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Transcript: NASA administrator Jared Isaacman on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” July 5, 2026
The following is the transcript of an interview with NASA administrator Jared Isaacman that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on July 5, 2026.ED O'KEEFE: We turn now to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, who's back on the ground after his fourth of July...
How did cockroaches survive the asteroid that led to the extinction of dinosaurs?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] did cockroaches survive the asteroid that led to the extinction of dinosaurs? – Kinjal, age 11, Delhi, IndiaWhen...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 217 — America in Space
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: TWiT[embedded content]On Episode 217 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the progression of American space efforts.Since 1958, the United...
DNA technology leads to identification of Revolutionary War soldier
The peaceful pine forests of Camden, South Carolina, have spent centuries hiding a secret as old as America itself. In August 1780, British and American soldiers clashed there, leading to a terrible defeat for the Continental army.Battlefield archaeologists Jim Legg...
Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert
A well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in the western desert is one of two major archaeological finds announced by Egypt on Saturday.The recent discoveries at the Dakhla Oasis and at the Marina el-Alamein archaeological site, near Alexandria, are the latest...
Red, white but rarely blue – the science of fireworks colors, explained
In the earliest days of the United States, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail about the celebration of independence, “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to...
Will we eventually have to send our trash into space if we run out of room on Earth?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] we eventually have to send our trash into space if we run out of room on Earth? Aiden, age 13, Maryland Heights,...
Human flight was still 7 years away in 1776. Now, we’re headed back to the moon
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An artist’s concept of astronauts working on the lunar surface. | Credit: NASAHumanity has likely dreamed of flight since the very beginning, marveling at birds...
How to find Uranus this week, the hardest planet I’ve ever tried to see
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Get your eyes on the seventh planet, and you can graduate as a skywatcher — and there's a perfect way to cheat this week as Mars glides by Uranus. | Credit: Created...
The ‘Oscars of Science’: Breakthrough Prize 2026 awards over $18 million for discoveries across space, physics and more
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Sergey Brin and Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto speak onstage during the 12th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 18, 2026 in Santa Monica, California. |...
The moon as you rarely see it: How a photographer captured night and day on the first quarter moon
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The first quarter moon shines over the city of Yorba Linda, California in March 2026. | Credit: Zachary CooperAstrophotographer Zachary Cooper created this...
The threat of light pollution puts the world’s darkest skies in the Atacama Desert at risk
THE ATACAMA DESERT, Chile (AP) — It takes a moment for the eyes to adjust. A faint spark appears in the darkness; then another, brighter one. Soon, stars, planets and entire constellations emerge. Before long, a whole galaxy stretches across the sky, visible to the...
Russia launches 3 tons of cargo to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Roscosmos/NASARussia launched its latest Progress cargo ship toward the International Space Station today (April 25).A Soyuz rocket topped with the robotic...
DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a genetic match really means
In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with that of the 14th-century German Jews, finding many “matches.” These...
From Apollo to alien worlds: 4 ‘firsts’ you can spot in the night sky tonight
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Here's how to find four incredible firsts after sunset. | Credit: Left: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of...
Why do some starburst galaxies mysteriously shut down? New study provides clues
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The starburst galaxy NGC 4536, seen here in a photo by the Hubble Space Telescope, has bright blue clusters of baby stars and pink clumps of ionized hydrogen gas...
Watch Russia launch 3 tons of cargo to the International Space Station today
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA/Roscosmos[embedded content]Russia will launch its latest Progress cargo ship toward the International Space Station today (April 25), and you can watch...
A bright star will disappear for up to an hour tonight — here’s what’s happening
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Regulus, in the constellation Leo. | Credit: Franco Tognarini via Getty ImagesIf you live in the middle Atlantic or southeast part of the United States, you'll have...
This X-ray image shows our solar system ‘breathing’
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Illustration of the separation of the SWCX foreground emission from the cosmic X-ray sky, for the Western Galactic hemisphere. The stripe patterns visible in the SWCX...
How did the USSR win the space race to beat the US to the moon in Apple TV’s new ‘Star City’?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Apple TV[embedded content]The world just witnessed Artemis 2's inspiring loop around the moon and back and we’re all still enraptured by NASA’s triumphant...
Mysterious golden orb discovered on the ocean floor near Alaska is identified over 2 years later
Huzzah! The mystery of an unidentified golden object that had been discovered on the ocean floor off Alaska’s Pacific Coast in 2023 has been solved.While scientists often encounter unfamiliar organisms in the deep sea, those mysteries are usually resolved quickly as...
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