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NASA's Terra Satellite shows smoky pall over most of California
More than 650 wildfires are blazing in California after unprecedented lightning strikes, storms, and a heatwave that has set new records in the state and NASA's Terra satellite captured the...
Watch: 4-year-old golfer hits hole-in-one in West Virginia
A West Virginia 4-year-old's golf skills are being praised online after his father shared video of the young prodigy hitting a hole-in-one.
Watch: 'The Comey Rule' shows Brendan Gleeson's Trump demand 'loyalty'
"The Comey Rule," starring Jeff Daniels as James Comey and Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump, will premiere Sept. 27 on Showtime.
Ground segment testing a success for James Webb Space Telescope
Testing teams have successfully completed a critical milestone focused on demonstrating that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will respond to commands once in space.
Lensless light-field imaging through diffuser encoding
Microlens array based light-field imaging generally suffers from an intrinsic trade-off between the spatial and angular resolutions. To this end, scientists in China and German jointly proposed a lensless light-field...
Watch: BTS hopes fans draw 'energy' from 'Dynamite'
K-pop group BTS discussed its new single "Dynamite" on "Today" after releasing two remixes for the song.
Asteroid 2018 VP₁ may be heading for Earth. But there's no need to worry
Social media around the world lit up over the weekend, discussing the possibility that an asteroid (known as 2018 VP₁) could crash into Earth on November 2.
Watch: Artem Chigvintsev joins 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 29
Artem Chigvintsev will return to "Dancing with the Stars" in Season 29 following the birth of his first child, a son, with Nikki Bella.
Could Planet 9 be a primordial black hole?
For several years, astronomers and cosmologists have theorized about the existence of an additional planet with a mass 10 times greater than that of Earth, situated in the outermost regions...
Did Jupiter push Venus into a runaway greenhouse?
Venus has been garnering a lot of attention lately, though primarily in the scientific community, as the last Hollywood movie about the planet was released in the 1960s. This is...
Super-Kamiokande gets an upgrade to see neutrinos from ancient supernovae
The Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory can detect different kinds of neutrino-related phenomena, including supernova explosions in our own galaxy. It is normally full of pure water, but it has recently received...
Hubble observes Comet NEOWISE after blistering journey around the sun
On March 27, a spacecraft named NEOWISE identified a bright comet fast approaching the sun. As comets travel closer to the sun, their icy mantles evaporate and dust escapes to...
New large optically bright supernova remnant discovered
Astronomers have reported the discovery of a new galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the Cepheus constellation. The newly detected SNR is relatively large and optically bright, but faint in radio...
Could there be life in the cloudtops of Venus?
When it comes to places with the potential for habitability, Venus isn't usually on that list. The hot, greenhouse-effect-gone-mad neighboring planet with a crushing surface pressure and sulfuric acid clouds...
Watch: Nike releases Kobe Bryant birthday tribute from Kendrick Lamar
Nike is honoring the late Kobe Bryant on what would have been his 42nd birthday with a new video is narrated by Kendrick Lamar.
These two celestial bodies share a heartbeat, puzzling scientists
The microquasar SS 433 (background) sways with a period of 162 days. The inconspicuous gas cloud Fermi J1913+0515 (foreground), about 100 light years away, pulsates with the same rhythm in gamma rays, suggesting...
Neural networks show potential for identifying gamma rays detected by the Cherenkov telescope array
With the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) that is currently under construction, researchers hope to observe highly energetic gamma rays that could lead to the discovery of new objects in and...
Watch: Robert Pattinson declares 'I am vengeance' in new 'Batman' teaser
Warner Bros. Pictures released a teaser for "The Batman," starring Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, Batman, who in this incarnation of the tale is a vigilante...
Follow NASA's Perseverance rover in real time on its way to Mars
The last time we saw NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission was on July 30, 2020, as it disappeared into the black of deep space on a trajectory for Mars....
Video captures fatal officer-involved shooting of Trayford Pellerin, 31, in Lafayette, La.
State police and the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation are investigating the officer-involved fatal shooting of 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin, a Black man whose last encounter with Lafayette police was captured on...
Tropical Storm Laura brings heavy rain to Puerto Rico
Tropical Storm Laura brought heavy rains to Puerto Rico on Saturday morning as Tropical Storm Marco developed closer to the Yucatan Peninsula.
Dustin Johnson takes 2-shot lead at Northern Trust; Scottie Scheffler shoots 59
Dustin Johnson got off to a remarkable start on his first nine holes and grabbed a two-shot lead Friday in the second round of The Northern Trust at TPC Boston...
NCAA postpones all non-football fall sports championships because of COVID-19
The NCAA announced Friday that all fall sports championships except for football have been postponed at least until the spring.
Fred Armisen, John C. Reilly to star in 'Moonbase' comedy
Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker and John C. Reilly have signed on to star in the Showtime workplace comedy, "Moonbase."
Hubble snaps close-up of celebrity comet NEOWISE
The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped the closest images yet of the sky's latest visitor to make headlines, comet NEOWISE, after it passed by the Sun. This is the first...
Watch: Contents of mysterious safe left on N.Y. farm to remain mystery
A mysterious safe that appeared on a New York state farmer's property with a note attached will remain a mystery for the time being, the farmer said.
Fort Hood searching for missing Sgt. Elder Fernandes
Fort Hood called for the public's help Friday in its search for a missing soldier, bringing attention yet again to the Army base in Texas where three service members have...
NASA's Suomi NPP satellite highlights California wildfires at night
Striking images of the California wildfires are seen in these nighttime satellite images taken by the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite on Aug. 20, 2020. At approximately 3:01 am PDT, NOAA-NASA's...