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Watch: Tiffany Haddish investigates new murder in 'The Afterparty' Season 2 trailer
"The Afterparty," a murder mystery comedy series starring Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson and Zoë Chao, will return for a second season on Apple TV+.
What made the brightest cosmic explosion of all time so exceptional?
Few cosmic explosions have attracted as much attention from space scientists as the one recorded on October 22 last year and aptly named the Brightest of All Time (BOAT). The...
Core of the Nessie Nebula primed to form new stars, say astronomers
Deep in the depths of our galactic ocean, astronomers have observed triggered star formation in the Nessie Nebula.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest organic molecules in the known universe, 12 billion light-years from Earth
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered evidence of complex organic molecules in a galaxy 12.3 billion light-years away — the furthest and oldest ever detected.
Primordial steroids solve long-standing mystery about how the 1st complex life-forms evolved
Compounds from 1.6 billion years ago reveal a microbial transition that set the stage for much of today's life on Earth.
Watch: LeBron James produced doc 'Black Ice' tackles NHL racism
Roadside Attractions released the trailer for "Black Ice" on Wednesday. The documentary, produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, tackles racism in the NHL and the history of Black hockey...
'Star Wars: Ahsoka' series coming to Disney+ in August
"Star Wars: Ahsoka," a "Mandalorian" spinoff starring Rosario Dawson, will premiere on Disney+ in August.
Gemini North Back On Sky With Dazzling Image of Supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy
Gemini North, part of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF's NOIRLab, is back observing the night sky following the repair and refurbishment of its primary mirror. The telescope's debut...
Gemini Norte esta de vuelta con una deslumbrante imagen de una supernova en la Galaxia del Molinete
Gemini Norte, que forma parte del Observatorio Internacional Gemini, y que opera NOIRLab de NSF, esta de regreso observando el cielo nocturno, luego de la reparacion y renovacion de su...
What's Up: June 2023 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Mars and Venus draw closer throughout the month, while Saturn leads Jupiter into the morning sky. Bright stars Spica and Arcturus shine brightly overhead on June evenings, along with the...
The Parker Solar Probe may have spotted the origin of high-speed solar winds
A spacecraft plunging into the sun’s atmosphere has revealed the likely source of powerful blasts of plasma in fast solar winds. Far from the sun, the solar wind is a nebulous, turbulent...
Parker Solar Probe flies into the fast solar wind and finds its source
NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) has flown close enough to the sun to detect the fine structure of the solar wind close to where it is generated at the sun's...
NASA's sun-kissing Parker Solar Probe finds source of 'fast' solar wind
Using data collected by NASA's sun-touching Parker Solar Probe, scientists have tracked the "fast" solar wind back to showerhead-like funnels generated by coronal holes.
French Open: Iga Swiatek overwhelms Coco Gauff in quarterfinal
Defending champion Iga Swiatek broke Coco Gauff's serve four times, including once for match point, to eliminate the final American from 2023 French Open contention in a quarterfinal win ...
Nicolas Bobrinsky on space safety | ESA Masterclass
Video: 00:13:21 Satellites in orbit underpin our modern lives. They are used in many areas and disciplines, including space science, Earth observation, meteorology, climate research, telecommunication, navigation and human space exploration. However, as space activities have increased,...
'Hot Jupiters' may not be orbiting alone
Research led by an Indiana University astronomer challenges longstanding beliefs about the isolation of "hot Jupiters" and proposes a new mechanism for understanding the exoplanets' evolution.
Observations explore the evolution of quasi-periodic oscillations in two X-ray binaries
Using the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) and the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), astronomers from China and India have observed two X-ray binaries known as GX 339−4 and...
Look: Zack Synder unveils Ed Skrein as 'Rebel Moon' villain
"Rebel Moon," an epic space opera film directed by Zack Snyder and starring Sofia Boutella and Ed Skrein, is coming to Netflix.
New Milky Way map reveals the magnificent messiness of our galaxy
Astronomers have used the youngest objects in the Milky Way to build a new map of the galaxy's spiral arms, and the results are far messier than expected.
Dark matter atoms may form shadowy galaxies with rapid star formation
Dark matter, the invisible material that makes up the vast majority of the universe's mass, may collect itself to form atoms, a new simulation shows.
Air India sending ferry flight to transport passengers stranded in Russia after engine issue
Technical issues forced an Air India flight from Delhi to San Francisco to a remote airport in Russia on Wednesday, where passengers and crew awaiting a ferry flight that will...
A simulation of a dying star shows how it could create gravitational waves
Cocoons of debris around dying stars could shake ripples in spacetime unlike any astronomers have ever seen. “This is a potential source of gravitational waves that has never been investigated before,” astrophysicist Ore...
How I learned to 'walk on the moon' while flying at 30,000 feet on a stomach-churning airplane ride (video)
Parabolic flights produce reduced gravity by following a wild trajectory of steep climbs and nerve-racking dives. The experience is out of this world, but for this reporter it had its...
A spacecraft engineer’s wisdom from Mars 2020 and a post-disaster island
The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover being prepared for encapsulation in the a payload facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 18, 2020. NASA/KSC Excerpt from The Boy Who Reached for the Stars:...
Strange star holds 'holy grail' clues about unique supernova explosions in the early universe
Astronomers have discovered the first chemical evidence of pair-instability supernovae from the universe's earliest massive stars in a strange star in the Milky Way’s galactic halo.
Researchers discover chemical evidence for pair-instability supernova from a very massive first star
The first stars illuminated the universe during the Cosmic Dawn and put an end to the cosmic "dark ages" that followed the Big Bang. However, the distribution of their mass...
Una explosion espacial un tanto inusual: el Very Long Baseline Array revela complejidad de novas clasicas
Tras estudiar estrellas novas clasicas con el Long Baseline Array (VLBA) del Observatorio Radioastronomico Nacional de Estados Unidos, una estudiante de posgrado descubrio pistas de que estos objetos no son...
Not Your Average Space Explosion: Very Long Baseline Array Finds Classical Novae Are Anything But Simple
While studying classical novae using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), a graduate researcher uncovered evidence the objects may have been erroneously typecast as simple. The...