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Watch a 10-Year Time Lapse of Sun From NASA’s SDO
Portal origin URL: Watch a 10-Year Time Lapse of Sun From NASA’s SDOPortal origin nid: 462236Published: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: As of June 2020, NASA’s...
Physicist discusses eRosita mission
It may well mark a revolution in X-ray astronomy: The eRosita space telescope, which was launched last July, has completed its first complete survey of the sky. Over a million...
'Queer Eye' stars say Supreme Court LGBTQ ruling is 'step in right direction'
Jonathan Van Ness and Bobby Berk celebrated the Supreme Court's ruling that federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ workers and discussed next steps.
Video: SMOS monitoring droughts
In orbit for more than a decade, ESA's Earth Explorer satellite SMOS has not only exceeded its planned lifespan, but also surpassed its original scientific goals. Built to demonstrate new...
New remnant radio galaxy detected
Using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), astronomers from South Africa and India have discovered a new remnant radio galaxy. The newly detected object, designated J1615+5452 has a size exceeding...
ESA listens in on black hole mission
European and Russian specialists recently worked together to catch signals from an astrophysical observatory mission, now mapping X-ray sources in our galaxy and beyond, discovering previously unknown supermassive black holes.
Five wild facts about the Saharan dust plume before it hit the US
A view of the Sahara dust plume taken on June 18, 2020 (NASA Worldview/)Expansive dust clouds arise from the sun-baked Sahara each year, making the 5,000-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean to the...
Jimmy Kimmel apologizes for his past use of blackface in comedy
Comedian and talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel is apologizing for using blackface during performances in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Lil Rel Howery to host 'Small Fortune' game show for NBC
Comedian, actor, writer and producer Lil Rel Howery has signed on to host NBC's new game show, "Small Fortune."
NASA's Hunt for Lunar Water Intensifies
The space agency’s plans for sustainable lunar outposts could hinge on finding—and using—what may be the moon’s most precious resource -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In rare remarks on Korean conflict, Kim Jong Un calls off military plans
After weeks of ratcheting up tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea took a step back on Wednesday with an announcement in state-run media that leader Kim Jong Un has...
Kim Jong Un turns down the heat on tense peninsula
After weeks of ratcheting up tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea took a step back on Wednesday with an announcement in state-run media that leader Kim Jong Un has...
On This Day, June 24: Isner defeats Mahut at Wimbledon in longest tennis match in history
On June 24, 2010, John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut in a first-round match at Wimbledon, the longest match in pro-tennis history.
Trump again blames testing for high coronavirus numbers during Arizona rally
President Donald Trump visited Arizona Tuesday where he continued to blame testing for the country's high tally of COVID-19 cases and praised the construction of an expanded physical barrier on...
EU weighs barring travelers from United States, Russia, Brazil in border reopening plan
The European Union is weighing blocking travelers from the United States and a handful of other countries as it prepares to reopen its borders after shutting them down in response...
LIGO and Virgo detected a collision between a black hole and a mystery object
Ripples in spacetime have revealed a distant collision between a black hole and a mystery object, which appears too massive to be a neutron star but not massive enough to be a...
University students develop AI to detect fast radio bursts
West Virginia University's Duncan Lorimer might be the godfather of the fast radio burst, but a pair of international students has taken exploring these mysterious cosmic flashes to a new...
NASA analyzes the newest Atlantic Ocean subtropical depression
NASA's Aqua satellite used infrared light to analyze the strength of storms in the North Atlantic Ocean's newly formed Subtropical Depression 4. Infrared data provides temperature information to find the...
New research deepens mystery of particle generation in proton collisions
Researchers have shown that in polarized proton-proton collisions, the neutral pions in the very forward area of collisions -- where direct interactions involving quarks and gluons are not applicable --...
Mystery astronomical object in 'mass gap': Neutron star? Black hole?
Researchers have discovered what is either the heaviest known neutron star, or the lightest black hole.
Scientists confirm 50-year-old theory that aliens could exploit a black hole for energy
Lab experiments have confirmed the 50-year-old theory that an alien civilization could exploit a black hole for energy.
Alicia Keys to host 'Nick News' special about race
Alicia Keys will host "Kids, Race and Unity," a Nickelodeon special featuring Black Lives Matter leaders and teen activists.
iHeartMedia, WarnerMedia sign deal to co-produce HBO Max podcasts
iHeartMedia and WarnerMedia are teaming up to co-produce companion podcasts for HBO Max shows.
NASA's first planetary defense mission target gets a new name
Nearly two decades ago, a near-Earth asteroid was discovered to have a moon and the binary system was given the name "Didymos"—Greek for "twin," a loose description of the larger...
Boots Riley announces new series 'I'm A Virgo,' starring Jharrel Jerome
Filmmaker Boots Riley announced on Twitter that he is developing a new series starring Jharrel Jerome, titled "I'm A Virgo."
3-D-printed neutrino detectors
Plastic scintillators are one of the most used active materials in high-energy physics. Their properties make it possible to track and distinguish between particle topologies. Among other things, scintillators are...
Watch: Netflix shares trailer for animated film 'Over the Moon'
"Over the Moon," a new film inspired by a Chinese legend and featuring the voices of Margaret Cho and Phillipa Soo, will premiere on Netflix in the fall.
Either the heaviest-known neutron star or the lightest-known black hole: LIGO-Virgo finds mystery object in 'mass gap'
When the most massive stars die, they collapse under their own gravity and leave behind black holes; when stars that are a bit less massive die, they explode in a...