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NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Wednesday,...
Spacewalking astronaut loses mirror, newest space junk
A spacewalking astronaut added to the millions of pieces of junk orbiting the Earth on Friday, losing a small mirror as soon as he stepped out of the International Space...
Precise measurement of liquid iron density under extreme conditions
Using the large synchrotron radiation facility SPring-8 in Japan, a collaboration of researchers from Kumamoto University, the University of Tokyo, and others from Japan and France have precisely measured the...
Watch live: Astronauts conduct spacewalk outside space station
Two NASA astronauts conducted a spacewalk Friday to replace lithium ion batteries outside the International Space Station.
CERN experiment makes first observation of rare events producing three massive force carriers
Modern physics knows a great deal about how the universe works, from the grand scale of galaxies down to the infinitesimally small size of quarks and gluons. Still, the answers...
Watch: Charlie Puth performs 'Girlfriend' on 'Late Late Show'
Charlie Puth performed his new single "Girlfriend" and recounted his "surreal" experience working with Elton John.
YouTube star Jenna Marbles quits channel, apologizes for offensive videos
YouTube star Jenna Marbles announced she is leaving her channel and apologized for releasing offensive videos in the past which contained racist and sexist content.
North Korea defector offices raided, funding ‘under investigation’
South Korean police raided the office of a North Korean defector who is under investigation for sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border, days after the defector said he distributed material...
Astronomers find a pair of ‘super Earths’ in a nearby star system
Two super-Earth exoplanets orbit Gliese 887, 11 light years from Earth. (Mark Garlick/)Space telescopes like Kepler and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have made hunting for exoplanets an industrial pursuit. Their mechanical...
NASA naming headquarters for 1st Black female engineer
NASA is naming its Washington headquarters after Mary Jackson, the space agency's first African American female engineer whose story was portrayed in the popular film 'Hidden Figures.'
An unusual visitor: Bearded seal spotted at Laval marina
A bearded seal — usually found in the Arctic — was spotted at a marina in Laval Tuesday, jumping out of the water to relax on a floating dock.
Peruvian Andes
Image: The Andes mountains, in southern Peru, are featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Astronomers bolster case for potential of life on one of Jupiter's moons, Europa
New research by NASA scientists lends further support to the theory that, beneath the thick, icy crust of Europa, the Jovian moon's interior ocean could be habitable.
Earth from Space: Peruvian Andes
Video: 00:00:00 In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Andes mountains, in southern Peru, are featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 missionSee also Peruvian Andes to...
Virgin Galactic marks second glide flight over New Mexico
Virgin Galactic on Thursday celebrated the second successful glide flight of its spaceship over Spaceport America in southern New Mexico.
NRL telescope onboard SOHO discovers 4000th comet
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument identified the 4000th comet discovered by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint mission between the European Space...
Colorado governor appoints attorney general to investigate Elijah McClain's death
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday designated the state's attorney general to investigate the death of Elijah McClain, a black man who was killed after being stopped by Aurora police...
Japan cancels plans to deploy Aegis Ashore systems at 2 sites
Japan has canceled plans to deploy Aegis Ashore land-based missile interceptions systems at two sites in Japan.
NASA's Disk Detective Project Relaunches with 150,000 Stars
Disk Detective is back! Disk Detective is the NASA citizen science project that previously discovered “Peter Pan” disks (the longest-lived disks that form planets), as well discovered the youngest nearby disk around a...
NASA's Disk Detective Project Relaunches with 150,000 Stars
Eyebrow: Citizen Science NewsBody: Disk Detective is back! Disk Detective is the NASA citizen science project that previously discovered “Peter Pan” disks as well discovered the youngest nearby disk around a brown...
4,000th Comet Discovered by ESA & NASA Solar Observatory
Eyebrow: Citizen Science NewsBody: On June 15, 2020, a citizen scientist spotted a never-before-seen comet in data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO — the 4,000th comet discovery in the...
NASA's Disk Detective Project Relaunches with 150,000 Stars
Disk Detective is back! Disk Detective is the NASA citizen science project that previously discovered “Peter Pan” disks (the longest-lived disks that form planets), as well discovered the youngest nearby disk around a...
NASA takes first step to allow computers to decide what to tell us in search for life on Mars
NASA has stepped closer to allowing remote onboard computers to direct the search for life on other planets. Scientists from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center have announced first results...
A free 'Falsettos' watch party: How to join the sing-along
Here's how to see the musical starring Christian Borle and Andrew Rannells. Plus Gwendoline Christie, Billy Porter, the Tesla Cybertruck and more.
Astronomers find massive black hole in the early universe
With the help of a trio of Hawaiian telescopes, astronomers have imaged the 13-billion-year-old light of a distant quasar -- the second-most distant quasar ever found.
Monster black hole found in the early universe
Astronomers have discovered the second-most distant quasar ever found. It is the first quasar to receive an indigenous Hawaiian name, Poniua'ena. Data show the supermassive black hole powering Poniua'ena is...
Motions in the Sun reveal inner workings of sunspot cycle
The Sun's convection zone plays a key role in the generation and evolution of the Sun's magnetic field. Analyzing data sets spanning more than 20 years researchers from the Max...
700-km Brazil 'megaflash' sets lightning record: UN
The UN's weather agency announced Thursday the longest lightning bolt on record—a single flash in Brazil on October 31, 2018 that cut the sky across more than 700 kilometers.