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ALMA spots twinkling heart of Milky Way
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found quasi-periodic flickers in millimeter-waves from the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius (Sgr) A*. The team interpreted these blinks to be...
Air deliveries bring NASA's Perseverance Mars rover closer to launch
Progress continues to speed along as NASA's Perseverance rover readies for its launch this summer. On May 11, the rover team at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida received...
The bold plan to see continents and oceans on another Earth
What if we could take a picture of an Earth-like planet around another star that was sharp enough to see continents, oceans, and clouds?
DESI team prepares for telescope instrument's restart after unexpected shutdown
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), installed on an Arizona mountaintop, was quickly moving through its testing stages and making headway toward the start of its 5-year observing run as...
South Korea, Myanmar to inquire into crashed Korean Air flight
South Korea and Myanmar have agreed to investigate together wreckage found in the Andaman Sea, believed to be that of Korean Air Flight 858, which exploded midair in 1987.
Watch: Pamela Anderson weighs in on 'Baywatch' film
Pamela Anderson, who played C.J. Parker on "Baywatch," weighed in on the big screen remake starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.
Column: COVID-19 may make universal basic income more palatable. That's a good thing
The coronavirus crisis may mean that the time has come for universal basic income's closeup.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's promise to feed California seniors during coronavirus crisis falls short
Gov. Gavin Newsom's program to deliver meals to California seniors hasn't lived up to his projections.
Listen: Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande join forces on 'Rain On Me'
Lady Gaga released on Friday her new single with Ariana Grande titled "Rain On Me."
Meet the Experts: Isolation in Antarctica
Video: 00:05:43 Cold, dark, remote, Antarctica is as close to space as you can get on Earth. Humans conduct research in Antarctic bases on a wide range of topics, from climate...
Earth from Space: Atacama minerals
Video: 00:02:46 In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of Chile's Atacama Desert, considered one of the driest places on Earth.See also Atacama...
UPI News Quiz: Astronauts, Tiffany Trump, inflatable spectators
Astronauts ready for liftoff, Tiffany Trump's big day, inflatable fans in the soccer stands -- how closely did you follow the news this week? Take the UPI News Quiz for...
Researchers achieve broadest microcomb spectral span on record
Xu Yi, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Virginia, collaborated with Yun-Feng Xiao's group from Peking University and researchers at Caltech to achieve the broadest...
Gayle King asks Instagram's head: Are you listening to my private conversations?
In a wide-ranging interview with Instagram head Adam Mosseri that will air Tuesday and Wednesday, "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King wanted to know: Why does she see ads for...
Astronaut Anne McClain heading home
After living and working on the International Space Station, astronaut Anne McClain is heading home. Now she has her eye on a bigger job. Mark Strassmann explains.
Watch: Moonbyul shares trailer for 'Moon' online show
K-pop star Moonbyul teaser her her "1st Ontact Live" show in support of her repackaged album, "Moon."
Complex data workflows contribute to reproducibility crisis
Scientific research has changed dramatically in the centuries since Galileo, Newton and Darwin. Whereas scientists once often toiled in isolation with homemade experiments and treatises, today collaboration is the norm....
Anchorage hits 90 degrees as record-breaking heat wave hits Alaska
America's coldest state was one of the hottest on the Fourth of July and scientists are sounding the alarm. Anchorage, Alaska, hit a record 90 degrees on the holiday....
Ricky Martin, Sarah Hyland join 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 5 as guest judges
VH1 released a trailer for "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" Season 5, which premieres June 5.
NASA Science Live: Episode 4 - Storms Across the Solar System
Did you know that there are storms churning all across our solar system and beyond? Watch as we tour some of the storms in our planetary neighborhood – from supersonic...
Senate confirms Rep. John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Rep. John Ratcliffe to be the new director of national intelligence.
Watch: 'Queer Eye' stars visit Philadelphia in Season 5
"Queer Eye," starring Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk and Jonathan Van Ness, will return June 5 on Netflix.
NASA, SpaceX bringing astronaut launches back to home turf
For the first time in nearly a decade, U.S. astronauts are about to blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil. And for the first time in the...
President Donald Trump to visit Michigan Ford plant that produced ventilators
President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Michigan Thursday and address workers who produced ventilators at a Ford plant a month ago.
Space tourism aims to make anyone into an astronaut
Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. The skies have never looked the same. Apollo 11 was a defining human achievement -- and...
NASA Proposes New Rules for Moon-Focused Space Race
The Artemis Accords could ensure a peaceful and prosperous future for lunar exploration—if everyone agrees to them -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Spring 2020 could even break summer sun records
This year's 'lockdown spring' is likely to be the sunniest on record in parts of the UK, and may even rank among the sunniest seasons ever recorded—including all the summers.
Hubble telescope captures spiral galaxy 70 million light-years away
NASA's Hubble telescope captured NGC 2985, a spiral galaxy 70 million light-years away. It has a lot of similarities to our own galaxy, the Milky Way.