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ESA scales down science mission operations amid pandemic
In response to the escalating coronavirus pandemic, ESA has decided to further reduce on-site personnel at its mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars just climbed its steepest slope yet (and snapped a selfie)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover just climbed its steepest Red Planet slope to date, after snapping a nice selfie that gives us a better appreciation of the achievement.
Watch: 'Carpool Karaoke' counts down five times the segment took a turn
"The Late Late Show with James Corden" released a compilation video of strange turns on "Carpool Karaoke."
Solar system acquired current configuration not long after its formation
The hypothesis that the solar system originated from a gigantic cloud of gas and dust was first floated in the second half of the 18th century by German philosopher Immanuel...
Mobile astronomy: Put the Milky Way in your pocket with 'Our Galaxy' smartphone app
A new fun and educational app called "Our Galaxy" lets smartphone users explore the cosmos from the palm of their hand.
Astronauts know how to handle isolation: Here are tips from Scott Kelly, Peggy Whitson and more.
With more and more people staying home, astronauts, who have immeasurable experience with isolation, have chimed in with their expert advice.
Astronauts to offer inspiration during isolation in #SpaceConnectsUs
In Europe and around the world, we’ve been getting used to a different way of living in recent weeks. On Thursday, 26 March, ESA and long-time partner Asteroid Day will...
Dallas Cowboys center Travis Frederick, 29, announces retirement
Dallas Cowboys star center Travis Frederick announced Monday on social media that he is retiring from the NFL.
Astronauts quarantined ahead of journey to International Space Station
Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut were spending their final weeks on Earth in quarantine before they are scheduled to blast off on April 9 for the International Space...
Watching more TV than ever? Here are 5 shows worth your time this week
The Times TV team recommends the five TV shows we're watching this week — and that you should be too.
Colorado Gov. Polis signs bill abolishing death penalty, commutes sentences of 3 inmates
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed legislation making the state the 22nd to abolish the death penalty.
NASA employee at Kennedy Space Center tests positive for coronavirus: report
The first positive case of coronavirus at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida was confirmed today (March 23).
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.