Space & Aviation
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435,165 pilots, including thousands of women and Black pilots, passed through the Civilian Pilot Training Program and War Training Service.
The Sun causes weather in space. But that doesn’t mean snowstorms, rain, or other types of weather that we are familiar with here on Earth.
Caroline Lucretia Herschel was England’s first professional woman astronomer. Together with her brother William, she mapped the milky way.
The reality of human life is that we create trash—and lots of it. But what happens to the things we send up into sky? Is there trash in space?
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin transformed our understanding of the universe. She discovered what stars are made of.
Space Age technology touches nearly every aspect of our lives, from how we say hello to how we wage war.
The Hubble Space Telescope helped us take a closer look at celestial objects. To understand how it works, we’re going to take a closer look at it.
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Last year, geologists dated the crater in Western Australia at 3.47 billion years old, which was disputed by other experts. Now, they’ve revised the estimate to 3.02 billion years old—but some still aren’t convinced.