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For first time, scientists spot an alien planet as it is being formed
Astronomers have gazed into what appears to be a planetary maternity ward, observing for the first time within a huge disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a newly formed...
Astronauts land in Florida ahead of historic launch to space station
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday to prepare for the historic return of crewed launches from U.S. soil.
Galactic cosmic rays now available for study on Earth
To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space radiation, we ideally need to be able to test the effects of galactic cosmic rays...
NASA satellites covering typhoon Amphan headed for landfall
NASA satellites have been providing forecasters with various types of imagery on Typhoon Amphan as it heads toward a landfall near the border of eastern India and Bangladesh on May...
Veteran NASA astronauts to be first to launch from American soil since retirement of Space Shuttle
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be the first to fly SpaceX's new spaceship on the historic test flight to the International Space Station. Mark Strassmann speaks with...
Sir Richard Branson: Virgin Orbit hopes for rocket flight this weekend
UK businessman Sir Richard Branson is looking to Saturday to debut one of his new space systems.
Watch: 'Artemis Fowl' embraces his destiny in special look
Disney+ shared a special look at "Artemis Fowl," starring Ferdia Shaw, ahead of the film's premiere June 12.
NASA seeks social isolation experts to spend 8 months in Russian lab
NASA announced it is seeking a team of social isolation experts to spend eight months locked in a Russian lab to help collect data for future missions to the moon...
ALMA discovers massive rotating disk in early universe
In our 13.8 billion-year-old universe, most galaxies like our Milky Way form gradually, reaching their large mass relatively late. But a new discovery made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array...
F-35A crashes at Eglin AFB, Fla., with pilot safely ejecting
An F-35A Lightning II fighter plane crashed on landing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., with the pilot safely ejecting, the base's public affairs office confirmed.
Watch: Janelle Monae is taken, time travels in 'Antebellum' trailer
Janelle Monáe is kidnapped and enslaved in "Antebellum," a new film produced by "Get Out" and "Us" producer Sean McKittrick.
Going nuclear on the moon and Mars
It might sound like science fiction, but scientists are preparing to build colonies on the moon and, eventually, Mars. With NASA planning its next human mission to the moon in...
Astronomers Get Earliest Ever Glimpse of Ancient Giant Galaxy
The disk of gas and stars resembles our own Milky Way but somehow formed when the universe was only about 10 percent of its current age -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
NASA chief of human spaceflight Doug Loverro resigns ahead of launch
Doug Loverro, NASA's chief of human spaceflight, resigned Monday a week before the space agency plans to launch astronauts into space on U.S. soil for the first time since 2011.
Watch: Oklahoma facility aims for world record with 70-foot wind chimes
An addiction treatment facility in Oklahoma said it is believed to be home to the world's largest wind chimes after a nearly three-year project.
To safely explore the solar system and beyond, spaceships need to go faster—nuclear-powered rockets may be the answer
With dreams of Mars on the minds of both NASA and Elon Musk, long-distance crewed missions through space are coming. But you might be surprised to learn that modern rockets...
NASA Telescope Named For ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman
Portal origin URL: NASA Telescope Named For ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace RomanPortal origin nid: 460938Published: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 09:37Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA is naming its next-generation...
Swarm probes weakening of Earth's magnetic field
In an area stretching from Africa to South America, Earth's magnetic field is gradually weakening. This strange behaviour has geophysicists puzzled and is causing technical disturbances in satellites orbiting Earth....
The oldest disk galaxy yet found formed more than 12 billion years ago
The oldest disk-shaped galaxy ever spotted formed just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, a new study finds. That’s much earlier than astronomers thought that this type of galaxy could form. Previous...
ALMA discovers massive rotating disk in early universe
In our 13.8 billion-year-old universe, most galaxies like our Milky Way form gradually, reaching their large mass relatively late. But a new discovery made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array...
The Tunguska explosion could have been caused by an asteroid that still orbits the sun
On a cool summer morning in 1908, a fireball appeared over northern Siberia. Eyewitnesses described a column of blue light that moved across the sky, followed by a tremendous explosion...
Coming to a sky near you: Comet SWAN at its best
Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN), perhaps the brightest comet we will see this year, is at its best from now until mid-June. It should be visible in from the UK in...
Defecting from North Korea ‘virtually impossible’ amid COVID-19, report says
North Korea's borders remain tightly sealed and security personnel are carrying out temperature checks, according to a South Korean press report.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Clues to Chilly Ancient Mars Buried in Rocks
Portal origin URL: NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Clues to Chilly Ancient Mars Buried in Rocks Portal origin nid: 460899Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 13:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Data collected...
Zack Snyder hosting 'Man of Steel' watch party
Filmmaker Zack Snyder is hosting a "Man of Steel" watch party and question-answer session Wednesday.
DY Centauri: Stellar evolution while you watch
In 1930, Dorrit Hoffleit reported that star number #4749 in the Harvard List of variables had faded four times between 1897 and 1929, and identified it as an R Coronae...
ESO telescope sees signs of planet birth
Observations made with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the telltale signs of a star system being born. Around the young star AB Aurigae lies...
Very Large Telescope sees signs of planet birth
Observations made with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the telltale signs of a star system being born. Around the young star AB Aurigae lies...