In the pursuit of space exploration, humans have broken records that were previously thought impossible. At the same time, terrible accidents have marred the history of space flight, making later ...

"We've been tracking children's growth from birth all the way through to adulthood, and the fastest period of growth is clearly the first couple of years during infancy," Sean Cumming, a professor in ...

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

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