The same Cold War rocket built to carry a nuclear warhead across continents became the vehicle that launched humanity into the space age. When the Soviet Union put Sputnik into orbit in 1957, it did ...

At Huntley Meadows Park, the raccoons, snakes and skinks hide undercover to avoid detection. The park has a hidden human side too, Cheryl Repetti told a group on a Feb. 28 walk on the park’s west side ...

The mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally been solved by an international team of astrophysicists. The team is the first to successfully reproduce the ...

Russia has announced the launch of 16 low-orbit satellites, signalling its ambition to create a competitor to Elon Musk's Starlink network. The aerospace firm Bureau 1440, which is developing a ...

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For decades, the United States has dominated research in artificial intelligence. But China is catching up — quickly. AI has been part of China’s national strategy for years, with the government ...