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Tottenham soccer star Dele Alli injured in knifepoint home robbery
Tottenham Hotspurs star Dele Alli sustained facial injuries during a robbery of his home Wedesday in London.
SOFIA finds clues hidden in Pluto's haze
When the New Horizons spacecraft passed by Pluto in 2015, one of the many fascinating features its images revealed was that this small, frigid world in the distant solar system...
Laser-powered rover to explore moon's dark shadows
A laser light shone through the dark could power robotic exploration of the most tantalizing locations in our solar system: the permanently-shadowed craters around the moon's poles, believed to be...
AEW Dynamite: The Inner Circle challenge The Elite
Chris Jericho and his Inner Circle challenged The Elite to the first-ever Stadium Stampede match on AEW Dynamite.
Methane observing firm eyes UK for key base
Canadian firm GHGSat, which carries out methane monitoring from space, looks to set up a UK hub.
BepiColombo keeping an eye on Earth from afar
Image: A sequence of daily images of Earth taken by the BepiColombo spacecraft as it moved away from our planet after its flyby, in the period between 13 April and 5...
Laser-powered rover to explore Moon’s dark shadows
A laser light shone through the dark could power robotic exploration of the most tantalising locations in our Solar System: the permanently-shadowed craters around the Moon’s poles, believed to be...
LeBron James, NBA stars held private meeting about resuming season
Some of the NBA's biggest stars, including the Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James and the Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Durant, took part in a private conference call this week to discuss...
Rocket Crafters concludes tests of 3D-printed hybrid engine
A Florida rocket development company, Rocket Crafters, said Wednesday it concluded a new round of test-firings of its hybrid rocket engine, and plans a test flight with a small rocket...
Scientists make sense of pulsating stars using NASA's TESS satellite
A team of scientists in Australia said they used a NASA space telescope to identify the pulsating rhythm of nearby stars, allowing them to learn more about the age and...
Researchers find even small disturbances can trigger catastrophic storms
You've probably seen the satellite images that show a hurricane developing: thick white clouds clumping together, arms spinning around a central eye as it heads for the coast.
Citizen scientist discovers a new comet
A new comet was discovered by a citizen scientist analyzing online photographs taken from a satellite, NASA announced on Wednesday.
New comet discovered by solar observatory
In late May and early June, Earthlings may be able to glimpse Comet SWAN. The comet is currently faintly visible to the unaided eye in the Southern Hemisphere just before...
Wiggling wheels could keep future rovers trucking in loose lunar soil
A truly all-terrain rover on the moon or Mars may need to put a little wiggle in its walk. Wheeled rovers have trouble crossing the soft soil that covers large swaths of...
Watch: Baekhyun shares 'sensual' mood sampler for 'Delight' EP
K-pop star Baekhyun released a new mood sampler for his forthcoming solo EP, "Delight."
Watch: Stranger steps in when snake spotted on dashboard
A North Carolina woman said a stranger and her son came to the rescue when she spotted a long, black snake slithering across her dashboard.
Breakthrough study of perplexing stellar pulsations
Astronomers have detected elusive pulsation patterns in dozens of young, rapidly rotating stars thanks to data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
'Smash' cast to reunite for 'Bombshell in Concert' stream
Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Katharine McPhee, Christian Borle and other "Smash" stars will join Renée Zellweger and Julie Klausner for a virtual event for coronavirus relief.
The discovery of Comet SWAN by solar-watcher SOHO
Currently crossing the skies above Earth, Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) has the potential to become a more prominent naked eye object by late May or early June. Yet it wasn't...
'Unhinged,' starring Russell Crowe, to open in theaters July 1
"Unhinged," a road rage thriller, is expected to be the first film back in movie theaters as restrictions ease amid the coronavirus pandemic.
HBO Max originals starring Amy Schumer, Anna Kendrick to premiere this summer
HBO Max announced their second wave of original programming Wednesday, with new premiere dates from June through August.
Cold War nuke tests changed rainfall
Historic records from weather stations show that rainfall patterns in Scotland were affected by charge in the atmosphere released by radiation from nuclear bomb tests carried out in the 1950s...
Researchers observe iron in exoplanetary atmosphere
An international team of researchers, led by astronomers from the University of Amsterdam, has directly demonstrated the presence of iron in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time....
Astronomers find regular rhythms among pulsating stars
By listening to the beating hearts of stars, astronomers have for the first time identified a rhythm of life for a class of stellar objects that had until now puzzled...
Waiting for coronavirus stimulus check? Direct deposit information is due Wednesday
The IRS is giving folks until 9 a.m. PST Wednesday to provide direct deposit information using its online portal. Those who don't will get a paper check.
Where neutrinos come from
Russian astrophysicists have come close to determining the origin of high-energy neutrinos from space. The team compared data on the elusive particles gathered by the Antarctic neutrino observatory IceCube and...
New simulations indicate that Jupiter's fourth-largest moon ejects water from its subsurface ocean into space
During a fly-by of Jupiter's moon Europa twenty years ago, NASA's space probe Galileo may have witnessed a plume of water. A group of scientists including researchers from the Max...
Planet hunters discover new 'one in a million' Super-Earth
Astronomers at the University of Canterbury (UC) have found an incredibly rare new Super-Earth planet towards the centre of the galaxy. The planet is one of only a handful that...