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Leaky component led to SpaceX explosion
A leaky component may have been to blame for the dramatic explosion of a SpaceX capsule during testing in April.
Nasa: Doug Loverro steps down days before crewed launch
Doug Loverro steps down the week before the US's first crewed launch in almost a decade.
ESA’s oldest Earth-observer images Delhi airport
Image: ESA’s oldest Earth-observer images Delhi airport
NASA exec resigns days before 1st astronaut launch in years
NASA's chief of human exploration has resigned just days before the first astronaut launch in nearly a decade from Kennedy Space Center.
Astronauts head to Florida for historic launch to space station
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are scheduled to arrive at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday to prepare for the historic return of crewed launches from U.S....
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf unhappy with Ben Roethlisberger's barber trip
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf criticized Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's decision to visit a barbershop following a workout with his teammates.
Early visual experience drives precise alignment of cortical networks for binocular vision
Researchers identify three distinct cortical representations that develop independent of visual experience but undergo experience-dependent reshaping, an essential part of cortical network alignment and maturation.
Fisher Sand & Gravel awarded $1.28B for border wall construction
A North Dakota construction company that drew scrutiny for a previous contract won a $1.28 billion border wall construction contract earlier in May.
Buccaneers QB Tom Brady holds informal throwing session with teammates
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady held a private throwing session with teammates Tuesday morning.
Watch 'Station Eleven' author Emily St. John Mandel at the L.A. Times Book Club
Emily St. John Mandel, author of the pandemic bestseller "Station Eleven," discusses her novels with the L.A. Times Book Club.
Tracking air quality in the Arctic atmosphere
University of Michigan chemist Kerri Pratt and her team study climate-critical reactions with mass spectrometry
NASA's Curiosity rover finds clues to chilly ancient Mars buried in rocks
By studying the chemical elements on Mars today -- including carbon and oxygen -- scientists can work backwards to piece together the history of a planet that once had the...
NASA human spaceflight chief resigns ahead of launch
NASA's human spaceflight chief Doug Loverro resigned on Tuesday, according to an internal memo seen by agency employees, capping his brief role at the agency overseeing future astronaut launches and...
UAE to launch first Arab probe to Mars
After sending its first astronaut to space last year, the United Arab Emirates is to launch a probe to Mars in July, state news agency WAM announced Tuesday.
Look: Alligator ejected from Louisiana family's patio
A Louisiana police officer was called to a home to eject an unwanted visitor -- an alligator lurking on the home's patio.
Watch: Idaho man sets new speed juggling record on balance board
An Idaho man broke a Guinness World Record for speed juggling when he managed 485 catches in one minute while standing on a balance board.
The food and water systems astronauts will need to travel to places like Mars
by Jonathan O’Callaghan If humans are to travel to distant destinations in space like the moon or Mars, they’ll need ways to live for long periods of time. And one of...
Galactic cosmic rays now available for study on Earth, thanks to NASA
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...
'Wasp Network,' starring Penelope Cruz, to premiere June 19 on Netflix
"Wasp Network," a film about the Cuban Five written and directed by Olivier Assayas, is coming to Netflix in June.
NASA simulates realistic galactic cosmic rays to study effects on astronaut health
Galactic cosmic rays are everywhere, but they're also elusive. They're hard to block and come in a variety of forms, making them quite difficult to study.
Nick Jonas, Laurence Fishburne to star in action film 'The Blacksmith'
Nick Jonas and Laurence Fishburne have signed on to star in an upcoming action thriller, titled "The Blacksmith."
Space exploration's next frontier: Remote-controlled robonauts
As Japan's second female astronaut to fly up in the Space Shuttle Discovery, Naoko Yamazaki didn't expect to spend a quarter of her time dusting, feeding mice and doing other...
The food and water systems astronauts will need to travel to places like Mars
If humans are to travel to distant destinations in space like the moon or Mars, they'll need ways to live for long periods of time. And one of the key...
COVID-19 is eroding scientific field work – and our knowledge of how the world is changing
For the first time in 50 years, ornithologists at the Manomet nature observatory in Plymouth, Massachusetts are not opening their mist nets every weekday at dawn to catch, measure and...
US seeks to change the rules for mining the moon
Private industries have helped drop the cost of launching rockets, satellites and other equipment into space to historic lows. That has boosted interest in developing space—both for mining raw materials...
Statistical analysis reveals odds of life evolving on alien worlds
Scientists have used a statistical method known as Bayesian inference to determine the odds of complex extraterrestrial life evolving on alien planets.
'Ozark' star Julia Garner on the scene she worried about while winning an Emmy
'Ozark' star and Emmy winner Julia Garner joins 'Can't Stop Watching' to chat about the Netflix series and how her character would face the coronavirus.
A vacuum ultraviolet photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer to analyze gas-phase radical reaction
The research group led by Prof. Zhang Weijun at Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics under Hefei Institutes of Physical Science has made new progress on the vacuum ultraviolet...