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ExoMars rover upgrades and parachute tests
The second ExoMars mission, scheduled for launch to the Red Planet in 2022, is taking advantage of the extra time to upgrade some of the rover's instruments and get ready...
MLB owners could lose $4 billion due to pandemic, commissioner says
Team owners could lose up to $4 billion if a 2020 season is called off due to the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said.
K2-25: An eccentric hot Neptune with the mass of seven Earths
Of the roughly 4,300 exoplanets confirmed to date, about ten percent of them are classified as "hot Jupiters." These are planets with masses between about 0.4 and 12 Jupiter-masses and orbital periods less...
Image: Hubble views galaxy host to two supernovae
Approximately 85 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Libra, is the beautiful galaxy NGC 5861, captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Watch: Katy Perry bares baby bump in 'Daisies' video
Katy Perry released a video for "Daisies," the first single from her forthcoming fifth studio album, known as "KP5."
Baker Mayfield works out in Texas with Browns teammates
Quarterback Baker Mayfield is hosting workouts with some of his Cleveland Browns teammates in Austin, Texas, as NFL facilities remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Image: Tiny NASA satellite captures first image of clouds and aerosols
The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) CubeSat achieved "first light" on April 16. The tiny satellite sent back its very first image over Europe with bright splashes of colors defining clouds...
Researchers reveal common origin of Fermi bubbles and galactic center X-ray outflows
A pair of gigantic gamma-ray bubbles centered on the core of the Milky Way galaxy were discovered by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope 10 years ago. But how these so-called...
Bob Watson: Former All-Star, first black GM to win World Series dies at 74
Former Major League Baseball All-Star Bob Watson -- who went on to become the first black general manager in history to win a World Series -- has died. He was...
Image: Sculpted by nature on Mars
Nature is a powerful sculptor—as shown in this image from ESA's Mars Express, which portrays a heavily scarred, fractured Martian landscape. This terrain was formed by intense and prolonged forces...
Seen from space: COVID-19 and the environment
Video: 00:04:00 As the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives across the globe, Earth-observing satellites take the pulse of our planet from space. While the global lockdown has had a massive impact...
ExoMars rover upgrades and parachute tests
The second ExoMars mission, scheduled for launch to the Red Planet in 2022, is taking advantage of the extra time to upgrade some of the rover’s instruments and get ready...
Earth from Space: San Francisco Bay
Video: 00:00:00 In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over San Francisco Bay in the US state of California. See also San Francisco Bay to download the...
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...
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...
Planet Nine might not be a planet at all
A ninth planet is one form the solar system’s mysterious mass could take. (Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)/)After centuries of watching the skies, the map of our local solar system has grown quite detailed. We...
Seeing the Universe Through New Lenses
Like crystal balls for the universe’s deeper mysteries, galaxies and other massive space objects can serve as lenses to more distant objects and phenomena along the same path, bending light...
First look: NASA's James Webb space telescope fully stowed
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been successfully folded and stowed into the same configuration it will have when loaded onto an Ariane 5 rocket for launch next year.
NASA's ICESat-2 measures arctic ocean's sea ice thickness, snow cover
Arctic sea ice helps keep Earth cool, as its bright surface reflects the Sun's energy back into space. Each year scientists use multiple satellites and data sets to track how...
TRAPPIST-1 planetary orbits not misaligned
Astronomers have determined that the Earth-like planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system are not significantly misaligned with the rotation of the star. This is an important result for understanding the evolution...
NASA's ICESat-2 measures Arctic Ocean's sea ice thickness, snow cover
Arctic sea ice helps keep Earth cool, as its bright surface reflects the Sun's energy back into space.
Seeing the universe through new lenses
Like crystal balls for the universe's deeper mysteries, galaxies and other massive space objects can serve as lenses to more distant objects and phenomena along the same path, bending light...
Satellites eye typhoon Vongfong landfall in the Philippines
NASA and NOAA satellites have been providing forecasters with satellite data that showed the strength and extent of Typhoon Vongfong as it made landfall in the Philippines and continued to...
In the attic with Seth Meyers: A day in the life of 'Late Night' under lockdown
What is it like for homebound writers and host to make late-night comedy in the time of coronavirus? 'Not normal,' says Seth Meyers.
Peacock: 'Brave New World,' 'Psych 2' coming July 15 on launch day
"Brave New World," "Psych 2: Lassie Come Home," "The Capture," "Intelligence" and other originals will premiere on Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming service, in July.
'Queer Eye' Season 5 to premiere June 5 on Netflix
"Queer Eye," starring Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk and Jonathan Van Ness, will return on Netflix in June.
Eric Andre comedy special coming to Netflix in June
"Eric Andre: Legalize Everything," Eric Andre's first Netflix stand-up comedy special, will premiere June 23.
TRAPPIST-1 planetary orbits not misaligned
Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have determined that the Earth-like planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system are not significantly misaligned with the rotation of the star. This is an important result...