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Marking five years of Estonia in ESA

4 years ago from European Space Agency

Estonia celebrates its fifth anniversary in ESA after becoming ESA’s 21st Member State on 1 September 2015.

Famous birthdays for Sept. 1: Phil McGraw, Jungkook

4 years ago from UPI

TV host Phil McGraw turns 70 and pop singer Jungkook turns 23, among the famous birthdays for Sept. 1.

How weather news impacts public transit ridership

4 years ago from Science Daily

Researchers found a correlation between words used in media coverage related to weather or air quality, and transit ridership. It's not enough yet to say that media coverage causes changes...

NASA's Suomi NPP satellite shows two views of California's smoky skies

4 years ago from Physorg

NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured two images that tell the story about the smoke coming off the fires in California. One instrument on the provided a visible image of the...

Astrophysics: A direct view of star/disk interactions

4 years ago from Science Daily

Astronomers have for the first time directly observed the columns of matter that build up newborn stars. This was observed in the young star TW Hydrae system located approximately 163...

Watch: Super Junior-D&E revs up in 'B.A.D' video teaser

4 years ago from UPI

K-pop stars Donghae and Eunhyuk shared a preview of their video for "B.A.D," the title track from their EP "Bad Blood."

Researchers develop dustbuster for the moon

4 years ago from Physorg

A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is pioneering a new solution to the problem of spring cleaning on the moon: Why not zap away the grime using...

Air Force uses mobile operations center for B-2 stealth bomber for first time

4 years ago from UPI

The U. S. Air Force announced its Global Strike Command's first overseas mobile operations center on Friday, to plan B-2 stealth bomber missions.

Researchers develop dustbuster for the moon

4 years ago from Science Daily

A new solution to the problem of spring cleaning on the moon: Why not zap away the grime using a beam of electrons?

SOFIA Returns to Flight Studying Galaxies

4 years ago from Science @ NASA

Portal origin URL: SOFIA Returns to Flight Studying GalaxiesPortal origin nid: 464043Published: Monday, August 31, 2020 - 13:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s flying observatory, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy,...

Researchers design continuous-scanning sky brightness monitor in 2.5- to 5-μm band

4 years ago from Physorg

A research group led by Prof. Wang Jian from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a continuous-scanning near-infrared sky...

Can a black hole fire up the cold heart of the Phoenix Galaxy Cluster?

4 years ago from Science Daily

Radio astronomers have detected jets of hot gas blasted out by a black hole in the galaxy at the heart of the Phoenix Galaxy Cluster, located 5.9 billion light-years away...

Dell Loy Hansen to sell MLS, NWSL teams after accusations of racism

4 years ago from UPI

Dell Loy Hansen, the owner of Utah MLS, NWSL and USL teams, plans to sell the clubs after a report claimed he used racist language around team employees and made...

Channel Maker, C Z Rocket land Breeders' Cup berths

4 years ago from UPI

The possibilities inherent in Thoroughbred racing were on full display during the weekend as Breeders' Cup berths went to classy turf vet Channel Maker and recent $40K claimer C Z...

Does a black hole fire up cold heart of the Phoenix?

4 years ago from Physorg

Radio astronomers have detected jets of hot gas blasted out by a black hole in the galaxy at the heart of the Phoenix Galaxy Cluster, located 5.9 billion light-years away...

NASA selects proposals for new space environment missions

4 years ago from Physorg

NASA has selected five proposals for concept studies of missions to help improve understanding of the dynamics of the sun and the constantly changing space environment with which it interacts...

Microlensing measurement of a quasar's accretion disk

4 years ago from Physorg

An active galactic nucleus (AGN) is a supermassive black hole residing at the core of a galaxy that is accreting material. The accretion occurs in the vicinity of the hot...

Molecular outflow identified in the galaxy NGC 1482

4 years ago from Physorg

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers from Japan have probed a nearby starburst galaxy known as NGC 1482. They detected a molecular gas outflow that could be essential...

Manitoba wildlife rehabilitation centre gets donation of state-of-the-art disinfecting robot

4 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

The Wildlife Haven Rehabiltation Centre was gifted a Lytbot disinfection and electrostatic portable sprayer, which emits UV lights to disinfect surfaces.

Image: Hubble views edge of stellar blast

4 years ago from Physorg

While appearing as a delicate and light veil draped across the sky, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope actually depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast...

Israel makes first-ever flight to UAE after historic agreement

4 years ago from UPI

The first-ever direct flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates -- flying over Saudi Arabia -- took off Monday carrying Israeli and U.S. political delegations.

Watch Vega rideshare launch live

4 years ago from European Space Agency

Tune in to ESA Web TV from 02:36 BST / 03:36 CEST on 2 September to watch the return to flight of Vega on its debut rideshare mission dedicated to...

Searching for the lost dogs of the Beirut blast

Many pets ran away after a massive explosion in Beirut, leaving Leila Molana-Allen pining for a missing puppy.

Hilary Swank on Netflix's sci-fi Away and the ultimate work-life dilemma

Hilary Swank talks about her role for Netflix as the commander on the first manned mission to Mars.

Famous birthdays for Aug. 31: Van Morrison, Debbie Gibson

4 years ago from UPI

Musician Van Morrison turns 75 and singer Debbie Gibson turns 50, among the famous birthdays for Aug. 31.

SpaceX launches satellite for Argentina into polar orbit

4 years ago from UPI

SpaceX plans to launch a satellite for Argentina's space agency from Florida on Sunday evening that will monitor weather and agriculture conditions.

Watch live: SpaceX launches satellite for Argentina into polar orbit

4 years ago from UPI

SpaceX plans to launch a satellite for Argentina's space agency from Florida on Sunday evening that will monitor weather and agriculture conditions.

Watch live: SpaceX plans evening launch of Argentine satellite

4 years ago from UPI

SpaceX plans to launch a satellite for Argentina's space agency from Florida on Sunday evening that will monitor weather and agriculture conditions.