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Defectors sent ‘offensive’ images of North Korea first lady, envoy says
Russia's top envoy to North Korea said defectors in the South provoked Pyongyang with pornographic material depicting North Korean first lady Ri Sol Ju, according to a Russian press report.
Solar Orbiter ready for science despite COVID-19 setbacks
ESA's Solar Orbiter has successfully completed four months of painstaking technical verification, known as commissioning. Despite the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the spacecraft is now ready to begin...
Enhanced Mirror Coatings Will Enable Future NASA Observatory
PROJECT Broadband Mirror Coatings for Future NASA Observatory SNAPSHOT A team at GSFC is investigating techniques for creating highly reflective aluminum mirrors sensitive to the far-ultraviolet in addition to the infrared, optical, and...
NASA Spacecraft Helps Identify Solar Radiation Patterns That Expose the Moon
Portal origin URL: NASA Spacecraft Helps Identify Solar Radiation Patterns That Expose the MoonPortal origin nid: 461859Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA mission helps scientists...
First all-female crew set for mission to Utah-based, simulated Mars research station
One of the first all-female crews to visit the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah is aiming to fill the data gap on women's performance in space exploration. Six engineers,...
Physicists explain why changes to Earth's magnetic field are weaker over the Pacific
A new study by University of Alberta physicists provides an explanation for why changes to Earth's magnetic field over time are weaker over the Pacific region—a mystery scientists have been...
Mystery over monster star's vanishing act
A huge star has disappeared - did it become a black hole?
Mystery Object Blurs Line between Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Existing in the “mass gap” dividing two classes of cosmic heavyweights, the object could be the most massive neutron star, the lightest known black hole—or something stranger -- Read more on...
Mid-infrared flare detected in a nearby active galaxy
Chinese astronomers have reported the discovery of a mid-infrared flare in a nearby star-forming galaxy known as MCG-02-04-026. The finding is detailed in a paper published June 22 on arXiv.org,...
A cosmic mystery: ESO telescope captures the disappearance of a massive star
Astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the star became less bright and partially obscured by dust....
An asteroid’s moon got a name so NASA can bump it off its course
Newly christened “Dimorphos” is a tiny space rock with a big target on its back. The International Astronomical Union gave the rock an official name on June 23 for a unique reason:...
Tiny Gravitational-Wave Detector Could Search Anywhere in the Sky
A much smaller and more reproducible version of LIGO could transform gravitational-wave astronomy -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Brooklyn Nets star DeAndre Jordan to miss NBA restart
Brooklyn Nets star DeAndre Jordan has joined the ranks of NBA players who will not be in Orlando, Fla., next month to finish out the 2019-20 NBA season.
What happens before a star explodes and dies: New research on 'pre-supernova' neutrinos.
A recent study on pre-supernova neutrinos—tiny cosmic particles that are extremely hard to detect—has brought scientists one step closer to understanding what happens to stars before they explode and die....
Trump accelerates border wall construction ahead of election, despite pandemic
In Arizona and Texas, border wall construction has sped up over the objections of residents and environmentalists
A cosmic mystery: Very Large Telescope captures the disappearance of a massive star
Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the...
One galaxy, two asteroids
Image: At first sight, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope portrays the sparkling stars of AGC111977, a dwarf galaxy located around 15 million light years away and visible in the...
Roter Kamm impact crater
Image: On Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Roter Kamm impact crater in Namibia.
SpaceX plans to launch next-generation GPS satellite from Florida
Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to launch the U.S. Air Force's third next-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System from Florida on Tuesday.
Famous birthdays for June 30: David Alan Grier, Mike Tyson
Actor David Alan Grier turns 64 and former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson turns 54, among the famous birthdays for June 30.
The magnetic history of ice
The history of our planet has been written, among other things, in the periodic reversal of its magnetic poles. Scientists propose a new means of reading this historic record: in...
India moves air defense missiles to Chinese border
India deployed surface-to-air missiles to its border with China in the Himalayan Mountains after a clash with Chinese troops left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
Astronaut says losing mirror on spacewalk was 'real bummer'
The commander of the International Space Station said Monday that losing a mirror during last week's otherwise successful spacewalk was "a real bummer."
Array of radio telescopes reveals explosion on the surface of a hot dead star
An international group of researchers observed a source of variable gamma rays identified in 2010 by the NASA satellite Fermi. They used a technique called VLBI, that combines data from...
First observation of rare events producing three massive force carriers simultaneously
Modern physics knows a great deal about how the universe works, from the grand scale of galaxies down to the infinitesimally small size of quarks and gluons. Still, the answers...
The show will not go on: Broadway extends its shutdown until January
Broadway theaters will remain dark through the end of the year, the Broadway League announced Monday.
Watch: Man spots his long-lost ice skate hanging from signpost
A Quebec man preparing to finally throw out his orphaned left hockey skate seven years after losing its twin discovered the long-lost ice skate hanging from a road sign.
FAA starts Boeing 737 Max test flights
The Federal Aviation Administrated started test flights of the Boeing 737 Max on Monday morning, moving the once best-selling aircraft one step closer to recertification after being grounded for more...