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Netflix: What's coming and going in May 2020
"Uncut Gems," "Space Force," starring Steve Carell, Ryan Murphy's series "Hollywood," Hannah Gadsby's "Douglas" and an "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" interactive special are headed to Netflix.
Musk says SpaceX is 'fixing' brightness from satellites
Millions of stargazers have been witnessing the unusual constellations made up of the low orbit satellites.
The top 10 views of Earth from space
Humans have sent many missions, both manned and robotic, beyond our planet to explore our neighboring celestial bodies.
Yale’s EXPRES looks to the skies of a scorching, distant planet
Yale technology is giving astronomers a closer look at the atmosphere of a distant planet where it’s so hot the air contains vaporized metals. The planet, MASCARA-2 b, is 140...
SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites, aces rocket landing in milestone flight
SpaceX successfully launched a new batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit today (April 22) and nailed a rocket landing at sea to cap the mission.
NASA, Lego celebrate Earth Day's 50th anniversary with 'Build A Planet' challenge
Fifty years after an astronaut's photo of our home planet gave rise to the first celebration of Earth Day, NASA has turned to another medium for a planetary formation challenge....
USGS releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the Moon
Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites from Florida
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from Florida at 3:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday afternoon into a clear blue sky above Kennedy Space Center's historic Launch Complex 39A.
Watch: Dutch police surveillance video of Vincent van Gogh painting theft yields tips
Dutch police on Wednesday said they received dozens of tips into the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting after airing surveillance footage of last month's robbery on television.
Iran launches its 1st military satellite into orbit: reports
Iran has apparently lofted its first military satellite, ending a series of setbacks for the nation's space program.
Earth science missions are still challenged 50 years after 1st Earth Day
Human space exploration has shown us that we live on a beautiful swirl of green and blue and white — even when life on Earth is riddled with sorrows, sickness...
X releases 'Alphabetland,' its first album in 27 years
Los Angeles punk band X released "Alphabetland," a new album featuring the group's original members.
Keeping an Eye on Earth
Video Length: 4:03Earth observing instruments on the space station along with photography from crew members serve to keep a multifunctional eye on our home planet. Read this story Houston We Have a Podcast...
Hungry galaxies grow fat on the flesh of their neighbours
Galaxies grow large by eating their smaller neighbours, new research reveals.
Watch live: SpaceX plans Starlink launch from Florida
The weather is expected to be almost ideal for SpaceX's Starlink launch attempt Wednesday afternoon from Florida -- another mission to loft 60 satellites into orbit.
Your Earth Day 2020 guide: Take this Earth Quiz. Download NASA posters. See Zac Efron.
Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. You don't have to miss out just because you're stuck at home.
Big asteroid shows itself ahead of Earth flyby on April 29 (photo)
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico captured a radar image of 1998 OR2, which will zoom within 3.9 million miles (6.3 million kilometers) of our planet on April 29.
New satellite to continue 40 years of solar measurements
Researchers at CU Boulder are playing a major role in the next phase of a more than four decades-long campaign to take the temperature of the sun.
Earth science is more important than ever (op-ed)
Our satellites in space gathering data and images of our home planet unite us in ways that are more important now than ever.
You can watch SpaceX launch 60 new Starlink satellites into orbit today. Here's how.
SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit on a used rocket today (April 22) and you can watch it all live online.
Earth Day at 50: How Apollo 8's 'Earthrise' photo helped spark the first celebration
The iconic "Earthrise" image snapped by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders from lunar orbit on Dec. 24, 1968, showed our planet as it really is: a lonely and fragile outpost...
Iran launches first military satellite into space
Iran successfully launched its first military satellite into space on Wednesday, authorities in Tehran said.
Astronomers probe chemical composition of globular cluster NGC 6652
Using the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), Russian astronomers have conducted a chemical study of the galactic globular cluster NGC 6652. Results of the study, presented in a paper published...
Op-Ed: John Cho: Coronavirus reminds Asian Americans like me that our belonging is conditional
I've learned that a moment always comes along to remind you that your race defines you above all else.
ACLU sues for 'drastic reduction' of immigrant detainees along California border due to coronavirus
The class-action lawsuit comes after Otay Mesa Detention Center in south San Diego has become a hot spot for COVID-19 cases.
Travis Scott will launch 'Astronomical' into the Fortnite frontier this week
The Grammy-nominated Travis Scott has teamed up with the Fortnite to launch his new space-themed track "Astronomical" this week, starting Thursday (April 23).
Russian space official tests positive for coronavirus after attending Soyuz crew launch to space station
A Russian space official has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
NASA spots fireballs from Lyrid meteor shower 2020 (video)
The Lyrid meteor shower of 2020 will be at its best overnight, but NASA has already captured some "shooting stars" with cameras across the United States.