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New research deepens understanding of Earth's interaction with the solar wind
Scientists have reproduced a process that occurs in space to deepen understanding of what happens when the Earth encounters the solar wind.
Minnesota to launch civil rights investigation into Minneapolis police
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights on Tuesday announced a probe into the Minneapolis Police Department following the police-involved killing of George Floyd.
New tricks from old data: Astronomer uses 25-year-old Hubble data to confirm planet Proxima Centauri c
Fritz Benedict has used data he took over two decades ago with Hubble Space Telescope to confirm the existence of another planet around the Sun's nearest neighbor, Proxima Centauri, and...
The extraordinary sample-gathering system of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover
The samples Apollo 11 brought back to Earth from the Moon were humanity's first from another celestial body. NASA's upcoming Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission will collect the first samples...
Citizen scientists spot closest young brown dwarf disk yet
Scientists spot a brown dwarf disk that is the closest young system yet discovered.
Citizen scientists spot closest young brown dwarf disk yet
Brown dwarfs are the middle child of astronomy, too big to be a planet yet not big enough to be a star. Like their stellar siblings, these objects form from the gravitational...
Citizen scientists spot closest young brown dwarf disk yet
Brown dwarfs are the middle child of astronomy, too big to be a planet yet not big enough to be a star. Like their stellar siblings, these objects form from...
Astronauts ring opening bell for Nasdaq from space station
The astronauts launched into orbit by SpaceX joined in the ringing of the opening bell for the Nasdaq on Tuesday to mark "a pivotal moment" for the space economy.
JPL mission breaks record for smallest satellite to detect an exoplanet
Long before it was deployed into low-Earth orbit from the International Space Station in Nov. 2017, the tiny ASTERIA spacecraft had a big goal: to prove that a satellite roughly...
Intense flash from Milky Way's black hole illuminated gas far outside of our galaxy
About 3.5 million years ago, the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy unleashed an enormous burst of energy. Our primitive ancestors, already afoot on the...
A new galactic center adventure in virtual reality
By combining data from telescopes with supercomputer simulations and virtual reality (VR), a new visualization allows you to experience 500 years of cosmic evolution around the supermassive black hole at...
Magnetic fields force new perspective on Milky Way's black hole
Observations from Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) indicate that the magnetic field near our galaxy's core is strong enough to control the material moving around the black hole,...
Galactic star formation and supermassive black hole masses
Astronomers studying how star formation evolved over cosmic time have discovered that quiescent galaxies (galaxies that are currently not making many new stars) frequently have active galactic nuclei. These AGN...
Reflecting sunlight to cool the planet will cause other global changes
How can the world combat the continued rise in global temperatures? How about shading the Earth from a portion of the sun's heat by injecting the stratosphere with reflective aerosols?...
Large simulation finds new origin of supermassive black holes
Computer simulations conducted by astrophysicists at Tohoku University in Japan, have revealed a new theory for the origin of supermassive black holes. In this theory, the precursors of supermassive black...
NASA analyzes Gulf of Mexico's reborn tropical depression soaking potential
Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed that strong storms from a redeveloped tropical cyclone were soaking parts of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Tropical Depression 03L is expected to generate heavy...
NASA Science Live: Special Edition - NASA's Next Solar System Explorer
Our new NASA solar system mission, #Dragonfly, will send a rotocraft-lander to explore Saturn's moon, Titan! Why Titan? This ocean world is unique in the solar system, with organic compounds...
Magnetic Fields Force New Perspective on the Center of Our Milky Way Galaxy
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Solar Ring mission: A new concept of space exploration for understanding Sun and the inner heliosphere
With the development of science and technology, human activity has expanded from land, sea and sky to space and other planets. In the near future, deep space and other terrestrial...
Atmospheric scientists identify cleanest air on Earth in first-of-its-kind study
A research group has identified an atmospheric region unchanged by human-related activities in the first study to measure bioaerosol composition of the Southern Ocean south of 40 degrees south latitude.
Large simulation finds new origin of supermassive black holes
Computer simulations conducted by astrophysicists have revealed a new theory for the origin of supermassive black holes. In this theory, the precursors of supermassive black holes grow by swallowing up...
Watch: Michael Che talks filming 'SNL at home on 'Late Night'
Michael Che discussed on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" his experience with filming new episodes of "Saturday Night Live" from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Milky Way has one very hot halo, astronomers find
The halo that surrounds our own Milky Way galaxy is much hotter than scientists once believed – and it may not be unique among galaxies. The new findings were presented at a...
'Parks and Rec' star Nick Offerman's comedy specials: Your quarantine must-watch of the day
How to stream three comedy specials starring "Parks and Rec's" Nick Offerman — only $5 a pop
'Mission: Impossible 7' plans to resume filming in September
"Mission: Impossible 7," starring Tom Cruise, is slated to start shooting again in September after shutting down production due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Astronomers capture a pulsar 'powering up'
A Monash-University-led collaboration has, for the first time, observed the full, 12-day process of material spiraling into a distant neutron star, triggering an X-ray outburst thousands of times brighter than...
SpaceX's historic launch gives Australia's booming space industry more room to fly
At the weekend, Elon Musk's commercial giant SpaceX launched two NASA astronauts in a spacecraft named Crew Dragon which, from the inside, looked like a souped-up Tesla.
Detection of Crab Nebula shows viability of innovative gamma-ray telescope
Scientists in the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consortium have detected gamma rays from the Crab Nebula using a prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT), proving the viability of the novel telescope design...