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Aviva Dove-Viebahn is an associate professor of film and media studies at Arizona State University. She has a Ph.D. in visual ...

A vitriolic war of words between President Donald Trump and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk could have profound repercussions for the ...

Thirty of the world’s most renowned mathematicians traveled to Berkeley, Calif., with some coming from as far away as the U.K ...

Investigations by the Japanese company ispace identified issues with speed and an altitude sensor that likely doomed the ...

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The White House’s budget plan for NASA would be woefully inadequate for achieving near-term human voyages to Mars, experts ...