We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

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NASA’s high-altitude WB-57 aircraft took off from Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston on Tuesday, and will conduct ...

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The former congressman and reality TV contestant whom President Donald Trump has picked as temporary head of NASA brings little experience with space policy and few apparent ties to Alabama. Trump ...

President Donald Trump missed a great opportunity when he named Sean Duffy as Interim Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Duffy is already serving as Secretary ...

Few authors have had as big an impact on space journalism as Jeffrey Kluger. His 1994 book Lost Moon, co-authored with Astronaut James Lovell, was the basis for the 1995 film Apollo 13, which starred ...

Robotic coyotes are being tested by the U.S. Army to deter birds and protect fighter jets from dangerous collisions.

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From a terrace in Bhopal to 7,000 flying hours, Captain Poonam Devrakhyani built her career shift by shift. Today, she ...