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Jacksonville Jaguars sign CB Prince Amukamara
The Sports Xchange The Jacksonville Jaguars signed unrestricted free-agent cornerback Prince Amukamara, the team announced Friday.
Image: First contact with Ariane 5
Ariane 5 flight VA229 lifted off yesterday morning at 05:20 GMT (02:20 local time, 06:20 CET) from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, to deliver a telecom satellite into geostationary...
Trilobites: It’s Very Unlikely That Asteroid 2013 TX68 Will Hit Earth
The asteroid, estimated to be 100 feet in diameter, is expected to zip past Earth sometime next week. But not close enough to panic.
Ancient Dust Found in Meteorites Came from Exploding Stars
Dust particles trapped in meteoric material on Earth were spewed out by stars that exploded long before the formation of the sun.
'Midnight Special' director cast Adam Driver in role before 'Star Wars' was released
Karen ButlerNEW YORK, March 10 (UPI) -- Writer-director Jeff Nichols says he cast Adam Driver in his upcoming film "Midnight Special" before "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" made him a...
Trilobites: The Hydra Gets a New Mouth With Every Meal
Every time a hydra wants to eat, it rips a hole through the center of its body’s outer layer. After dinner, it closes back up.
Blue Origin Plans Growth Spurt This Year
Blue Origin plans to grow significantly over the next year as the company ramps up development of its BE-4 engine and an orbital launch vehicle.
Sharpest view ever of dusty disc around aging star
Astronomers obtained the sharpest view ever of the dusty disc around an aging star. For the first time such features can be compared to those around young stars -- and...
Image: Tenerife from Proba-V
A false-colour image of the Atlantic island of Tenerife, as seen by ESA's Proba-V minisatellite.
SOFIA observatory indicates star eruptions create and scatter elements with earth-like composition
Observations made with NASA's flying observatory, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) indicate that nova eruptions create elements that can form rocky planets, much like Earth.
High throughput computing helps LIGO confirm Einstein's last unproven theory
A few years ago, a global team of scientists parlayed decades of research into the discovery of the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle considered a building block of the universe....
Andy Wachowski comes out as transgender four years after sibling does same
Karen ButlerLOS ANGELES, March 8 (UPI) -- "The Matrix" and "Cloud Atlas" co-director Andy Wachowski has come out as transgender four years after her brother Larry also transitioned to female.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in thermal vacuum testing
The first US mission to collect a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth for study is undergoing a major milestone in its environmental testing.
NASA's first wide-field soft X-ray camera is a gift that keeps giving
NASA recently selected a miniaturized version of the original X-ray camera to fly as a CubeSat mission to study Earth's magnetic cusps -- regions in the magnetic cocoon around our...
World's largest aircraft gets ready to take to the skies
The massive Airlander 10 can stay aloft for days and is getting ready for its next test flight
'A Beautiful Planet' Transports Earthlings To The ISS via IMAX | Trailer
From Toni Myers, director of IMAX films Hubble 3D, Blue Planet, The Dream Is Alive and more, comes a stunning look at our home planet from LEO. Jennifer Lawrence narrates....
'Supergirl' to be renewed for Season 2
Annie MartinPALM BEACH, Fla., March 8 (UPI) -- CBS announced plans to renew "Supergirl," starring Melissa Benoist, along with four other new series.
China's Wang Yi slams Japan dealings as duplicitous
Elizabeth ShimBEIJING, March 8 (UPI) -- China's top diplomat suggested Japan's leaders are duplicitous in their relations with Beijing.
Minnesota to open world's first water bar
Daniel UriaMINNEAPOLIS, March 8 (UPI) -- Minnesota is set to open the world's first Water Bar that will feature a full-fledged bar that will serve exclusively water products.
First tomatoes, peas harvested from mock Martian farm
Brooks HaysWAGENINGEN, Netherlands, March 8 (UPI) -- This week, researchers in the Netherlands announced a bountiful harvest from soil designed to mimic makeup of Martian soil, including tomatoes and peas.
Simulation analyzes cosmic rays
When cosmic rays hit the Earth’s atmosphere, their high-energy primary particles generate an “air shower” of secondary particles. These cascades of particles provide information on the physical properties of the...
Astronomers break cosmic distance record (again)
An international team of astronomers has shattered the cosmic distance record by measuring the farthest galaxy ever seen in the universe. This surprisingly bright, infant galaxy, named GN-z11, is seen...
Michigan poised to boost front-runners Trump, Clinton
Eric DuVallLANSING, Mich., March 8 (UPI) -- All eyes shift to Michigan in the race for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations, the largest prize of four states casting...
Reaching out to stars beyond our galaxy
An international team of researchers in Japan is getting ready to power up a 50,000-ton neutrino detector by adding a single metal, which will turn it into the world's first...
We're in the Clear! Asteroid Safely Whizzes By Earth
A 100-foot wide asteroid whizzed by the earth on Monday night and (obviously) avoided a collision.
'Dancing with the Stars' cast revealed; Bindi Irwin offers advice to newbies
Karen ButlerNEW YORK, March 8 (UPI) -- Paige VanZant, Wanya Morris, Doug Flutie, Von Miller and Geraldo Rivera are to compete on Season 22 of "Dancing with the Stars."
Gaia science alerts are back
While scanning the sky to measure the position and velocity of a billion stars, ESA's Gaia satellite also records many 'guest stars' – astronomical sources that, for a short period...
Starling sightings could help solve the mystery of the 'ballet of the skies'
A group of scientists in the U.K. say they are getting closer to solving the mystery behind starling murmurations, and say information about sightings in P.E.I. could help them.