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Claims of 'Ocean' inside Ceres May Not Hold Water
Final results from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft suggest a brine reservoir exists within the dwarf planet, but some experts remain unconvinced -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Paradoxically, white dwarf stars shrink as they gain mass
Telescope observations have confirmed a weird property of white dwarf stars: As they pack on more mass, they shrink in size. White dwarfs, the stripped cores of dead stars, are thought to...
Selena Gomez 'so creeped out' by cameras in her home
Selena Gomez let camera into her home to film her new cooking show, "Selena + Chef" which premieres Thursday on HBO Max.
Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico damaged by broken cable
The Arecibo Observatory, the world's most powerful radio space telescope, incurred significant damage when a cable that stabilizes its radio antenna snapped.
Thunderstorms to continue Tuesday in the wake of powerful derecho
In the wake of a massive derecho that rolled across the Midwest on Monday, the same atmospheric disturbance will spark up additional rounds of heavy thunderstorms along its path into...
USS Pinckney crews seize $4.5M worth of cocaine in Caribbean
Crews on the USS Pinckney seized more than 120 kilograms of suspected cocaine -- worth $4.5 million -- at the end of July, according to the Navy.
NASA finds Mekkhala coming apart after landfall in Southeastern China
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of former Typhoon Mekkhala shortly after it made landfall in southeastern China. Wind shear had torn the storm apart.
Broken cable damages giant radio telescope in Puerto Rico
A broken cable caused severe damage at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, causing a suspension of operations for one of the world's largest single-dish radio telescopes, officials said Tuesday.
Classifying galaxies with artificial intelligence
Astronomers have applied artificial intelligence (AI) to ultra-wide field-of-view images of the distant Universe captured by the Subaru Telescope, and have achieved a very high accuracy for finding and classifying...
Christina Milian, Jay Pharoah to star in Netflix romantic comedy
Alicia Keys will produce a new Netflix film starring Christina Milian, Jay Pharoah and Sinqua Walls.
Watch: Search and rescue divers find wedding ring in reservoir
A search and rescue dive team in Utah came to the assistance of a woman who lost her diamond wedding ring at the bottom of a reservoir.
Mystery solved: Bright areas on Ceres come from salty water below
Data from NASA's recent Dawn mission answers two long-unresolved questions: Is there liquid inside Ceres, and how long ago was the dwarf planet geologically active?
Watch: Erasure enlists drag stars for 'Nerves of Steel' video
Erasure released a video for the song "Nerves of Steel" featuring Detox, Manila Luzon, Amanda Lepore, Candis Cayne and other LGBTQ stars.
Comb the Edges of the Solar System with the Catalina Outer Solar System Survey
Eyebrow: Citizen Science NewsBody: Collaborate with the science team by reviewing animated images to make the final determination of whether an object is a real TNO or not. Come discover new distant,...
NASA's planet Hunter completes its primary mission
NASA's TESS has completed its primary mission, imaging about 75% of the starry sky during a two-year-long survey. TESS has found 66 new planets, nearly 2,100 candidates, and much more.
NASA finds Jangmi now an Extra-Tropical Storm
NASA's Aqua satellite obtained a visible image of Tropical Storm Jangmi after it transitioned into an extra-tropical storm.
NASA finds a wispy, wind-sheared Tropical Depression 06W
NASA's Terra satellite revealed that a wispy looking Tropical Depression 06W in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean was being battered by wind shear. That wind shear is not expected to wane...
NASA's planet Hunter completes its primary mission
On July 4, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) finished its primary mission, imaging about 75% of the starry sky as part of a two-year-long survey. In capturing this giant...
Jared Leto confirms 'Tron' casting, Garth Davis set as director
Jared Leto confirmed on Twitter that he will be starring in a new "Tron" film for Disney, noting his excitement for the project.
Your chance of a lifetime---the chance to find a new TNO
Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) are primordial solar-system worlds orbiting out beyond Neptune. The most famous TNO is the dwarf planet Pluto! Today we are launching a new citizen science project called Catalina Outer Solar...
Your chance of a lifetime---the chance to find a new TNO
Eyebrow: Citizen Science NewsBody: Collaborate with the science team by reviewing animated images to make the final determination of whether an object is a real TNO or not. Come discover new distant,...
Watch: Malia White on reporting Hannah Ferrier for taking Valium
"Below Deck Mediterranean" star Malia White said it was "wrong" for Hannah Ferrier to take Valium while working at sea.
Laser Beams Reflected Between Earth and Moon Boost Science
Portal origin URL: Laser Beams Reflected Between Earth and Moon Boost SciencePortal origin nid: 463451Published: Monday, August 10, 2020 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: After launching laser beams for years...
Mystery Solved: Bright Areas on Ceres Come From Salty Water Below
Portal origin URL: Mystery Solved: Bright Areas on Ceres Come From Salty Water Below Portal origin nid: 463463Published: Monday, August 10, 2020 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Mystery Solved: Bright...
Dwarf planet Ceres has reservoirs of salty water
The dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in our Solar System’s main asteroid belt, once harbored a global subsurface ocean that likely froze solid long ago. Today, if any liquid...
Radio relics detected in the galaxy cluster SPT-CL J2032−5627
Using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), astronomers have performed observations of a cluster of galaxies known as SPT-CL J2032−5627. They identified two radio relics that could improve our...
Watch: Bryan Cranston says replaying Walter White was like 'riding a bike' on 'Tonight Show'
Bryan Cranston discussed how he got back into character as Walter White in "Breaking Bad" film "El Camino" while appearing on "The Tonight Show."
Laser beams reflected between Earth and moon boost science
Dozens of times over the last decade NASA scientists have launched laser beams at a reflector the size of a paperback novel about 240,000 miles (385,000 kilometers) away from Earth....