A privately funded crew will launch on a SpaceX rocket next week on a mission to orbit Earth's poles - something that has ...

If it is not continents drifting apart due to tectonic plates, it is the Earth’s magnetic pole that is changing. The Earth’s magnetic pole has been on an interesting journey. Known to be positioned in ...

"This mission, the Fram2 mission, is going to be the first all-civilian free-flyer mission to orbit the poles of Earth, which makes it very unique," Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta said. He is the vice chair of ...

Windstorms can seem like they come out of nowhere, hitting with a sudden blast. They might be hundreds of miles long, ...

Next week, a crew of private astronauts is expected to go where no one has gone before. Chun Wang, the crypto entrepreneur ...

Two notes: the 21st century technically didn’t begin until 2001, but come on; 2000 videos are allowed. Also, artists and ...

Have you ever played with a magnet and stuck it in a sandy wash? It will pick up lots of black stuff. Some call it black sand; some might think ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

NASA's newest space telescope has blasted off to map the entire sky like never before. Launched Tuesday night from California ...

NASA's newest space telescope has blasted off to map the entire sky like never before. Launched Tuesday night from California ...

BEFORE the time of the Scotch geologist, James Hut- ton, some 6,000 years was believed to indicate the age of the earth, and ... returned to him again at the poles. A refinement of the theory ...