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For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter, it was described as a p...

GENEVA — An autonomous robot — a base on wheels fitted with computer vision technology that snaps images of grapevines in near real-time — rolls down ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA aimed for a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, after fixing fuel leaks and working around a bad engine sensor that fo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA called off the launch of its mighty new moon rocket on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Monday after a last...

Stargazers have lots of chances to make wishes on shooting stars this month. Meteor showers will bring spectacular light shows this month as two of th...

A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across North America. The celestial ...

Was the (potentially) amazing James Webb Space Telescope launched from French Guiana on Christmas of all days to put it more in the public eye — or le...

British billionaire Richard Branson took a quick trip from New Mexico to the edge of space and back on Sunday, and along the way reminded us all of th...

It’s hard to imagine that a flight lasting a mere 39 seconds could represent monumental scientific achievement, but that was the reaction — and celebr...

Space, that final frontier, could become very crowded very soon. There are an estimated 2,200 satellites orbiting the Earth at present, but telecommun...

ST. BONAVENTURE — About two years ago, Patrick Schwabenbauer bought a new camera and began taking photographs of Olean. It may sound simple enough, bu...

From Pearl Harbor to JFK’s assassination to 9/11, everyone remembers where they were when they heard some of the most tragic news of the last 100 year...

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently opined that America “was never that great,” presumably he wasn't thinking of the stunning achievements of the Apollo s...

Our mail recently included an envelope from Richard A. “Dick” Rice of Waverly, Tenn., a Portville native, Class of 1954, who shared some of his experi...

The moon is providing a rare triple treat this week. On Wednesday, much of the world will get to see not only a blue moon and what has become known as...

In Saturday’s edition, the son of Korean War veteran Leonard K. Edwards, who grew up in Olean, shared more information about the service of his father...

When SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, loaded with supplies and experiments, docks with the International Space Station sometime Wednesday, a part from Olean w...

When SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, loaded with supplies and experiments, docks with the International Space Station sometime Wednesday, a part from Olean w...