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Investigators reach Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site
JC FinleyKIEV, Ukraine, July 31 (UPI) -- International investigators regained access to the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash site on Thursday, after nearly a week of rebel fighting in the...
Mysterious Giant Hole In Siberia Investigated By Scientists | Video
Scientists have launched an investigation into a giant crater that suddenly appeared in Siberia. Internet speculation on the hole's origins abounds.
Timely arrival of Pharao space clock
ESA has welcomed the arrival of Pharao, an important part of ESA's atomic clock experiment that will be attached to the International Space Station in 2016.
NASA Mars spacecraft prepare for close comet flyby
NASA is taking steps to protect its Mars orbiters, while preserving opportunities to gather valuable scientific data, as Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring heads toward a close flyby of Mars...
Best Space Photos of the Week - July 26, 2014
From a look again at the first footprints on the moon to the ISS view of Gaza, don't miss these amazing space images of the week for July 26, 2014.
Listening in on cosmic messages
Yet to be deciphered, fast radio bursts represent the latest messages from space with the potential to tell us more about the cosmos.
Public Invited to See Shuttle 'Lift Off' at Space Center Houston
The countdown has begun for the liftoff of a space shuttle from Houston — and you are invited to take a front row seat. On Aug. 14, Space Center Houston's...
Jeff Bridges says 'The Giver' co-star Taylor Swift has a future as an actress
Veronica LinaresSAN DIEGO, July 25 (UPI) -- After starring opposite to Taylor Swift in the sci-fi thriller, "The Giver," Jeff Bridges said he thinks the young songstress is "such a...
Searching for distant signals
Fast radio bursts are bright, brief and seem to come from very far away. Astronomers are pointing major telescopes skyward to solve the puzzle of these cryptic signals.
NASA Marketing Movie 2014 | Agency Video
This NASA-produced video combines a greatest hits retrospective of past spaceflight with suggestions of humans-to-asteroid and Mars missions, plus animation of a yet unbuilt heavy lift launch vehicle.
Taking Sid Meier's 'Civilization' Beyond Earth (Op-Ed)
When we were asked to design a new science-fiction entry in the "Sid Meier’s Civilization" series, it was one of those amazing moments when we realized we were going to...
NASA released 3-D printer files for models of satellites, probes and planets
Brooks HaysWASHINGTON, July 25 (UPI) -- Anyone with a computer, internet connection and 3-D printer can now make miniature replicas of satellites, probes and planets.
Hundreds of London-bound passengers stranded at LAX for days
Matt BradwellLOS ANGELES, July 25 (UPI) -- Norwegian Air passengers have taken to Twitter and local media to voice outrage after ongoing cancellations have left hundreds stranded at LAX since...
Miles Teller stars as a drum prodigy in 'Whiplash' trailer
Annie MartinLOS ANGELES, July 25 (UPI) -- Miles Teller stars as a drum prodigy under the harsh tutelage of J.K. Simmons' character in the first full-length trailer for "Whiplash."
Uma Thurman, Bradley Cooper to star in 'Adam Jones'
Annie MartinLOS ANGELES, July 25 (UPI) -- Uma Thurman has joined the cast of "Adam Jones," which stars Bradley Cooper as a chef hoping to land his own kitchen.
Artist sends plants into space for stunning pictures
JP Aerospace specializes in launching everyday items into space without using a rocket. Its most recent project features Japanese plant art suspended above Earth. KOVR-TV's Anjali Hemphill reports.
Gisele Bundchen stars in Sonia Rykiel's fall campaign ads
Veronica LinaresPARIS, July 25 (UPI) -- Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen posed with a bare face for the fall collection ads of Parisian label Sonia Rykiel.
First in-situ images of void collapse in explosives
While creating the first-ever images of explosives using an x-ray free electron laser in California, Los Alamos researchers and collaborators demonstrated a crucial diagnostic for studying how voids affect explosives...
Rough Road Ahead: Rocky Mars Terrain Challenges Curiosity Rover
Curiosity has just crossed out of its landing ellipse, the 12- by 4-mile(19 by 7 kilometers) zone targeted for its August 2012 touchdown and is now moving toward an increasingly...
How do we terraform Venus?
It might be possible to terraform Venus some day, when our technology gets good enough. The challenges for Venus are totally different than for Mars. How will we need to...
Reinventing entertainment for a digital generation
Children's entertainment is in a mess. This is in no small part due to recent revelations about just what was happening when the stars of earlier generations were producing content.
Portuguese group plans major wind presence
Daniel J. GraeberLISBON, Portugal, July 25 (UPI) -- A consortium of Portuguese energy companies announced plans to invest close to $300 million on wind energy development in the country.
U.S.: Russia to deliver rocket launchers to Ukrainian separatists
JC FinleyWASHINGTON, July 25 (UPI) -- The State Department unveiled new intelligence that Russia plans to provide more rocket launchers to Ukrainian separatists while also shooting at the military.
'Extreme solar storm' could have pulled the plug on Earth
Satellites, power and water supplies would have been hit if billion-ton plasma cloud had erupted from sun a week earlier Continue reading...
Image: Chandra's view of the Tycho Supernova remnant
More than four centuries after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe first observed the supernova that bears his name, the supernova remnant it created is now a bright source of X-rays. The...
Bunnies on the Moon? 7 Lunar Myths Apollo 11 Debunked
Is the moon made of green cheese? Is it a hollow spaceship? Apollo 11 helped put these and other ideas to rest.
Alien Planet's Size Measured Like Never Before
Using observations by NASA's Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes, researchers determined that the exoplanet Kepler-93b is 1.48 times the size of Earth, allowing scientists to conclude that the planet is...
Cal Madow
Earth observation image of the week: Cal Madow mountain range in northern Somalia, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme