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NASA selects Astrobotic to fly water-hunting rover to the moon
NASA has awarded Astrobotic of Pittsburgh $199.5 million to deliver NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the moon's South Pole in late 2023.
New Horizons conducts the first interstellar parallax experiment
For the first time, a spacecraft has sent back pictures of the sky from so far away that some stars appear to be in different positions than we'd see from...
Image: Hubble glimpses a galaxy among many
Looking deep into the universe, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope catches a passing glimpse of the numerous arm-like structures that sweep around this barred spiral galaxy, known as NGC 2608....
Scientists close in on 12-billion-year-old signal from the end of the universe's 'dark age'
Today, stars fill the night sky. But when the universe was in its infancy, it contained no stars at all. And an international team of scientists is closer than ever...
'The Bachelor': Matt James to be show's first black star
Matt James was named the lead of "The Bachelor" Season 25 following new dialogue about the franchise's lack of diversity.
Minnesota begins special legislative session on police reform
A special session of the Minnesota Legislature will convene Friday after Gov. Tim Walz and Democratic lawmakers proposed sweeping measures to reform policing after the killing of George Floyd nearly...
SSMS inaugural flight on Vega
Video: 00:03:40 Vega's new SSMS dispenser provides routine affordable access to space for small satellites.
Astronomers spot repeating radio burst patterns from deep space
The Lovell Telescope in the UK has found 32 bursts from deep space, helping a team of astronomers uncover a pattern in their flashes. (Kristi Mickaliger/)Astronomers have spent six years watching an unknown...
Dalian Coherent Light Source reveals new dissociation channels in ethane photochemistry
Understanding and exploiting the environment of extraterrestrial bodies is a central objective of planetary science. The gas giants, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, are rich in molecular chemistry...
Once Starship prototypes stop exploding, we could see an orbital launch this year
SpaceX has had a lot of ups and downs lately. On Saturday, May 30, the company made history when their Crew Dragon spacecraft took off from the NASA Kennedy Space...
Have you got what it takes to become an astronaut in the new era of human spaceflight?
Millions of people watched breathlessly as astronauts for the first time successfully travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) in a privately funded spacecraft, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew...
Minnesota begins special legislative session to mull police reforms
A special session of the Minnesota Legislature will convene Friday after Gov. Tim Walz and Democratic lawmakers proposed sweeping measures to reform policing after the killing of George Floyd nearly...
ESAIL maritime satellite ready for launch
The ESAIL microsatellite for tracking ships worldwide – developed under an ESA Partnership Project – has completed its accommodation on Vega’s new dispenser for small satellites and is ready for...
On summit anniversary, North Korea condemns Trump's 'empty promise'
Two years after U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in a historic summit in Singapore, Pyongyang said Friday that its relationship with Washington has...
Earth from Space: Barcelona
Video: 00:03:22 In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain.See also Barcelona, Spain to download the image
Pandemic shuts Earth's eyes on the skies
It's as if the Earth has closed its eyes, some scientists say: the coronavirus pandemic has forced astronomers in northern Chile to shut down the world's most powerful telescopes, running...
Rideshare service for light satellites to launch on Vega
Europe’s next Vega launch will premiere a new dispenser called the Small Spacecraft Mission Service, or SSMS. It will transport more than 50 satellites at once into orbit on the...
Far-flung coronavirus outbreaks 'took over the planet'
Coronavirus alarms ring louder after worldwide new cases hit a single-day high.
Measuring speed of solar storms arriving at Earth can help predict severity
To protect astronauts and satellites from dangerous and disruptive solar radiation, space weather forecasters need to pay closer attention to the speed of solar eruptions as they approach Earth.
Analyst: North Korea mentions Black Lives Matter as distraction
North Korea's rare mention of Black Lives Matter protests in the United States has no relation to authentic concern for basic human rights of marginalized groups, a North Korean analyst...
The mystery of visual stability
We move our eyes several times per second. These fast eye movements, called saccades, create large image shifts on the retina -- making our visual system work hard to maintain...
Thousands of Tons of Microplastics Are Falling from the Sky
New research helps unravel how vast amounts of plastic particles travel—both regionally and globally—on the wind -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
New distance measurements bolster challenge to basic model of universe
A cosmic measurement technique independent of all others adds strong evidence pointing to a problem with the current theoretical model describing the composition and evolution of the Universe.
NASA chooses Astrobotic to send VIPER rover to the moon
NASA selected Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic to deliver a new lunar rover, the VIPER, to the south pole of the moon in late 2023 to hunt for water ice, NASA Administrator Jim...
After a century of searching, scientists find new liquid phase
Researchers have discovered an elusive phase of matter, first proposed more than 100 years ago and sought after ever since.
NASA’s IBEX Charts 11 Years of Change at Boundary to Interstellar Space
Portal origin URL: NASA’s IBEX Charts 11 Years of Change at Boundary to Interstellar SpacePortal origin nid: 461454Published: Thursday, June 11, 2020 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: For the first...
Watch: Adam Lambert performs 'On the Moon' on 'Late Late Show'
Adam Lambert performed a "slow jam" from his album "Velvet" and discussed his Feel Something Foundation on "The Late Late Show with James Corden."
New method to study barred spiral galaxies
Analysis of gas motion in 20 nearby spiral galaxies has revealed a clear difference between those with bars and those without bars. This suggests that already available data on gas...
