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Webb peers behind bars
Image: A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. The bright tendrils of gas and stars belong to the barred spiral galaxy NGC...
20 years of Mars Express: Mars as never seen before
A new mosaic of Mars marks 20 years since the launch of ESA's Mars Express, and reveals the planet’s colour and composition in spectacular detail.
Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón's words to Jupiter
A new work by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, written for an upcoming NASA mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, is a glance at outer space that returns back to Earth.
Famous birthdays for June 2: Jerry Mathers, Jeremy Ray Taylor
Actor Jerry Mathers turns 75 and actor Jeremy Ray Taylor turns 20, among the famous birthdays for June 2.
U.S., South Korea issue warning about North Korean hacker group linked to satellite launch
The United States and South Korea issued a joint cybersecurity advisory Friday against a North Korean hacker group that Seoul claims stole technology used in the North's failed satellite launch...
Black hole evaporation: Theoretical study proves Stephen Hawking partially correct
New theoretical research by Michael Wondrak, Walter van Suijlekom and Heino Falcke of Radboud University has shown that Stephen Hawking was right about black holes, although not completely. Due to...
U.S. retaliates over Russia's suspension of New START Treaty
The Biden administration said Thursday it is taking countermeasures against Russia's unilateral suspension of the New START Treaty.
A poem for Europa Clipper: US Poet Laureate Ada Limón reveals ode to fly on NASA Jupiter moon mission
"It is not darkness that unites us, not the cold distance of space, but the offering of water..." Those words, by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, are part of an...
Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA indefinitely over parachute, wiring safety issues
Boeing is standing down for the first-ever crewed launch of its Starliner capsule for NASA due to safety issues with the spacecraft's parachutes and wiring.
UTEP Opens Digital Engineering Facility at NASA Johnson Space Center
New Aerospace Center outpost trains students, NASA engineers in the emerging field of digital engineering
Observatorio Rubin acerca el universo al publico
El Observatorio Vera C. Rubin lanzo hoy su programa de Educacion y Extension Publica, marcando por primera vez la integracion entre una importante instalacion astronomica de proxima generacion, con un...
Rubin Observatory Brings a Universe of Discovery to the Public
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Education and Public Outreach program launches today, marking the first time that a major next-generation astronomy research facility has integrated a comprehensive and fully NSF-funded...
There may be hundreds of millions of habitable planets in the Milky Way, new study suggests
A new analysis of Kepler data shows that one-third of small stars called M dwarfs may have the potential to host life.
NASA's Kepler telescope discovered 2 mini-Neptune exoplanets just before dying
Astronomers discovered two mini-Neptunes and a third potential exoplanet in the final data sent home by NASA's Kepler space telescope just before it was decommissioned in late 2018.
NASA Looks Back at 50 Years of Gamma-Ray Burst Science
Portal origin URL: NASA Looks Back at 50 Years of Gamma-Ray Burst SciencePortal origin nid: 487446Published: Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Fifty years ago, on June...
Space tractor beams may not be the stuff of sci-fi for long
On Feb. 10, 2009, disaster struck hundreds of miles above the Siberian Peninsula. That evening, a defunct Russian satellite orbiting Earth crashed into a communications satellite called Iridium 33 moving...
Movie review: 'Shooting Stars' muddles LeBron James' story
The LeBron James biopic "Shooting Stars," on Peacock Friday, plays more like a two-hour highlights reel than a story.
Tyne Daly, Liev Schreiber to headline Broadway revival of 'Doubt'
Tyne Daly and Liev Schreiber are set to star in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of John Patrick Shanley's Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Doubt."
Dark Sky Utah: A complete guide to astro-travel in America's darkest state
How to go stargazing and the best places for astrophotography in the home of the first, the most and the best International Dark Sky Parks in the world.
James Webb Space Telescope finds water in super-hot exoplanet's atmosphere
The James Webb Space Telescope spotted water in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-18 b, which reaches nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,700 degrees Celsius).
The case of the missing Jupiters: Gas giant planets are a no-show around small red stars
Astronomers have revealed that the smallest and most common kinds of stars in the universe, called red dwarfs, very rarely host big, Jupiter-like planets. This absence of Jupiter analogs could...
NASA's Mars helicopter went silent for six agonizing days
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars has exceeded everyone's expectations, recently completing its 51st flight when it was supposed to fly just a few times as a demonstration mission. But flights...
'Dancing With The Stars' pros Daniella Karagach, Pasha Pashkov announce the birth of their daughter
Daniella Karagach and husband, Pasha Pashkov, of "Dancing with the Stars" announced the birth of their first child, a daughter named Nikita.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity went silent for 'agonizing' 6 days in April
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity didn't check in with its handlers for nearly a week this spring, and communications could continue to be spotty for a while yet.
Repeated signals from the center of the Milky Way could be aliens saying hello, new study claims
A new search for extraterrestrial life has scientists looking inward — toward the center of our galaxy.
Watch: Matilda De Angelis takes action in 'Citadel: Diana' teaser
"Citadel" expands beyond its initial show on Prime Video with a new iteration coming in 2024 starring Matilda De Angelis.
Space Force units to be permanently situated in Colorado, no decision on HQ
A number of high-profile units of U.S. Space Force will permanently be based in Colorado, after officials released a final decision.
Reports: Trump discussed classified documents in audio recording
Former President Donald Trump admitted he knowingly took U.S. secrets from the White House in a recording that surfaced this week in the federal investigation into his potential mishandling of...