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NASA's Mars InSight Lander to Push on Top of the 'Mole'
Portal origin URL: NASA's Mars InSight Lander to Push on Top of the 'Mole'Portal origin nid: 458352Published: Friday, February 21, 2020 - 08:37Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Engineers have a plan...
Mars InSight lander to push on top of the 'mole'
After nearly a year of trying to dig into the Martian surface, the heat probe belonging to NASA's InSight lander is about to get a push. The mission team plans...
Hubble Team Wins the 2020 Michael Collins Trophy
The operations people behind the Space Telescope's 30 years of breakthrough science are honored by the National Air and Space Museum.
Canadian Space Agency searching for young astronauts
The 'Junior Astronaut Program' provides STEM and skills training for hopeful space cadets.
Arctic fox found wandering loose in Michigan
Police in Michigan said they responded to a report of an "injured dog" and found a far more unusual animal: an Arctic fox.
NASA Citizen Scientists Help Keep Us Safe from Near Earth Objects
Near Earth Objects (NEOs) are asteroids or comets whose orbits bring them near the Earth. Sixty-five million years ago, a NEO the size of Mount Everest hit the Earth off the coast...
NASA's Mars InSight Lander to Push on Top of the 'Mole'
Engineers have a plan for pushing down on the heat probe, which has been stuck at the Martian surface for a year.
'Riverdale' star Madelaine Petsch, Travis Mills split up
"Riverdale" star Madelaine Petsch and singer Travis Mills broke up after three years of dating.
Seafloor images reveal the secret lives of sponges
You might think that deep-sea sponges would be about as active as the one sitting in your kitchen sink. But when it comes to motion at the bottom of the...
XMM-Newton reveals giant flare from a tiny star
A star of about eight percent the Sun's mass has been caught emitting an enormous 'super flare' of X-rays—a dramatic high-energy eruption that poses a fundamental problem for astronomers, who...
Image: Copernicus Sentinel-1 spies Houston from orbit
Houston, Texas, U.S., is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.
How better propulsion systems can improve space exploration
Aero/Astro engineer Ken Hara is developing computer models to help make a little-known, but widely-used thruster engine more suitable for long-distance missions.
See the moon, 3 planets and red star Antares arc over NYC (photos)
Alexander Krivenyshev of WorldTimeZone.com photographed a gorgeous predawn sky show Thursday morning (Feb. 20), capturing the crescent moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and the red star Antares arcing over the Big...
'Mad Mike' will try to launch his steam rocket again for 'Homemade Astronauts' TV show
This Saturday (Feb. 22), a daredevil amateur rocket-maker will try once again to blast himself off-Earth as part of "Homemade Astronauts," a new series on the Science Channel that follows...
Blind Portsmouth astronomer shares his love of space
Nic Bonne, who uses 3D-printed models to study galaxies, wants more people to stargaze.
Earth from Space: Houston, Texas
Video: 00:02:55 In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission () takes us over Houston, the most populous city in Texas and the fourth largest...
Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery
Brooklyn Nets star point guard Kyrie Irving will undergo season-ending surgery on his right shoulder.
Flight carrying Canadian cruise passengers who tested negative for coronavirus on way home
Canadian passengers from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan who have not tested positive for COVID-19 are on a charter flight that is expected to arrive in Trenton,...
Adidas, Delta Faucet, others prep research projects for International Space Station
NASA is preparing to send a variety of new scientific research projects to the International Space Station, including an experiment designed by the shoe company Adidas.
HBO renews quirky sci-fi cruise comedy 'Avenue 5' for second season
"Avenue 5," HBO's new space-based comedy starring Hugh Laurie and written by Armando Iannucci has been given the go ahead to proceed to season two.
Particle beam could help map Earth's magnetic field to understand how space weather impacts the planet
Magnetic field lines that wrap around the Earth protect our planet from cosmic rays. Researchers at PPPL have now found that beams of fast-moving particles launched toward Earth from a...
Flight carrying Canadian cruise passengers who tested negative for coronavirus on way home
Canadian passengers from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan who have not tested positive for COVID-19 are on a charter flight that is expected to arrive in Trenton,...
Beyond the brim, Sombrero Galaxy's halo suggests turbulent past
Surprising new data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope suggests the smooth, settled "brim" of the Sombrero galaxy's disk may be concealing a turbulent past. Hubble's sharpness and sensitivity resolves tens...
How newborn stars prepare for the birth of planets
Astronomers used two of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world to create more than three hundred images of planet-forming disks around very young stars in the Orion Clouds....
Sub-Neptune sized planet validated with the habitable-zone planet finder
A signal originally detected by the Kepler spacecraft has been validated as an exoplanet using the Habitable-zone Planet Finder.
Watch: Sarah Paulson plays creepy mom in 'Run' trailer
"American Horror Story" actress Sarah Paulson and Kiera Allen star in "Run," a horror film from "Searching" director Aneesh Chaganty.
Findings From NASA's Juno Update Jupiter Water Mystery
Portal origin URL: Findings From NASA's Juno Update Jupiter Water MysteryPortal origin nid: 458284Published: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 16:16Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The mission publishes its first stream of...
Beyond the brim, Sombrero Galaxy's halo suggests turbulent past
These latest Hubble observations of the Sombrero galaxy indicate only a tiny fraction of older, metal-poor stars in the halo, plus an unexpected abundance of metal-rich stars. Past major galaxy...