A 10-year sky survey begins filming a 'cosmic movie,' cyborg cockroaches go for a dive and more science stories

This week's science news.

NASA celebrates America's 250th birthday with red, white and blue snaps of the cosmos — Space photo of the...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory celebrates the 4th of July with a dazzling array of red, white and blue space phenomena.

California Science Center announces opening date to view Space Shuttle Endeavour in launch position

On Nov. 13, the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center will open to visitors as the final phase of ...

The Space Shuttle Endeavour Goes On Public Display Later This Year

The spacecraft has been in LA since 2012, but now it's moving to a new permanent home at the California Science Center.

Nasa launches mission to save falling space telescope

A Nasa-funded robot has blasted off to catch a falling telescope in mid-orbit and blast it back to safety before it burns up.
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Space science has come a long way since July 4, 1776. Here's a look back at the saga

Celebrating America's 250th birthday, Space.com looks back at what our understanding of space was like in 1776 and what major ...
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The JWST imaged the universe's oldest galaxies, and scientists can't explain what they saw

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted a massive and densely packed galaxy cluster before such ...
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These astro photographs come with sound! NASA uses an unusual technique to create music from data

In honor of the Fourth of July, NASA has released a patriotic collection of images that also comes with data-centered audio ...
Mission Local

In Absolutely Science Fiction! at Z-Space — Bradbury and Vonnegut, together at last

In “Absolutely Science Fiction!” at Z Space through July 19, literary theatre troupe Word for Word performs short stories by Kurt Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury.
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America’s First Space Station Proved Humans Could Live and Work in Orbit for Months. Now, the Public Can See What It Looked Like in Person for the First Time i…

A backup version of Skylab was displayed when the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened 50 years ago. After ...

Scientist who cleaned space toilet on work experience now leading Mars exploration teams

Cleaning a space toilet while on work experience was Claire Parfitt's first introduction to a career away from Earth's orbit.

Giant new $450M space center reveals LA opening date — and you can get your hands on a space shuttle

The long-awaited $450 million Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at the California Science Center will officially open its ...