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Farewell, Earth! Mercury probe makes successful flyby to head deeper into solar system.
A spacecraft taking the scenic route to Mercury successfully completed a crucial maneuver on its journey: a precisely choreographed swing past Earth.
Coachella was supposed to start on Friday. How crazy is that?
The postponement of this spring's Coachella festival was one of the first signs that the coronavirus would alter our way of life for the forseeable future.
Southern border apprehensions fall in March during pandemic
Undocumented immigration apprehensions along the southern border fell in March, possibly due to stringent travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday.
Fine threads of million-degree plasma revealed in sharpest-ever images of sun
The sharpest-ever photos of the sun, captured by NASA's High-Resolution Coronal Imager, Hi-C, have revealed the fine magnetic threads of super heated plasma that make up the sun's outer layer.
'Hubble: Thirty Years of Discovery' to premiere on Science Channel April 19 (exclusive video)
NASA's iconic Hubble Space Telescope is about to celebrate 30 years in space, and Science Channel will mark the anniversary in style.
Chinese Long March 3B rocket fails during launch of Indonesian satellite
A Chinese rocket carrying a new communications satellite for Indonesia has failed to reach orbit in a launch gone awry, the second failure for China's space agency in less than...
A Mercury probe flies by Earth tonight. Here's how to hitch a VR ride (and maybe see it, too!)
The European-Japanese BepiColombo mission will whiz past our planet as the spacecraft continues on its long journey toward Mercury.
BTS to hold 'Bang Bang Con' streaming event
K-pop group BTS shared plans for "Bang Bang Con," an at-home "concert experience" featuring past footage of the band.
New images reveal fine threads of million-degree plasma woven throughout the Sun's atmosphere
Researchers at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) unveil highest-ever resolution images of the Sun from NASA's solar sounding rocket mission
No social distancing in space: New crew greeted with hugs
Three astronauts flew to the International Space Station on Thursday, departing the virus-plagued planet with little fanfare and no family members at the launch site to bid them farewell.
In a first, NASA measures wind speed on a brown dwarf
Not quite planets and not quite stars, brown dwarfs are cosmic in-betweeners. Learning about their atmospheres could help us understand giant planets around other stars.
Southern border apprehensioins fall in March during pandemic
Undocumented immigration apprehensions along the southern border fell in March, possibly due to stringent travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday.
NASA Science Live: Episode 3 - Our Weird Home
The third episode of NASA Science Live highlights our weird home: Earth. Liquid water, a protective atmosphere and an active core that gives our planet a defensive shield. These features,...
Utah man amasses collection of about 2,000 board games
A Utah man who owns about 2,000 board games said he is taking aim at getting a Guinness World Record for his collection.
In a First, NASA Measures Wind Speed on a Brown Dwarf
Not quite planets and not quite stars, brown dwarfs are cosmic in-betweeners. Learning about their atmospheres could help us understand giant planets around other stars.
Astronauts share isolation workout tips from space (video)
As experts at staying healthy under unusual conditions, astronauts currently living aboard the International Space Station have shared their exercise and isolation tips.
How the brown dwarf blows: Wind speed of a 'failed star' measured for 1st time
For the first time ever, astronomers have measured wind speed on a brown dwarf, an object heftier than a planet but not massive enough to host the fusion reactions that...
Astronomers measure wind speed on a brown dwarf
Astronomers have used the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to make the first measurement of wind speed on a brown...
Fractional statistics in anyon collisions
Two-dimensional systems can host exotic particles called anyons whose quantum statistics are neither bosonic nor fermionic. For example, the elementary excitations of the fractional quantum Hall effect at filling factor...
A measurement of the wind speed on a brown dwarf
Zonal (latitudinal) winds dominate the bulk flow of planetary atmospheres. For gas giant planets such as Jupiter, the motion of clouds can be compared with radio emissions from the magnetosphere,...
BepiColombo closing in on Earth ahead of flyby
Image: BepiColombo closing in on Earth ahead of flyby
Houston, we've had a delay: Apollo 13 50th celebrations rescheduled
The flight plans had been filed, the logistics confirmed and the countdown was on to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission. Then, the world had a problem.
Look: Karina Smirnoff confirms son Theo Gabriel's birth
Former "Dancing with the Stars" pro Karina Smirnoff shared a photo and her newborn son's name, Theo Gabriel.
Information for all visitors to ESA sites
Information for all visitors to ESA sites Coronavirus measures for hosted meetings and visitors
Space station crew dock at ISS after virus-hit build up
A three-man crew docked successfully at the International Space Station Thursday, leaving behind a planet overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.
ISS crew blast off after long quarantine
Traditional fanfare is abandoned as a team head for the International Space Station.
From liftoff to touchdown: The hectic timeline of Apollo 13
Apollo 13 was NASA's third moon-landing mission, but the astronauts never made it to the lunar surface. Here are the events that transpired.
Top Five Mercury mysteries that BepiColombo will solve
Mercury is a desert world which scientists until recently considered quite uninteresting. NASA’s Mariner and MESSENGER missions, however, revealed that there is much more to the smallest and innermost planet...