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Saudi Arabia announces 2-week cease-fire in Yemen
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced a two-week cease-fire in the Yemeni civil war amid fears of the coronavirus spreading in the region.
NASA astronaut scheduled for launch to space station Thursday
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is scheduled to travel to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan early Thursday morning with two Russian cosmonauts.
Allen Garfield, 'Nashville' and 'Conversation' star, dies of COVID-19 complications
Allen Garfield was a well-known character actor of the 1970s who starred in films including 'Nashville,' 'Conversation, 'Bananas' and 'The Candidate.'
You can watch 3 astronauts launch to the space station early Thursday. Here's how.
Three people will launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) in the predawn hours Thursday (April 9), and you can watch their departure from Earth live.
Supermoon brightens night skies around the world
Landmarks and landscapes around the world were illuminated by the brightest moon of the year.
Belle II yields first results in search of the Z' boson
The Belle II experiment started about one year ago. The work deals with a new particle in the context of dark matter, which accounts for about 25 percent of the...
Origins of Earth's magnetic field remain a mystery
The existence of a magnetic field beyond 3.5 billion years ago is still up for debate.
Black hole bends light back on itself
You may have heard that nothing escapes the gravitational grasp of a black hole, not even light. This is true in the immediate vicinity of a black hole, but a...
New search methods are ramping up the hunt for alien intelligence
For about a week in 1960, radio astronomer Frank Drake thought he might have discovered aliens. He had pointed the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s new 26-meter telescope at the star Epsilon Eridani on...
'Super Pink Moon,' the biggest & brightest of 2020, stuns skywatchers around the world (photos)
The "Super Pink Moon" on April 7 was the biggest and brightest moon of the year.
Space Force announces its first pandemic-related launch delay
The coronavirus pandemic has delayed the launch of a GPS III satellite -- the first such delay for a military space mission, the U.S. Space Force said.
Behold! See the Hubble telescope's iconic 'Pillars of Creation' view in infrared
Scientists have revisited one of the most iconic images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing incredible details in infrared light.
New info on interstellar magnetic field in solar neighborhood
An international research team has mapped the interstellar magnetic field structure and interstellar matter distribution in the solar neighborhood.
President Donald Trump names campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany press secretary
President Donald Trump on Wednesday named campaign spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany as the new White House press secretary, replacing Stephanie Grisham.
Titan’s missing river deltas and an Earthly climate connection
“I’ll never forget the moment when I first saw new Cassini data come down from Titan’s surface,” says Samuel Birch. “I was in awe at witnessing this brand new, never-seen-before bit of...
This weird black hole is bending light back on itself like a boomerang
For decades, scientists have suspected that some of the light that escapes from around a massive black hole nearly doesn't make it — and now, they've finally seen it happen.
Watch: Alesso, Liam Payne share 'Midnight' video from quarantine
Alesso and Liam Payne released a video for the single "Midnight" that they both shot at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan, South Korea discuss North Korea missile tests
Senior diplomats representing Japan and South Korea exchanged a phone call to discuss North Korea's recent missile tests, according to multiple press reports.
Researchers discover new information on interstellar magnetic field in solar neighborhood
An international research team led by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Turku, Finland, mapped the interstellar magnetic field structure and interstellar matter distribution in the...
Coronavirus halted their student films. Latino stars stepping up to read their scripts
Starting this week, Latino stars from TV shows like "Vida," "Gentefied" and "One Day at a Time" will live stream readings of student scripts.
Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Deba Messing to stream Passover Seder for charity
"Saturday Night Seder," an online event featuring Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Debra Messing, Andy Cohen, Dan Levy and other stars, will take place Saturday in honor of Passover.
Look: Lisa Kudrow joins Steve Carell in Netflix's 'Space Force'
"Space Force," a new comedy starring Steve Carell, Lisa Kudrow, John Malkovich and Ben Schwartz, will premiere May 29 on Netflix.
How the world's biggest radio telescope could be used to search for aliens
In 2016, China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope—the largest single-aperture radio telescope in the world—gathered its first light. Since then, the telescope has undergone extensive testing and commissioning and officially...
Scientists propose explanation for night sky glow of STEVE
Researchers have just published a theory of what powers the celestial phenomenon known as STEVE, the aurora-like glow amateur sky-watchers brought to scientists' attention in 2016.
Mozart meets 'Star Trek' in an online watch party? Beam us up
If you love opera or "Star Trek," have we got a show for you.
Rethinking cosmology: Universe expansion may not be uniform
Astronomers have assumed for decades that the Universe is expanding at the same rate in all directions. A new study based on data from ESA’s XMM-Newton, NASA’s Chandra and the...
Coronavirus pandemic forces US Space Force, SpaceX to delay GPS satellite launch
The planned launch of a SpaceX rocket this month to send a new GPS navigation satellite into orbit for the U.S. military has been delayed to June 30 due to...
Watch: Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon detail friendship on 'Tonight Show'
Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon reminisced about how they became close friends on "The Tonight Show."