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Rosario Dawson to guest star in Season 2 of 'Mandalorian'
Rosario Dawson has joined the ensemble for Season 2 of the Disney+ "Star Wars" series "The Mandalorian."
Watch live: OneWeb attempts Saturday launch from Kazakhstan
A Soyuz rocket is ready to launch 34 satellites from Kazakhstan at 1:06 p.m. Saturday, the third such launch for OneWeb spacecraft made in Florida.
Soyuz rocket to launch 34 OneWeb internet satellites today. Here's how to watch online.
An Arianespace Soyuz rocket will launch more than 30 new OneWeb internet satellites into orbit today (March 21) and you can watch it all live online.
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance still on track for July launch despite coronavirus outbreak
NASA is determined to get its life-hunting Mars rover off the ground this summer despite the coronavirus outbreak.
Earth's minimoon is gone but not forgotten: Report
For a brilliant (albeit brief) period of time, Earth had two moons — our tried and true satellite and a miniature space rock pulled into our orbit.
China's Chang'e 4 lander and rover awake one more on far side of the moon
China's Chang'e 4 mission has started its 16th lunar day of work on the far side of the moon, with the Yutu 2 rover beginning a journey in search of...
Metro expects 'massive' budget hit from coronavirus as ridership plummets
Metro ridership has fallen by more than half during the coronavirus outbreak as life in Los Angeles County has all but ground to a halt.
The strange orbits of 'Tatooine' planetary disks
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found striking orbital geometries in protoplanetary disks around binary stars. While disks orbiting the most compact binary star systems share very...
Expanding universe: We may be in a vast bubble
The few thousand galaxies closest to us move in a vast 'bubble' that is 250 million light years in diameter, where the average density of matter is half as large...
Coronavirus precautions are changing life for NASA astronaut's launch to space station
While NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is safe from contamination in pre-flight quarantine, the growing pandemic is still having a major affect on his upcoming launch.
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Takes a New Selfie Before Record Climb
Along with capturing an image before its steepest ascent ever, the robotic explorer filmed its "selfie stick," or robotic arm, in action.
Solar energy tracker powers down after 17 years
After nearly two decades, the Sun has set for NASA's SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE), a mission that continued and advanced the agency's 40-year record of measuring solar irradiance...
NASA suspends work on moon rocket amid pandemic
NASA has suspended work on the Space Launch System moon rocket because of the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a potential delay in the agency's Artemis program for a moon landing in...
The penultimate episode of 'Star Trek: Picard' will blow your socks off
With just one more episode left in the first season of "Picard," the first installment in the two-part finale is a rollercoaster ride of thrills, spills, space orchids and even...
NASA finds Herold a fading ex-tropical cyclone
Former Tropical Cyclone Herold is now a fading area of low-pressure in the Southern Indian Ocean and NASA's Aqua satellite provided forecasters with a visible image.
What's that in the sky? It's a SpaceX rocket, but it sure doesn't look like it
Planetary nebula? Supernova remnant? No, this incredible image is actually a photo of a rocket launch. The rocket's exhaust combined with atmospheric effects emulates an image of a deep-space object.
U.S.-Mexico border will close to non-essential travel Friday night
The United States and Mexico have agreed to suspend non-essential travel across the border for 30 days to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus disease, President Donald Trump said Friday...
SpaceX, NASA aim for historic crew launch in mid-May despite coronavirus outbreak
Despite the coronavirus outbreak, SpaceX still plans to launch its first-ever crewed mission just two months from now.
Pixar's 'Onward' is coming early to Disney+ after coronavirus disrupted its release
Disney announces another title coming early to its streaming platform due to the coronavirus outbreak. Pixar's "Onward" hit theaters March 6.
Quasar Tsunamis Rip Across Galaxies
Portal origin URL: Quasar Tsunamis Rip Across GalaxiesPortal origin nid: 459027Published: Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 13:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Astronomers have discovered the most energetic outflows ever witnessed in...
Image: Hubble gazes at fluffy-looking galaxy
This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy NGC 4237. Located about 60 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair), NGC...
Watch live: Coronavirus Task Force gives briefing at White House
The White House Coronavirus Task Force has scheduled a press briefing for Friday morning at the James S. Brady Briefing Room.
Coronavirus: Nasa's Moon plans take a hit
The US space agency is suspending production and testing of its Moon rocket and capsule systems.
NASA suspends work on SLS megarocket and Orion capsule due to coronavirus outbreak
NASA is halting production and testing of its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and Orion crew capsule, the deep-space hardware designed to get astronauts to the moon and Mars, NASA...
Newfound Comet ATLAS is getting really bright, really fast
For years, amateur astronomers have been waiting for a bright, naked-eye comet to pass by Earth — and finally, such an object may have arrived.
NASA suspends work on Moon rocket due to virus
NASA said it has suspended work on building and testing the rocket and capsule for its Artemis manned mission to the Moon due to the rising number of coronavirus cases...
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.
News quiz for March 20: Tom Brady, astronauts, empty shelves
Tom Brady, astronauts, empty store shelves -- how closely did you follow the news this week? Take the UPI News Quiz.
