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Living in space for months inevitably leads to unforeseen problems, and overcoming them requires adaptability and flexibility, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station told Fox News. “We have had some unexpected challenges in the last couple of weeks,” European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen said. “We were planning to …

Will the wandering magnetic North Pole create crazy superstorms? The eye-popping connection between the planet’s weather and its magnetic field has caught hold among scaremongers recently, ever since scientists described the potential of devastating “superstorms” — storms caused, scientists say, by flowing gushers of water in the sky known as …

It’s the year 2154 and humankind has reached out to the stars in director James Cameron’s new science-fiction epic Avatar. The movie takes us to an exotic jungle moon called Pandora where humans are the aliens and a clash is brewing with the natives. Cameron, who has served as an …

The first man to walk on the moon has blasted off at the Obama administration’s stripped-down space plans, describing the president’s proposals as “devastating.” But supporters of the president’s latest plan, which will be unveiled on Thursday, insist all systems are go for an accelerated rocket program that sets new …