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ICON makes 3D-printed homes.

Planetary scientists have long known that Mercury has been shrinking for billions of years. Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, its interior has been cooling down as internal heat leaks away. This means that the rock (and, within that, the metal) of which it is composed must have…

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Analog space facilities host people who volunteer to be study subjects, isolating themselves for weeks or months in sealed habitats inside NASA centers.

Australia's expertise in remote technology developed for the resource sector was the deciding factor when NASA came looking for a company to build a moon rover.

Rubio spent a whopping 371 days onboard the ISS. He traveled a staggering 157 million miles over the course of 5,936 orbits around Earth.

Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory found some areas are sinking more quickly than others

Nuclear rockets were a 20th-century invention. But in staking a nuclear-powered future, the American space program is reviving a half-century-old dream.

Toxic substances pollute the Boeing and government-owned site and are probably contaminating nearby river used to water crops

After seven years in space, the Osiris-Rex probe continues to make headlines as NASA scientists open the lid of its capsule of asteroid debris. The data collected could shed new light on the origins of the solar system and on potential threats from certain asteroids. FRANCE 24's Science reporter Shirli…

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