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OneWeb plans Saturday satellite launch from Kazakhstan
OneWeb plans to launch 34 satellites from Kazakhstan at 1:06 p.m. EDT Saturday -- its third such launch of satellites made in Florida.
Jack Osbourne: 'Portals' is 'an evolution of my dad's history'
Jack Osbourne and Katrina Weidman discuss the sites they visit in the second season of their Travel Channel paranormal investigation show "Portals to Hell."
Coronavirus deals blow to NASA's 2024 return-to-moon plan
The coronavirus outbreak dealt a blow to NASA's plans to return Americans to the moon by 2024, as the space agency chief on Thursday ordered the temporary closure of two...
NASA's Mars perseverance rover gets its sample handling system
With the launch period for NASA's Mars Perseverance rover opening in a little less than four months, the six-wheeler is reaching significant pre-launch milestones almost daily at the Kennedy Space...
More than half of Californians could become infected with coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom says to Trump
Gov. Gavin Newsom asked Congress for $1 billion on Thursday to support California's fight against the coronavirus.
'Cosmos: Possible Worlds' episode 3 delves into how life began on a roiling, violent Earth
"Lost City of Life" takes viewers on a journey through space and time to witness the tenacity and creativity of life on Earth and the prospects of life throughout the...
You can see Jupiter and Mars snuggle up in the predawn sky Friday. Here's how.
Early Friday morning (March 20), Jupiter and Mars will make a close approach, and you can catch them together with Saturn and the crescent moon.
Elon Musk insists his satellite swarm won’t interfere with science. This model disagrees.
Starlink satellites interfere with observations at a telescope in Chile. Astronomers may need to adapt to a brighter, more dynamic sky. (NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/CTIO/AURA/DELVE/)Summer star gazers in rural areas are used...
On the origin of massive stars
This scene of stellar creation, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, sits near the outskirts of the famous Tarantula Nebula. This cloud of gas and dust, as well as...
Japan's asteroid-smashing probe reveals a surprisingly young space rock
A cannonball that a Japanese spacecraft fired at an asteroid is shedding light on the most common type of asteroid in the solar system, a new study reports.
Coronavirus testing kits to be developed using RNA imaging technology
Researchers will use a pioneering imaging technology -- called Mango, for its bright color -- to develop coronavirus testing kits.
NASA Science Live: Episode 1 - To the Moon and Beyond
The first episode of #NASAScienceLive explores how science conducted on the lunar surface in the past informs current missions studying the Moon and future plans to send science, robots and...
NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Gets Its Sample Handling System
The system will be collecting and storing Martian rock and soil. Its installation marks another milestone in the march toward the July launch period.
Team discovers quasar tsunamis capable of preventing stars from forming
Using the unique capabilities of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers led by Virginia Tech's Nahum Arav has discovered the most energetic outflows ever witnessed in the universe.
What quarantine is like for an astronaut
for decades, astronauts have been quarantined to ensure that they were virus-free and ready to fly (or, in the case of Apollo, to make sure they didn't bring home any...
Hallmark Channel to begin airing Christmas movie marathon Friday
"A Christmas Detour," "Crown for Christmas," "Christmas at Dollywood" and other holiday movies will broadcast Friday to Sunday on the Hallmark Channel.
Astronaut Al Worden, who flew Apollo 15 command module, dies at 88
Former astronaut Al Worden, who piloted the orbiting command module during the Apollo 15 moon landing in 1971, died Wednesday in Texas, NASA said. He was 88.
Spring comes early in 2020
Spring is officially coming early this year, thanks to leap year and other solar quirks that will make the season's arrival fall on March 19 for the first time throughout...
Chandra Data Tests 'Theory of Everything'
Portal origin URL: Chandra Data Tests 'Theory of Everything'Portal origin nid: 459030Published: Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 05:22Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Astronomers used Chandra to perform a test of string...
NASA finds little strength left in Tropical Cyclone Herold
Wind shear pushed former Tropical Cyclone Herold apart and infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed the system with very little strength remaining.
NASA, SpaceX plan return to human spaceflight from U.S. soil in mid-May
NASA and SpaceX officially announced the nation's return to human spaceflight from U.S. soil is planned for mid-May.
Study investigates evolution during Cambrian Explosion
A new study by an international team of scientists has revealed the developmental and evolutionary mechanisms underlying the origin of a major phylum.
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...
How a 'muon accelerator' could unravel some of the universe's greatest mysteries
The fact that we are here at all is one of the greatest puzzles of physics.
Small robots practice scouting skills for future moon mission
The upgraded Autonomous Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot, or A-PUFFER, is on a roll. The technology could find itself on a commercial lunar lander in the next few years.
Dark matter and massive galaxies
About 85% of the matter in the universe is in the form of dark matter, whose nature remains a mystery, and the rest is of the kind found in atoms....
Iron is everywhere in Earth's vicinity, suggest two decades of Cluster data
Using over 18 years of data from ESA's Cluster mission, scientists have mapped the heavy metals in the space surrounding Earth, finding an unexpected distribution and prevalence of iron and...
Ticking cosmic clocks reveal the evolution of stars over millions of years
Pulsars, a type of rotating neutron star, are well-known as incredibly stable astrophysical clocks. Their regularity, used to measure their radio pulses, has led to some of the most exciting...