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The Parker Solar Probe continues to break the record for the fastest human-made object ever built. The probe has been tasked with capturing a close-up look at the Sun's outer corona, and it has just ...

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If you could somehow hitch a ride on the NASA Parker Solar Probe, you could travel from Los Angeles to London in approximately 49 seconds. So it's perhaps no surprise that the probe recently tied its ...

Robert Brownlee was on the Operation Plumbbob team that launched an object in space before Sputnik. They put a manhole cover above a nuke underground, and the explosion shot the iron cap into space.

In the pursuit of space exploration, humans have broken records that were previously thought impossible. At the same time, terrible accidents have marred the history of space flight, making later ...

Even though it seems like you’d need a Jeep Wrangler to outrun a T. rex, the gigantic dinosaurs likely had a top speed of only about 17 mph. Newly discovered footprints from the La Rioja province of ...