Researchers have been asking this question for more than 70 years, over a decade before people even made it to space. This ...

Crystal Skillman’s “The Rocket Men” made its West Coast premiere at Eugene’s Oregon Contemporary Theatre on Jan. 17. The play, featuring an all-female cast, takes place between the 1950s and 1970s. It ...

The monumental achievement of sending the first human in space is a cornerstone of the history of space travel. On April 12, 1961, a single man's journey beyond Earth's atmosphere captivated the world ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon. It is ...

Humanity has long looked to the sky and beyond, considering what it would be like to live away from the only life-bearing planet we know about. With the dangers of outer space travel and the lengthy ...