth
The 5,400-pound satellite reentered our atmosphere Sunday night.
NASA rover inadvertently records sound of dust devil on Mars
A NASA rover by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed directly overhead.
Shares of the companies jumped after a small study on the shots showed promising results.
Fusion breakthrough could be climate, energy game-changer
Producing energy that powers homes and businesses from fusion is still decades away. But researchers said it was a significant step nonetheless.
How to watch one of the best meteor showers of the year
These bright, beloved meteors come from a mysterious space rock that scientists struggle to categorize.
SpaceX launches Japanese company’s lander, UAE rover toward moon
The lander blasted off from Cape Canaveral on Sunday atop a SpaceX rocket.
Restaurants, grocers, farmers and food companies are increasingly turning to chemistry and physics to tackle the problem of food waste.
Missing man last seen driving in Dallas, police say