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Kerbal's 'Shared Horizons’ launched with real ESA missions
ESA and Kerbal Space Program enthusiasts now have ‘Shared Horizons’, a free update today to the space simulator to that allows gamers to build Ariane 5 rockets and tackle real...
A binary star as a cosmic particle accelerator
Scientists have identified the binary star Eta Carinae as a new kind of source for very high-energy (VHE) cosmic gamma-radiation. Eta Carinae is located 7500 lightyears away in the constellation...
'Lovecraft County' to premiere Aug. 16 on HBO
"Lovecraft Country," a horror-drama series starring Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Jonathan Majors and Aunjanue Ellis and executive produced by Jordan Peele, is coming to HBO.
Look: Chanyeol appears in teasers for EXO-SC's '1 Billion Views'
EXO-SC, a subunit of EXO consisting of Sehun and Chanyeol, will release its debut studio album, "1 Billion Views," on July 13.
First exposed planetary core discovered allows glimpse inside other worlds
The surviving core of a gas giant has been discovered orbiting a distant star, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the interior of a planet.
NASA concludes second spacewalk on historic mission
NASA concluded a spacewalk of 6 hours and 1 minute on Wednesday to replace aging batteries on the International Space Station.
Astronauts complete battery work during 2nd spacewalk outside orbiting space station
Astronauts performed their second spacewalk in under a week on Wednesday to replace old batteries outside the International Space Station.
Researchers find the origin and the maximum mass of massive black holes
Through simulations of a dying star, a team of theoretical physics researchers have found the evolutionary origin and the maximum mass of black holes which are discovered by the detection...
Peacock inks deal with ViacomCBS, acquires 'Charmed,' 'Ray Donovan'
NBCUniversal and ViacomCBS have come to terms on a deal to bring television shows such as the original "Charmed" and "Ray Donovan" to the Peacock streaming service.
Astronomers find first exposed planetary core 730 light-years from Earth
For the first time, scientists have found an exposed planetary core. The discovery could offer astronomers new insights into the interiors of planets.
TESS mission discovers massive ice giant
The “ice giant” planets Neptune and Uranus are much less dense than rocky, terrestrial planets such as Venus and Earth. Beyond our solar system, many other Neptune-sized planets, orbiting distant stars, appear to...
Gaia revolutionises asteroid tracking
ESA’s Gaia space observatory is an ambitious mission to construct a three-dimensional map of our galaxy by making high-precision measurements of over one billion stars. However, on its journey to...
Podcast: ESA Explores risky asteroids with Astronomer Marco Micheli
Podcast: ESA Explores risky asteroids with Astronomer Marco Micheli Podcast: ESA Explores risky asteroids with Astronomer Marco Micheli
Astronauts perform 2nd spacewalk to swap station batteries
Astronauts performed their second spacewalk in under a week Wednesday to replace old batteries outside the International Space Station.
Launch of NASA Mars rover delayed again, 2 weeks left to fly
NASA has delayed the launch of its newest Mars rover yet again—to the end of July at the earliest—this time for a rocket issue.
China eyes July 20-25 launch for Mars rover
China's first Mars rover should launch later this month, authorities said Wednesday, as the country races to catch up with the US dominance of space.
First exposed planetary core discovered allows glimpse inside other worlds
The surviving core of a gas giant has been diskovered orbiting a distant star by University of Warwick astronomers, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the interior of a planet.
Tabletop quantum experiment could detect gravitational waves
Predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity, gravitational waves are ripples in space-time generated by certain movements of massive objects. They are important to study because they allow us to...
A newfound exoplanet may be the exposed core of a gas giant
A dense, scorched planet around a faraway star may be the naked core of a gas giant. Satellite and Earth-based telescope observations show that the newly discovered exoplanet has a radius nearly 3.5...
A binary star as a cosmic particle accelerator
With a specialized telescope in Namibia a DESY-led team of researchers has proven a certain type of binary star as a new kind of source for very high-energy cosmic gamma-radiation....
Astronomers see unexpected molecule in exoplanet atmosphere
SRON-astronomers have found the signature for aluminum oxide (AlO) in the spectrum of exoplanet WASP-43b. This came as a surprise because AlO is expected to stay hidden in the lower...
Image: Suitcase-sized asteroid explorer
A view of ESA's smallest future asteroid mission mapping its target body by laser.
Hidden sources of mysterious cosmic neutrinos seen on Earth
A new model points to the coronoe of supermassive black holes at the cores of active galaxies to help explain the excess neutrinos observed by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
Coronae of supermassive black holes may be the hidden sources of mysterious cosmic neutrinos seen on Earth
The origin of high-energy cosmic neutrinos observed by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, whose detector is buried deep in the Antarctic ice, is an enigma that has perplexed physicists and astronomers....
Watch live: NASA holds second spacewalk on historic mission
NASA conducted another spacewalk Wednesday, up to seven hours, to replace aging batteries on the International Space Station.
Astronomers May Have Glimpsed Light from Merging Black Holes
If confirmed, the controversial result could open new vistas on cosmic collisions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Space agencies join forces to produce global view of COVID-19 impacts
In an unprecedented collaboration, ESA, NASA and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) have created a new tool that combines a wealth of data from Earth-observing satellites to monitor the worldwide...
Earth from Space: Peruvian Andes
Video: 00:03:47 In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Andes mountains, in southern Peru, are featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 missionSee also Peruvian Andes to...