On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the satellite that started the Space Race. Sputnik 1 was the first ...

On Aug. 11, 1960, part of the Discoverer 13 satellite became the first human-made object to be recovered from Earth's orbit. The United States Department of Defense launched the mission as part of the ...

Humanity’s fascination with speed has never ceased, as evidenced by our progress from rudimentary wheels to sophisticated supersonic jets. The latest triumph in this relentless pursuit of speed is the ...

Bearded vultures have been extinct in southern Spain for 70 to 130 years, depending on the specific region. But while the ...

Researchers found over 200 cultural artifacts within nests of bearded vultures, with the oldest item to date — a woven sandal ...

Just weeks ago, scientists warned that a "city killer" asteroid had a small chance of hitting Earth. While that prediction was thankfully revised, the planet may have to worry about another object ...

The Tesla Roadster and the mannequin "Starman" on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy upper stage, with Earth in background. SpaceX At the beginning of the year, scientists at the Minor Planet Center at the ...

This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 652 and 696 years old, researchers say. Photograph By Sergio Couto More than six centuries ago, a resident of southern ...

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, the farthest human-made object in space, left the solar system in 2012. Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / Getty Images illustration NASA engineers have ...

Luna 2, launched by the Soviet Union in September 1959, achieved the first human-made object impact on a celestial body other than Earth (the Moon). The mission's journey to the Moon lasted ...

Contrary to its name, Voyager 2 was the first of the vehicles launched into space first in Aug. 20 1977 from Florida. Its twin probe, Voyager 1, launched two weeks later on Sept. 5. At more than 15 ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...