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Heads up! Chinese rocket debris crashes back to Earth after recent launch
Rocket debris has been discovered downrange from a recent rocket launch from Xichang in southwest China.
Al Worden: Apollo 15 astronaut and first person to spacewalk in deep space
Al Worden was the first astronaut to perform a spacewalk in deep space.
Apollo 13: One family's agony and triumph
On 11 April 1970, the Lovells watched their husband and father blast off on an ill-fated mission to the Moon.
Watch: 'Real Housewives of New York' Season 12 taglines
Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan, Ramona Singer, Leah McSweeney, Tinsley Mortimer and Luann de Lesseps star on the Bravo series "Real Housewives of New York."
Time symmetry and the laws of physics
If three or more objects move around each other, history cannot be reversed. That is the conclusion of an international team of researchers based on computer simulations of three black...
Watch: New York wedding officiated from fourth-floor apartment window
A New York couple practiced safe social distancing during their outdoor wedding by having the ceremony officiated by a friend from the window of his fourth floor apartment.
Carolina Panthers to sign XFL star quarterback P.J. Walker
Former XFL star quarterback P.J. Walker is expected to sign with the Carolina Panthers.
Supermassive black holes shortly after the Big Bang: How to seed them
They are billions of times larger than our Sun: how is it possible that, as recently observed, supermassive black holes were already present when the Universe, now 14 billion years...
Star formation project maps nearby interstellar clouds
Astronomers have captured new, detailed maps of three nearby interstellar gas clouds containing regions of ongoing high-mass star formation. The results of this survey, called the Star Formation Project, will...
Star formation project maps nearby interstellar clouds
Astronomers have captured new, detailed maps of three nearby interstellar gas clouds containing regions of ongoing high-mass star formation. The results of this survey, called the Star Formation Project, will...
V2455 Cyg is a high amplitude Delta Scuti star, new observations suggest
Using the Research Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics of Maragha (RIAAM) Observatory, Iranian astronomers have performed new photometric observations of the variable star V2455 Cyg. Results of the observational campaign...
Astronomers test string theory using NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope
Astronomers have probed the Perseus galaxy cluster in search of an as-yet undetected particle that would help support string theory.
The Thirty Meter Telescope: How a volcano in Hawaii became a battleground for astronomy
What could a massive new telescope in Hawaii teach astronomers about the universe — and why are some native Hawaiians fiercely opposed to the project?
Astronomers have found the edge of the Milky Way at last
Our galaxy is a whole lot bigger than it looks. New work finds that the Milky Way stretches nearly 2 million light-years across, more than 15 times wider than its luminous spiral...
Former Colts CB Pierre Desir agrees to deal with Jets
Former Indianapolis Colts cornerback Pierre Desir reached an agreement with the New York Jets on Sunday.
Pull up a chair and hear Vin Scully give a message of hope and optimism
Legendary Dodgers announcer Vin Scully says the coronavirus outbreak is unlike anything he's ever seen, but he finds hope in a time of despair.
Finding comets' hidden nitrogen
Ammonium salts may serve as nitrogen reservoirs on the icy bodies, suggesting a common origin for comets and the sun
OneWeb launches 34 communications satellites from Kazakhstan
A Soyuz rocket carried 34 satellites toward orbit from Kazakhstan on time at 1:06 p.m. Saturday in the third such launch for OneWeb spacecraft made in Florida.
NASA pauses work on James Webb Space Telescope due to coronavirus, weighs risk to other science missions
As many NASA centers switch to mandatory telework to confront the spread of COVID-19, NASA leadership acknowledged that prized science missions may suffer delays.
Is interstellar Comet Borisov breaking apart as it leaves our solar system?
It's tough being in a new environment, even for comets. According to recent observations, interstellar Comet Borisov may be having outbursts triggered by flying past our sun.
A massive laboratory
Image: This image shows a region of space called LHA 120-N150. It is a substructure of the gigantic Tarantula Nebula. The latter is the largest known stellar nursery in the local...
Mission Control adjusts to coronavirus conditions
Responsible for spacecraft orbiting Earth, the Sun and exploring the Solar System, teams at ESA’s ESOC mission control deal with in-flight challenges every day, from faulty hardware, problematic software and...
Earth from Space: Kuwait
Video: 00:03:36 In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Kuwait in the Middle East.See also Kuwait to download the image.
Scientists trace famed 1987 supernova to weird blue supergiant star
In 1987, astronomers observed an incredible star explosion in a galaxy not too far away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Now, researchers suggest that the supernova was created by a...
OneWeb increases mega-constellation to 74 satellites
The London-based start-up expands its network with a Soyuz launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan
Curiosity Mars rover takes a new selfie before record climb
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recently set a record for the steepest terrain it's ever climbed, cresting the "Greenheugh Pediment," a broad sheet of rock that sits atop a hill. And...
OneWeb launches 34 more satellites for growing internet constellation
Satellite operator OneWeb lofted 34 more spacecraft today (March 21) to beef up its burgeoning broadband constellation.
OneWeb launches 34 communications satellites from Kazakhstan
A Soyuz rocket carried 34 satellites toward orbit from Kazakhstan on time at 1:06 p.m. Saturday in the third such launch for OneWeb spacecraft made in Florida.