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Ukraine claims to have reached cease-fire with Russia
Aileen GraefMOSCOW, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Wednesday that Ukraine and Russia had reached a cease-fire agreement, a sign of a potential end to the conflict.
Holder: 'Change is coming' to Ferguson after shooting
Gabrielle LevyFERGUSON, Mo., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Eric Holder landed in Ferguson, Mo., Wednesday as a grand jury was expected to hear evidence in the case against Darren Wilson in...
Week's Best Space Pictures: Meteors Shower, Sweden Burns, and Rosetta Orbits
The Perseids compete with a supermoon, a Swedish forest goes up in smoke, and the Rosetta spacecraft orbits a comet.
NASA sees no punch left in Tropical Storm Julio
Tropical Storm Julio doesn't have any strong thunderstorms or strong convection left in it according to infrared satellite imagery from NASA.
Hubble revisits a globular cluster's age
(Phys.org) —This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the globular cluster IC 4499.
Astronauts Are Sleep-Deprived in Space
Researchers discovered that 64 astronauts on board 80 space shuttle missions, and 21 astronauts on the International Space Station slept for just six hours per night on average, even though...
NASA Satellite Takes First Look at Earth's Carbon Dioxide
NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, which blasted off July 2, arrived in its final orbit 438 miles above the Earth on Aug. 3. The satellite then collected its first test data...
Rare Sight: Clouds Move On Saturn's Huge Moon Titan (Video, Photos)
Cassini looked on last month as methane clouds floated above Ligeia Mare, a big hydrocarbon sea near Titan's north pole. Few clouds had been seen on Titan since 2010, so...
Northrop Grumman to aid exploration of Sun's corona
Richard TomkinsWOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- NASA's Solar Probe Plus mission to examine the Sun will use Northrop Grumman system for spacecraft stabilization, in a contract valued at...
Robin Williams Remembered: Watch Him Make NASA Laugh in 1988 (Video)
Robin Williams, an Oscar-winning actor best known for his comedic work, died yesterday (Aug. 11) of an apparent suicide at 63 years old. In 1988, Williams helped to wake up...
In praise of ... supermoons
There are three perigee moons this year, but this weeks comes closer to the earth than any of the rest Continue reading...
Follow the radio waves to find hidden exomoons
Scientists hunting for life beyond Earth have discovered more than 1,800 planets outside our solar system, or exoplanets, in recent years, but so far, no one has been able to...
ALMA confirms comets forge organic molecules in their dusty atmospheres
(Phys.org) —An international team of scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has made incredible 3D images of the ghostly atmospheres surrounding comets ISON and Lemmon. These new observations...
Observatory: A Galaxy That Doesn’t Look Far, Far Away
A telescope in Chile captures a clear, detailed image of Messier 33, a neighbor of the Milky Way.
Observatory: Untangling the Mystery of Spider Silk
As culturally familiar is the sticky, spun threads are, scientists are just learning how spiders produce it.
Runaway couples create lonely supernovae
Calcium-rich explosions involve ejected binary stars
Space Camp Hall of Fame Honors Astronaut, Trainer and Entrepreneur
The Space Camp Hall of Fame, founded in 2007, added three new members to its ranks. The 2014 class includes astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, former astronaut trainer Michelle Ham and the...
ISEE-3 completes lunar flyby, begins a citizen science program
The journey began on August 12, 1978 from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II launch vehicle. Now after 36 years and 30 billions miles of travel around the Sun—as well...
Spitzer Telescope Honored by Aerospace Society
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has received the 2014 AIAA Space Science Award for its ongoing infrared studies of the hidden cosmos.
'Super moon' to reach closest point for almost 20 years
Stargazers hope to see bigger and brighter moon but will have to look closely to detect 0.3% difference Continue reading...
James Franco debuts bleach-blond look
Veronica LinaresNEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- James Franco took to Instagram Monday to share a photo of his new "late 90s bleached look."
Dude who passed out at 'Project P' rave in Michigan: 'I passed out on my own'
Evan BleierMECOSTA COUNTY, Mich., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Internet sensation Ray Hulin spoke out after he was shown passed out during a news segment about the "Project P" rave in...
Space Data Association joins hands with Department of Defense
Richard TomkinsISLE OF MAN, Isle of Man, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The Space Data Association, an international association of satellite operators, has joined a U.S. Department of Defense program.
Poll: Investigation not hurting N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election
Frances BurnsLOUDONVVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- While many New Yorkers agree that corruption is a problem, a new poll finds allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo have had little impact...
Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian step out together in rare outing
Veronica LinaresNEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Scott Disick joined longtime girlfriend Kourtney Kardashian at an event hosted by Women's Health magazine in The Hamptons on Saturday.
Scientists to Track and Calibrate EUSO Telescope Prototype in Canada
A graduate student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and also a scientist and an engineer from UAH are on the way to Canada to help calibrate a...
Sun sets for a NASA solar monitoring spacecraft
After 14 years of monitoring Earth's main energy source, radiation from the sun, NASA's Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor satellite has lost contact with its ground operations team at NASA's...
Far Out: The Most Distant Star in the Milky Way
A star 890,000 light-years away patrols our galactic frontier -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com