The National College of Ireland will host this year’s NASA Space Apps Challenge, with Paola Vercesi as local lead.

In 1945, the first test of the atom bomb was conducted at a base near Alamogordo, N.M. Because the test was top secret, ...

Today’s anniversary of the liftoff of Apollo 11 back on July 16, 1969, seems like an appropriate occasion to ponder the ...

Decades after the first lunar landing on July 20, 1969, a coalition is now working to make the landing date a state and federal holiday.

SpaceX plans to launch the third batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband megaconstellation early on Wednesday morning (July 16), and you can watch the action live.

"Born on a mountain top in Tennessee ..." The statue of Davy Crockett is a gift to Neenah from businessman John Bergstrom.

I knew I was alone,” he observed later, “in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” That quote is immortalized on a ...

Sotheby's "Geek Week" auction in New York showcases a diverse collection of rare and significant items. Highlights include a ...

Another highlight from the category is the “largest piece of Mars on Earth.” The Martian Meteorite, which Sotheby’s has ...

On July 13, 1969, the Soviet Union launched its Luna 15 spacecraft on a mission to the moon. Luna 15 was a robotic sample ...