Astronomers have discovered solid soccer-ball shaped molecules called buckyballs in space for the first time, providing a glimpse of the structure of matter and perhaps life in the cosmos. NASA's ...

World Cup soccer excitement has launched into space. Three astronauts in orbit are getting into the World Cup spirit on the International Space Station. The crewmembers are joining with billions ...

Scientists have kicked around many possibilities for the shape of the cosmos. Now one group says it is set up something like the surface of a soccer ball, with cosmic patches stitched together.