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Decoding the skies: The impact of water vapor on afternoon rainfall
On days when wind blows in little atmospheric moisture, afternoon rainfall is more likely to occur over wetter soils or higher relative humidity. On days when wind introduces lots of...
Scientists explain magnetic pole's wanderings
The North Magnetic Pole has been racing across the top of the world, from Canada towards Siberia.
Bands of Clouds Swirl Across Brown Dwarf’s Surface
Astronomers have detected what appear to be bands of clouds streaking across the surface of a cool star-like body known as a brown dwarf. The bands, resembling those that stripe...
For $39, Frontier Airlines will let passengers keep their distance
Fliers can pay to social distance on their next flight aboard Frontier Airlines.
Trump visits Arizona respirator mask production facility
President Donald Trump arrived in Arizona Tuesday, starting his most extensive trip away from the White House since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in mid-March.
Help Test a New NASA Citizen Science Project about Exoplanets!
Would you like to be one of the firsts to participate in and test drive a new NASA citizen science project before it launches? We don't want to give away too...
Astronomers find Jupiter-like cloud bands on closest brown dwarf
A team of astronomers has discovered that the closest known brown dwarf, Luhman 16A, shows signs of cloud bands similar to those seen on Jupiter and Saturn. This is the...
Watch: Possible cougar caught on camera in Chicago suburb
A resident of a Chicago suburb captured security camera footage of a large cat that an expert said could be a wandering cougar.
'Magnetic Star' Radio Waves Could Solve the Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts
The surprise detection of a radio burst from a neutron star in our galaxy might reveal the origin of a bigger cosmological phenomenon -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Help Test a New NASA Citizen Science Project about Extrasolar Planets!
Would you like to be one of the firsts to participate in and test drive a new NASA citizen science project before it launches? We don't want to give away too...
Scientists observe bacteria tumble their way out of surface traps
While tracing the movement of Escherichia coli, a team of French researchers noticed that near solid surfaces, the bacteria run in circles. Loop after loop, the tracing almost looks like...
China successfully launches new spacecraft
China launched a newly designed spacecraft on Tuesday as part of its program to build an orbiting space station, furthering its aspirations to rival the U.S., Russia and private companies...
New ultrafast camera takes 70 trillion pictures per second
Just about everyone has had the experience of blinking while having their picture taken. The camera clicks, your eyes shut, and by the time they open again, the photo is...
Could dark matter be hiding in existing data?
A new study suggests new paths for catching the signals of dark matter particles that have their energy absorbed by atomic nuclei.
Strong X-ray pulsations detected from pulsar 3A 0726-260
Using AstroSat satellite, Indian astronomers have detected strong X-ray pulsations from an X-ray binary pulsar known as 3A 0726-260. The discovery, presented in a paper published April 26 on the...
Building satellites amid COVID-19
During these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 lockdown, trying to work poses huge challenges for us all. For those that can, remote working is now pretty much the norm, but...
Pursuing the future of lunar habitation
Shirley Dyke doesn't see the moon as a crater-covered sphere. She expects lunar dwellings to begin emerging in a decade, helping reach out to further space habitation.
China launches spacecraft via largest carrier rocket: CCTV
China on Tuesday successfully launched its largest carrier rocket, which was carrying a new-generation spacecraft, state broadcaster CCTV said.
China launch of key new space rocket 'successful'
Chinese state media reported the "successful" launch of a new rocket on Tuesday, a major test of its ambitions to operate a permanent space station and send astronauts to the...
Planet Nine Could Be a Mirage
Mysterious patterns in orbits of small bodies in the outer solar system could arise from the gravity of a massive disk of icy debris rather than an undiscovered giant world --...
Life might survive, and thrive, in a hydrogen world: study
As new and more powerful telescopes blink on in the next few years, astronomers will be able to aim the megascopes at nearby exoplanets, peering into their atmospheres to decipher...
Study: Could dark matter be hiding in existing data?
Dark matter has so far defied every type of detector designed to find it. Because of its huge gravitational footprint in space, we know dark matter must make up about...
Researchers Develop Groundbreaking New Rocket-Propulsion System
A University of Central Florida researcher and his team have developed an advanced new rocket-propulsion system once thought to be impossible. The system, known as a rotating detonation rocket engine,...
Could Dark Matter Be Hiding in Existing Data?
Dark matter has so far defied every type of detector designed to find it. Because of its huge gravitational footprint in space, we know dark matter must make up about...
Life might survive, and thrive, in a hydrogen world
As new and more powerful telescopes blink on in the next few years, astronomers will be able to aim the megascopes at nearby exoplanets, peering into their atmospheres to decipher...
Pursuing the future of lunar habitation
Shirley Dyke doesn’t see the moon as a crater-filled sphere. She expects lunar dwellings to begin emerging in a decade, helping reach out to further space habitation. And she wants...
Exoplanets: How we'll search for signs of life
An interdisciplinary team of researchers has provided a framework called a 'detectability index' to help prioritize exoplanets to study and provide scientists with a tool to select the best targets...
Official: Taika Waititi to co-write and direct 'Star Wars' film
"Thor: Love and Thunder" writer/director Taika Waititi has signed on to write and direct a "Star Wars" film.