Some objects were placed in space on purpose, symbolic gestures meant to inspire or amuse. Others were lost by accident, abandoned or forgotten during ambitious missions.

The Erie Moon Mammoths (also known as the Erie SeaWolves) are the product of a rebrand promotion from the "Last Week Tonight ...

In the summer of 1991, a scuba diver named George Moon was combing the depths of Lake Pleasant in Erie County, Pa. When he ...

Local resident George Moon was diving in Lake Pleasant when he surfaced with a massive, fossilized bone nearly three feet ...

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Independence Day is a quintessential American holiday and the flag is its most visible symbol, but many Americans are unaware ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

On Episode 167 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by AJ Gemer of Lunar Outpost, a fast-moving company ...

Felton Davis offered thousands of strangers a close-up view of the Moon and planets orbiting New York City. Now he’s passing ...

While the Outer Space Treaty (OST) provides vital foundations for tackling this global issue, the principles it first laid out in 1967 need to be further refined to produce rules that we can apply in ...

Scripted by Rip Van Ronkel, James O’Hanlon, and influential sci-fi author Robert A. Heinlin, it’s one of the first science ...

After an exploitative 2015 show, I was wary about being an academic “beard” for another exhibition in the guise of “revision.” Monstrous Beauty is a different beast.