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Want to go to the moon? NASA is now taking new astronaut applications
If you've always wanted to fly to the International Space Station or go on to the moon, NASA's next recruitment effort promises to bring future astronauts to both locations.
SpaceX moving on to Starship SN2 prototype after SN1 bites the dust in test
SpaceX's SN1 Starship prototype was destroyed during a pressure test on Friday (Feb. 28). But the SN2 is already under construction and being prepped for testing, Elon Musk said.
Massive white dwarf star is the product of a stellar merger
An unusual white dwarf star was formed by a merger between two smaller white dwarfs, according to a new analysis by an international team of astronomers.
What if mysterious 'cotton candy' planets actually sport rings?
Some of the extremely low-density, 'cotton candy like' exoplanets called super-puffs may actually have rings, according to new research.
Improving shoes, showers, 3-D printing: Research launching to the space station
A variety of science investigations, along with supplies and equipment, launch to the International Space Station on the 20th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. The Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled...
What if mysterious 'cotton candy' planets actually sport rings?
Some of the extremely low-density, "cotton candy like" exoplanets called super-puffs may actually have rings, according to new research published in The Astronomical Journal by Carnegie's Anthony Piro and Caltech's...
SpaceX Starship prototype explodes in test again
Another prototype of SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded during a pressure test at the company's construction yard in Boca Chica, Texas.
Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office
This blog post originated in the 2018 Science Mission Directorate Science and Technology Report. PROJECT Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office (PESTO) KEY POINTS A new office has been created to manage the development of...
'Inside the Actors Studio' host James Lipton dies
James Lipton, best known for creating "Inside the Actors Studio" and hosting it for 23 seasons, died Monday at 93.
Watch live: Space startup Astra plans challenge launch from Alaska
A space startup company, California-based Astra, plans to launch a rocket carrying small satellites from Alaska as part of a prize-based government challenge at 3:30 p.m. EST Monday.
Watch: Sungjae shares animated 'Come with the Wind' video
K-pop star Yook Sung-jae released an animated music video for the new solo single "Come with the Wind."
Watch: Rapman narrates trailer for new film 'Blue Story'
"Blue Story," a new film written and directed by Rapman and starring Stephen Odubola and Micheal Ward, opens in theaters March 20.
Watch: 'Elite' Season 3 trailer teases Polo's murder
"Elite," starring Itzan Escamilla, Miguel Bernardeau, Álvaro Rico, Arón Piper and Mina El Hammani, returns March 13 on Netflix.
Two stars merged to form massive white dwarf
A massive white dwarf star with a bizarre carbon-rich atmosphere could be two white dwarfs merged together, and only narrowly avoided destruction.
Oddball giant white dwarf may have formed in epic crash of smaller stars
A giant white dwarf star may be the offspring of a collision between two other white dwarfs, a new study finds.
Milky Way’s warp caused by galactic collision, Gaia suggests
Astronomers have pondered for years why our galaxy, the Milky Way, is warped. Data from ESA’s star-mapping satellite Gaia suggest the distortion might be caused by an ongoing collision with...
Huge 'space snowman' is two merging stars
Researchers have discovered an unusual ultra-massive snowman-shaped star with an atmospheric composition never seen before.
Scientists seize rare chance to watch faraway star system evolve
Findings suggest that the planet DS Tuc Ab -- which orbits a star in a binary system -- formed without being heavily impacted by the gravitational pull of the second...
Two stars merged to form massive white dwarf
A massive white dwarf star with a bizarre carbon-rich atmosphere could be two white dwarfs merged together according to an international team led by University of Warwick astronomers, and only...
Early Earth may have been a 'waterworld'
Kevin Costner, eat your heart out. New research shows that the early Earth, home to some of our planet's first lifeforms, may have been a real-life "waterworld"— without a continent...
OSIRIS-REx students catch unexpected glimpse of black hole
University students and researchers working on a NASA mission orbiting a near-Earth asteroid have made an unexpected detection of a phenomenon 30 thousand light years away. Last fall, the student-built...
First direct observation of elusive waves reveals energy channels in solar atmosphere
For the first time, torsional Alfvén waves have been directly observed in the solar corona by a team of researchers from the University of Oslo and the University of Warwick....
Image: Hubble spots a spiral with a past
This image of an archetypal spiral galaxy was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Researchers review methods for sky view factor estimation
The sky view factor (SVF) is a geometric concept that refers to the ratio of the radiation received by a planar surface to the radiation emitted by the entire hemispheric...
UBC astronomy student finds 17 new possible planets, 1 may have water
Michelle Kunimoto scours space for undiscovered planets. And she’s just uncovered 17 new possible ones, including a potentially habitable, Earth-sized world.
Researchers find string theory link in a class of complex numbers
A collaboration of a mathematician and a physicist has shown that the modular forms associated with elliptic curves with complex multiplications are expressed in terms of observables in superstring theory.
Riding the wave of a supernova to go interstellar
When it comes to the challenges posed by interstellar travel, there are no easy answers. The distances are immense, the amount of energy needed to make the journey is tremendous,...
Watch: Clare Crawley announced as new 'Bachelorette'
Clare Crawley was announced as the new "Bachelorette" Monday on "Good Morning America."