Science / Space

The NPR host has launched a new series called "Healing 2.0." Vedantam tells us why he's bringing us this series as we head into what is supposedly the happiest time of the year.

Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when he received the genetically modified pig heart in September.

Many private and public health insurers won’t cover the $4,000-to-$8,000 expense of whole-genome sequencing. Florida now is among eight state Medicaid that programs do.

The Orionid meteor shower is happening for an entire month, but is predicted to peak Saturday and Sunday, between midnight and dawn.

The ancient black dust and chunks are from the carbon-rich asteroid named Bennu, almost 60 million miles away.

SpaceX launched the Psyche spacecraft on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft is named for the metal-rich asteroid it's chasing, which scientists believe is the battered remains of an early planet's iron core.

With $100 million in new investment, the private space company plans to further develop its fully reusable rocket and construction at Cape Canaveral's LC-14.

Amazon has launched the first test satellites for its planned internet service. United Launch Alliance's Atlas rocket blasted off Friday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with the two test satellites.

An Embry Riddle Aeronautical University professor explains how what's happening in space impacts our economy in Florida.

NASA has a slim window to launch the robotic spacecraft to the asteroid belt, where it will study the 170-mile wide asteroid Psyche.

NASA's Frank Rubio breaks the U.S. record for longest single mission in space, spending more than a year living and working on the International Space Station.

Anna Maria Island is currently experiencing a breathtaking display of bioluminescence along its shores.