Virgin Galactic has sparked controversy after transporting the fossils of two ancient humans into space. The fossils of the two extinct hominin species were under the custodianship of the University ...

A two-million-year-old early human ancestor has become the oldest traveler to space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

The university known as the cradle of astronauts will soon send a few more folks to the final frontier. Twenty-eight alumni of Indiana-based Purdue have flown to space or been selected for spaceflight ...

A clavicle and thumb bone from two of humanity's oldest relatives traveled into suborbital space on a tourist trip last week. By Andrew Paul Published Sep 12, 2023 10:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

Timothy Nash, one of the passengers on the flight, had partnered with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa to bring a fossilized Australopithecus sediba clavicle (estimated to be up to ...

Archaeologists were affronted to discover that billionaire Richard Branson had sent ancient hominin bones up on a commercial space flight, with some suggesting that the stunt reeks of colonialism. “To ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic” or the “Company”) today announced the completion of its fifth successful human space mission in ...

The battle of the billionaires hoping to claim their stake in outer space wages onward. This past weekend, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceflight company successfully reached outer space for ...