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SpaceX launch: What is SpaceX and why is it working with Nasa?
Ahead of the launch of the Crew Dragon mission, the BBC explains what SpaceX does exactly
U.S. to launch first manned orbital mission in nearly a decade
The first manned orbital mission in nearly a decade is less than 24 hours away. The launch will also be the first time America's space program relies on a privately...
SpaceX readies for blast-off with NASA astronauts aboard
Gray skies loomed over Florida's Atlantic coast Tuesday, just one day before two astronauts were set to blast off aboard a SpaceX capsule on the most dangerous and prestigious mission...
Nasa SpaceX launch set to usher in new era for human spaceflight
Two US astronauts are about to go to orbit in a commercially developed rocket and capsule system.
Astronomers create cloud atlas for hot, Jupiter-like exoplanets
As astronomers ramp up study of the atmospheres of hot, Jupiter-like planets around other stars, they encounter clouds that obscure study of atmospheric gases. A new computer model looks at...
Astronauts explain what it’s like to be “shot off the planet” in a shuttle
The Space Shuttle orbiter lifted off for the last time in July 2011. (NASA/Bill Ingalls/)If all goes according to plan tomorrow, two NASA astronauts will blast off on a SpaceX Falcon 9...
Collision of galaxies may have spurred our solar system's formation
A violent event on a colossal scale - the crash of two galaxies - may have paved the way for our solar system's birth.
Astronomers discover new class of cosmic explosions
Analysis of two cosmic explosions indicates to astronomers that the pair, along with a puzzling blast from 2018, constitute a new type of event, with similarities to some supernovae and...
MAVEN maps electric currents around mars that are fundamental to atmospheric loss
Five years after NASA's MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has led to the creation of a map of electric current systems in the Martian...
Weather better for historic SpaceX launch of NASA astronauts
With the weather looking up, SpaceX and NASA officials vowed Tuesday to keep crew safety the top priority for the nation's first astronaut launch to orbit in nearly a decade.
Astrophysicists capture new class of transient objects
Move aside, AT2018COW. There is a new astronomical transient in the universe, and it is faster, heavier and brighter at radio wavelengths than its mysterious predecessors. After astronomers visually spotted...
Harvard from afar: Geographically to socially distanced
For Marion Dierickx, living in a socially distanced world is nothing new. In fact, she does it for two to three months every year in one of the most extreme conditions on...
How Harvard is preparing to safely reopen labs
Harvard shut down the vast majority of its laboratory research projects in March as part of its plans to close campus and move classes online amid the mushrooming COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly after, Massachusetts...
The 'Cow' mystery strikes back: Two more rare, explosive events captured
The 'Cow' is not alone; with the help of W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii, astronomers have discovered two more like it—the 'Koala' and a similar mysterious bright...
The detective aboard NASA's Perseverance rover
Mars is a long way from 221B Baker Street, but one of fiction's best-known detectives will be represented on the Red Planet after NASA's Perseverance rover touches down on Feb....
Look: Irene, Seulgi to release EP 'Monster'
K-pop stars Irene and Seulgi will release "Monster," their first mini album as a Red Velvet subunit.
Astronomers create cloud atlas for hot, Jupiter-like exoplanets
Giant planets in our solar system and circling other stars have exotic clouds unlike anything on Earth, and the gas giants orbiting close to their stars—so-called hot Jupiters—boast the most...
Astrophysicists capture new class of transient objects
Move aside, AT2018COW. There is a new astronomical transient in the universe, and it is faster, heavier and brighter at radio wavelengths than its mysterious predecessors.
Elon Musk's SpaceX raises $346 million ahead of debut astronaut mission
Elon Musk's SpaceX said on Tuesday that it raised $346.2 million in a new round of funding, a day before it launches two American astronauts to the International Space Station.
Watch: Jennifer Lopez 'heartbroken' over wedding delay
Jennifer Lopez said it's disappointing her wedding to Alex Rodriguez has been put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Evolutionary flaws disprove the theory of intelligent design
Evolution has produced countless amazing life forms, but you need look no further than to the human body to find examples showing that evolution has also produced a number of...
Watch: 'Dark' begins 'final cycle' in Season 3 trailer
Netflix shared a release date and trailer for the third and final season of the German time travel drama "Dark."
New infrared telescope to spot cosmic hidden treasures
A new infrared telescope, to be designed and built by astronomers at the Australian National University (ANU), will monitor the entire southern sky in search of new cosmic events as...
Study unveils properties of 11 recently discovered pulsars
An international team of astronomers has conducted a detailed study of 11 pulsars recently discovered by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). The new research, presented in a paper...
First observation of a transitioning Type II solar radio burst using LOFAR
Type II solar radio bursts are believed to be excited by shock waves. They are often linked to shocks driven by solar eruptive events like coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and...
Taking Earth’s Temperature from a Tiny Satellite
PROJECT Compact Infrared Radiometer in Space (CIRiS) instrument on a CubeSat SNAPSHOT To demonstrate for the first time from a small satellite the ability to collect, process and calibrate infrared images of Earth....
Why astronomers now doubt there is an undiscovered 9th planet in our solar system
Planet Nine is a theoretical, undiscovered giant planet in the mysterious far reaches of our solar system.
WWE Raw: Drew McIntyre brawls with Bobby Lashley, Nia Jax wins big
WWE Champion Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley had to be restrained during a massive brawl on Raw.