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We’ve been predicting eclipses for over 2000 years. Here’s how.

We’ve been predicting eclipses for over 2000 years. Here’s how.

By Mary Beth Griggs

A brief history of spacewalks

A brief history of spacewalks

By Jason Lederman

How to build an hourglass watchtower

How to build an hourglass watchtower

By William Gurstelle

tuskegee study subject

The Tuskegee Study reminds us that transparency in government science is vital

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Here’s our original coverage of Apollo 11

Here’s our original coverage of Apollo 11

Why doctors are still studying JFK’s chronic back pain

Why doctors are still studying JFK’s chronic back pain

By Kate Baggaley

This new museum exhibit tells us to respect the microbes that live on us

This new museum exhibit tells us to respect the microbes that live on us

By Claire Maldarelli

DNA from Egyptian mummies and Viking graves reveals how cats conquered the world

How to build a medieval crossbow

How to build a medieval crossbow

By William Gurstelle

Da Vinci’s Architronito

How to build a steam-powered cannon invented by Da Vinci

By William Gurstelle

Build a gas-powered marshmallow shooter

Build a gas-powered marshmallow shooter

By William Gurstelle

Smallpox could be way younger than we thought

Smallpox could be way younger than we thought

By Sara Chodosh

Many have tried, but no one has solved the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s demise

Many have tried, but no one has solved the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s demise

Vintage Space is Moving!

Vintage Space is Moving!

How The Noise Of Big Rockets Breaks Apart Buildings

How The Noise Of Big Rockets Breaks Apart Buildings

By Amy Shira Teitel

Two N-1 rockets on launch pads

This Rocket Failed to Put Soviets on the Moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

How Humans Evolved To Hurt Each Other

How Humans Evolved To Hurt Each Other

By Samantha Cole

How Little Vibrations Break Big Rockets

How Little Vibrations Break Big Rockets

By Amy Shira Teitel

Human Remains Found In 2,000-Year-Old Antikythera Shipwreck

Human Remains Found In 2,000-Year-Old Antikythera Shipwreck

By Mary Beth Griggs

How NASA Goes to Space Without Leaving the Earth

How NASA Goes to Space Without Leaving the Earth

By Amy Shira Teitel

A Boy And His Trebuchet

Build Your Own Mini Medieval Siege Weapon

By William Gurstelle

The motor driven articulated dummy

Meet the Creepiest Android NASA Ever Built

By Amy Shira Teitel

You Could Own This Freaky NASA Robot From The 1960s

You Could Own This Freaky NASA Robot From The 1960s

Jerrie Cobb poses next to a Mercury Capsule

Why Did the Mercury 13 Astronauts Never Fly in Space?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Take A Tour Of New York City In The 1800s With Google Street View

Take A Tour Of New York City In The 1800s With Google Street View

By Samantha Cole

NASA's Satellite Juno at Jupiter

Why You Should Be Really Excited That Juno is at Jupiter

By Amy Shira Teitel

Why Does a Rocket Need to Roll Going Into Orbit?

Why Does a Rocket Need to Roll Going Into Orbit?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Why Did NASA Still Use Pure Oxygen After the Apollo 1 Fire?

By Amy Shira Teitel

What Was the Mir Space Station?

What Was the Mir Space Station?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Does the Moon Sound Like a Bell?

Does the Moon Sound Like a Bell?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Why Were There Holes in the Titan Rocket that Launched NASA’s Gemini Missions?

Why Were There Holes in the Titan Rocket that Launched NASA’s Gemini Missions?

By Amy Shira Teitel

DIY eye in the sky

Re-Create The First Intercontinental Weapon

By William Gurstelle

Women In The Middle Ages Dressed Better Than Men

By Grennan Milliken

Suitsat Might Be The Creepiest Satellite Ever

Suitsat Might Be The Creepiest Satellite Ever

By Amy Shira Teitel

The Apollo 13 crew the day before launch

How Quickly Did the Crew of Apollo 13 Know They Had Lost the Moon?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Meet The Amazing Women Who Launched America’s First Rockets

Meet The Amazing Women Who Launched America’s First Rockets

By Nathalia Holt

I (Sort of) Hosted A Show with President Obama!

