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NASA asks its employees for new ideas to combat coronavirus
NASA is calling on its workforce to come up with creative ways that the agency can help fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Chilean telescopes that explore galaxies brought down to earth by coronavirus
Chilean telescopes that comb the skies seeking answers about some of the universe´s most fundamental questions have confirmed they, too, have fallen victim to the mass disruption brought about by...
Colorado Lottery winner collects another jackpot in Nebraska
A man won a $280,000 jackpot from the Nebraska Lottery years after collecting $25,000 from a Colorado Lottery scratch-off ticket.
Watch: Changmin shares 'mood sampler' ahead of 'Chocolate' release
K-pop star Changmin shared a new "mood sampler" with mysterious visuals ahead of the release of his debut solo EP, "Chocolate."
NASA's famous 'worm' logo crawls back into action on SpaceX rocket
NASA's famous worm logo, which was retired in 1992, is roaring back to help celebrate the return of orbital human spaceflight to American soil.
Chris Cuomo details 'freaky' night with coronavirus: 'like somebody was beating me like a piñata'
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo gave an update on his coronavirus experience as he broadcast his "Prime Time" show Wednesday in quarantine from his basement.
An artificial impact on the asteroid (162173) Ryugu formed a crater in the gravity-dominated regime
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft investigated the small asteroid Ryugu, which has a rubble-pile structure. We describe an impact experiment on Ryugu using Hayabusa2’s Small Carry-on Impactor. The impact produced an artificial...
NASA finds heavy rain potential in new Tropical Cyclone Irondro
NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in the newly formed Tropical Cyclone Irondro using infrared light to determine where the strongest storms were located.
Zodiacal light: How to spot the rare celestial glow in the night sky
How to see the rare zodiacal light, the faint ghostly glow that appears when sunlight reflects off interplanetary debris likely left over from the formation of our solar system.
Mars might be made of mashed-up baby planets
From trace elements inside Martian rocks, researchers are piecing together how the planet came to be. (NASA/JPL-Caltech /)The solar system wasn’t always the set of calmly spinning orbs we see today. In its...
Constant speed of light: Einstein's theory of special relativity survives a high-energy test
Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity has survived one of its stiffest tests yet.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Full Mirror Deployment a Success
Portal origin URL: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Full Mirror Deployment a SuccessPortal origin nid: 459384Published: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 14:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: In a recent test, NASA’s...
Professor Reimar Lüst (1923-2020)
Professor Reimar Lüst, one of Europe’s great space pioneers, passed away on 31 March 2020 aged 97. Prof. Lüst was ESA’s third Director General, serving from 1984 until 1990, and...
New explanation for sudden heat collapses in plasmas can help create fusion energy
Researchers find that jumbled magnetic fields in the core of fusion plasmas can cause the entire plasma discharge to suddenly collapse.
The sun may kick off a new solar weather cycle this month
The sun has been awfully quiet lately, but that could change starting this month, scientists say.
Image: Hypersonic surfing simulation
Simulating the test flight of a hypersonic glider, being developed through the international HEXAFLY-INT collaboration, involving partners across Europe, Russia, Australia and Brazil and supported by the European Commission and ESA.
The man who wanted to fly on Mars: The story of Mars Helicopter's chief engineer
The Mars Helicopter is riding to the Red Planet this summer with NASA's Perseverance rover. The helicopter's chief engineer, Bob Balaram, shares the saga of how it came into being.
This telescope could help us explore the heavens, but it's stuck in coronavirus limbo
The Webb Space Telescope could help us understand the origins of all we know. But it could be set back by the need to survive the here and now.
April is the month of Venus! See the 'evening star' at its brightest
There is no question which is the most prominent planet this month. It's certainly none other than dazzling Venus, which rules the western evening sky this month, offering spectacular views...
Hubble's best evidence yet for 'missing link' of black holes may solve 14-year-old space mystery
Hubble is tracking down a suspected black hole that shredded a wayward star to shreds.
Space missions return to science
After a brief shutdown of science instruments and a period in ‘safe standby’, ESA’s planetary missions are getting back to what they do best, gathering science data from around the...
1,400-year-old mystery of strange 'red sign' in Japan's sky solved
A scarlet fan spread across the skies over Japan 1,400 years ago, and it's been puzzling astronomers ever since.
Watch: Ravens star QB Lamar Jackson works out with free-agent WR Antonio Brown
Baltimore Ravens star quarterback Lamar Jackson held a workout Wednesday with free-agent wide receiver Antonio Brown.
More than 12,000 apply to become an astronaut for NASA's 'Artemis Generation'
More than 12,000 people have applied to join what NASA is calling the "Artemis Generation," a new class of astronauts to help the agency return humans to the moon and...
The Man Who Wanted to Fly on Mars
The Mars Helicopter is riding to the Red Planet this summer with NASA's Perseverance rover. The helicopter's chief engineer, Bob Balaram, shares the saga of how it came into being.
Locust swarms are invading Africa. Here's how NASA satellites can help stop them.
Billions of locusts have been swarming in eastern Africa for months, ravaging crops and threatening the food source for millions of people. NASA satellites are coming to the rescue.
Attempt to take a second photo of a black hole is canceled due to the coronavirus
A stay-at-home order from the governor of Hawaii will prevent telescopes there from taking another photo of a black hole or making other observations.
Coronavirus: Clear nights skies delight photographers
Photographers in England capture amazing star trails, from home or on their daily exercise.