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'Bizarre' Group of Distant Black Holes are Mysteriously Aligned
A highly sensitive radio telescope has seen something peculiar in the depths of our cosmos: A group of supermassive black holes are mysteriously aligned, as if captured in a synchronized...
SpaceX rocket booster makes breakthrough landing at sea
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on a NASA cargo run to the International Space Station on Friday, and its reusable main-stage...
Scott Eastwood to star in 'Fast 8'; says Paul Walker was like an 'older brother'
Annie MartinLOS ANGELES, April 11 (UPI) -- Scott Eastwood, actor and son to Clint Eastwood, announced he will star with Vin Diesel and Charlize Theron in "Furious 7" sequel "Fast...
Denver Broncos LB Von Miller wants Johnny Manziel on team
The Sports Xchange Denver star linebacker Von Miller would like the Broncos to sign troubled quarterback Johnny Manziel, his former college teammate at Texas A&M.
Saturn spacecraft not affected by hypothetical Planet 9
Contrary to recent reports, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is not experiencing unexplained deviations in its orbit around Saturn, according to mission managers and orbit determination experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
NASA finds very heavy rainfall in Tropical Cyclone Zena
Tropical cyclone Zena intensified over the open waters between Vanuatu and Fiji and the Global Precipitation Measurement mission core satellite known as GPM found very heavy rainfall and very high...
'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' Trailer Brings Back Some Fan Favorites
The first trailer for the movie reveals some of the pre-'Star Wars: A New Hope' story. The rebels who stole the 'Death Star' plans are the centerpiece of the...
LIGO researchers suggest background noise due to gravity waves may be much greater than thought
(Phys.org)—The research team working with the LIGO project has proposed that the data gleaned from the discovery of gravity waves last year allows for calculating the likely level of cosmic...
Record-Setting Mars Odyssey Orbiter Launched 15 Years Ago Today
On April 7, 2001, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, kicking off a seven-month journey to the Red Planet. In 2010, Odyssey became...
Infrared Asteroid Hunter Nabs 72 New NEO’s in Two Years | Video
NASA’s NEOWISE mission has spotted 72 Near Earth Objects (NEOs) – and characterize 439 others – since the spacecraft was re-tasked as an asteroid hunter in Dec. 2013.
Engineers consider how to collect dust from low-gravity surfaces
Analysing the dusty layers of low-gravity moons or asteroids using robots is on the agenda for ESA's exploration of the Solar System. Engineers are thinking of ways to collect and...
Moon used to spin 'on different axis'
New findings suggest that the Moon used to spin on a different axis and show a slightly different face to the Earth.
Antarctica: International relations in a cold climate
Winter is coming, and like many scientists posted in Antarctica, Bogdan Gavrylyuk is looking forward to going home.
Ian Kinsler, Justin Upton lead Detroit Tigers over Miami Marlins in extras
By Walter Villa, The Sports Xchange MIAMI -- Ian Kinsler was the obvious star for the Detroit Tigers, but left fielder Justin Upton's contributions were just as vital.
Multitasking New Horizons observed solar wind changes on journey to Pluto
In addition to its history-making encounter with Pluto last July, the New Horizons spacecraft also recorded significant changes in how the solar wind behaves far from the sun.
NASA Science Chief, Former Astronaut John Grunsfeld Retiring
NASA science chief John Grunsfeld, a former astronaut who famously helped repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope in orbit, will end his nearly quarter-century of service to the agency...
Is Mysterious 'Planet Nine' Tugging on NASA Saturn Probe?
Astronomers are homing in on the whereabouts of a hidden giant planet in our solar system, and could discover the unseen beast in roughly a year.
What's The Space Weather Like Around Pluto? | Video
Coronal mass ejections from the Sun act very differently by the time they reach the Kuiper Belt. Pluto New Horizons gave scientists a reality check on its way past the...
Disney's 'Miles from Tomorrowland' Teams Up with Yuri's Night
Disney Junior's hit animated TV series "Miles from Tomorrowland" is teaming up with Yuri's Night, the "world space party," to make this year's celebration of the world's first human spaceflight...
NASA Snaps 3D Pics of Weather From Space
Satellites capture 3-D pictures of raindrops and snowflakes, to measure their size and understand how storms work.
A lesson from wheat evolution: From the wild to our spaghetti dish
While wheat has been much maligned recently for it's gluten content, and new suspicions casted about as to its nutritional value, scientists have been eager to trace the evolutionary history...
Dropped match blasts manhole covers into the air
Ben HooperLUOYANG, China, April 5 (UPI) -- A young boy in China learned a lesson about dropping matches into the sewer when a resulting explosion launched two manhole covers into...
Space Station Skims A Sea of Airglow, Star-fire and Lightning | Video
Earth and sky are not separate; they interact. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured deeply colored airglow bands punctuated by thunderstorms and a hint of auroras.
Ancient Mars bombardment likely enhanced life-supporting habitat
The bombardment of Mars some 4 billion years ago by comets and asteroids as large as West Virginia likely enhanced climate conditions enough to make the planet more conducive to...
Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers
New results from NANOGrav - the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves - establish astrophysically significant limits in the search for low-frequency gravitational waves. This result provides insight into...
Diane Lane to star in 'The Cherry Orchard' on Broadway
Karen ButlerNEW YORK, April 5 (UPI) -- "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" cast member Diane Lane is to star in the Roundabout Theatre Company's upcoming staging of "The Cherry...
Why X-ray astronomers are anxious for good news from troubled Hitomi satellite
On February 16, the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the ASTRO-H satellite from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. The space telescope named Hitomi – "pupil" in Japanese – carried...
Melissa McCarthy impresses with 'Colors of the Wind' rendition during 'Lip Sync Battle'
Wade SheridanNEW YORK, April 5 (UPI) -- Melissa McCarthy had the audience on their feet following an epic round of "Lip Sync Battle" on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."