I (Sort of) Hosted A Show with President Obama!

By Amy Shira Teitel

Apollo 11 First Stage Separation

How the Saturn V Broke into Pieces Launching to the Moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

Hannibal’s Famous Alps Crossing Revealed By Ancient Animal Poop

Hannibal’s Famous Alps Crossing Revealed By Ancient Animal Poop

By Grennan Milliken

Command-Service Module Separation

How Did the Apollo Command and Service Modules Separate?

By Amy Shira Teitel

A Surprisingly Deep History Of Jet Engines And The Planes That Carried Them

A Surprisingly Deep History Of Jet Engines And The Planes That Carried Them

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Why Did The Air Force Play With Cats In Space?

Why Did The Air Force Play With Cats In Space?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Michaelson channeling his inner astronaut.

Meet The First Civilian To Successfully Launch A Rocket Into Space

By Amy Shira Teitel

Shipwrecks And Tree Rings Extend The Hurricane Record By 350 Years

Shipwrecks And Tree Rings Extend The Hurricane Record By 350 Years

By Mary Beth Griggs

A Gemini Model with Paraglider

The Paraglider: How NASA Tried And Failed To Land Without Parachutes

By Amy Shira Teitel

What Really Happened When Apollo 10 Heard Music in Space?

What Really Happened When Apollo 10 Heard Music in Space?

By Amy Shira Teitel

William Gurstelle shoots bottle bazooka

I Defend My Backyard With A Bottle Bazooka

By William Gurstelle

This is what Downtime Looked Like Going to the Moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

How the Apollo lunar modules were smashed for science

How the Apollo lunar modules were smashed for science

By Amy Shira Teitel

Liftoff of a spaceship

An Apollo Lunar Landing Told Through Vintage Art

By Amy Shira Teitel

How NASA Broadcast Neil Armstrong Live from the Moon

How NASA Broadcast Neil Armstrong Live from the Moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

Two Become One: How the Apollo Spacecraft Stuck Together

Two Become One: How the Apollo Spacecraft Stuck Together

Geometry Tablets

Humans Calculated Paths Of Planets 1,400 Years Earlier Than We Thought

By Grennan Milliken

How ‘Popular Science’ Covered The Challenger Disaster

How ‘Popular Science’ Covered The Challenger Disaster

By Carl Franzen

Why Did NASA Choose an Untested Missile to Launch Gemini?

Why Did NASA Choose an Untested Missile to Launch Gemini?

Seventy-Ton Titanosaur Unveiled At Museum Of Natural History

Seventy-Ton Titanosaur Unveiled At Museum Of Natural History

By Grennan Milliken

Explorer 1’s 1958 launch

The Interservice Rivalry that Delayed America’s First Satellite Launch

By Amy Shira Teitel

How the Stage was Set for the Satellite Race

How the Stage was Set for the Satellite Race

By Amy Shira Teitel

NASA’s earliest Christmases in Space Weren’t All Merry

NASA’s earliest Christmases in Space Weren’t All Merry

By Amy Shira Teitel

How Otto Winzen Took Men Into the Stratosphere

How Otto Winzen Took Men Into the Stratosphere

By Amy Shira Teitel

Kepler and the Universe

Kepler and the Universe

Video: Sunken Seaplane Was One Of The First Victims Of Pearl Harbor

By Mary Beth Griggs

Was The V-2 A Nazi Weapon?

Was The V-2 A Nazi Weapon?

By Amy Shira Teitel

A Brief History of Space Stations before the ISS

A Brief History of Space Stations before the ISS

By Amy Shira Teitel