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Incredible New View of the Milky Way Revealed (Video)
An incredible new picture of the Milky Way shows our home galaxy glowing eerily in wavelengths invisible to the human eye, revealing zones of hidden star birth.
Week's Best Space Pictures: Astronauts Capture Stunning Aurora
A brilliant star glows from within a ghostly blue bubble, and three of Saturn’s moons pose for a family photo.
A view of the Milky Way like you've never seen before
Here’s a view of the Milky Way galaxy like you’ve never seen before. The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope in Chile (APEX for short) captured this super-panoramic image of our home...
Dark Matter Clue: Strange Radio Bursts Finally Reveal Host Galaxy
For the first time, scientists have determined the location and distance of a strange and powerful explosion known as a fast radio burst, a finding that allows them to refine...
Historic Photos Show the Epic Voyages of Black Explorer
Largely ignored for nearly a century, Matthew Henson made big contributions to polar exploration.
Image: Solar sails offer new orbital mechanics for satellites
Tomorrow's orbit today? This image shows how a large solar sail-equipped satellite could partly offset Earth's and the Sun's gravity with the slight but steady pressure of sunlight to hover...
Black holes banish matter into cosmic voids
We live in a universe dominated by unseen matter, and on the largest scales, galaxies and everything they contain are concentrated into filaments that stretch around the edge of enormous...
2014 MU69: Next Target for New Horizons
After its historic flyby of Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft is on its way to rendezvous with a tiny, icy Kuiper Belt object.
Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout lacked confidence on base paths last season
Alex ButlerANAHEIM, Calif., Feb. 24 (UPI) -- After leading the league with 49 steals in 2012, Mike Trout has seen steady slips in his stolen base statistics.
Accused Star Found Innocent of Cosmic Explosion
The star responsible for the puzzling supernova SN 2008S may be falsely accused.
The prolonged death of light from type Ia supernovae
Three years after its explosion, a type Ia supernova continues to shine brighter than expected, new research finds. The observations suggest that the powerful explosions produce an abundance of a...
Space projects lured $1.8 billion in venture capital last year: report
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Venture capital groups invested $1.8 billion in commercial space startups in 2015, more than in the last 15 years combined, a report by aerospace consultants...
Demi Lovato visits White House as new video released
Anastasia SuberviWASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Demi Lovato visited the White House on Wednesday to participate in a workshop with first lady Michelle Obama and students to honor the legacy...
Study finds surprising variability in shape of Van Allen Belts
The shape of the two electron swarms 600 miles to more than 25,000 miles from the Earth's surface, known as the Van Allen Belts, could be quite different than has...
Japan tests indigenous stealth fighter jet X-2
Elizabeth ShimTOKYO, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Japan is developing an indigenous stealth fighter jet, the X-2, which completed a ground test Wednesday, according to local reports.
Texas court dismisses charges against former Gov. Rick Perry
Ed AdamczykAUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was spared a trial and potential prison sentence after two charges of abuse of office were dismissed.
Selena Gomez to bring DNCE on her 'Revival' tour
Annie MartinLOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Selena Gomez will take fellow former Disney star Joe Jonas and his new band, DNCE, on her "Revival" tour.
Jean-Claude Van Damme to star in Amazon comedy 'Jean-Claude Van Johnson'
Wade SheridanLOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Jean-Claude Van Damme is set to star as himself in Amazon's upcoming action comedy series "Jean-Claude Van Johnson."
Khloe Kardashian claims James Harden cheated
Annie MartinLOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Khloe Kardashian claimed NBA star James Harden was "not monogamous" during their relationship and said she has "the receipts to prove it."
Advanced NASA-developed instrument flies on Japan's Hitomi
Now that Japan's Hitomi spacecraft is safely in orbit, a team of NASA scientists is now ready to begin gathering data about the high-energy universe with an advanced instrument that...
New model shows Earth may be more unique than thought
(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers, three with Swedish Institutions and one from the U.S. has created a computer model of the known universe and in using it to estimate the...
Danny Pudi, Alan Tudyk, Christina Kirk join 'Powerless'
Marilyn MalaraLOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- NBC's upcoming DC Comics comedy pilot "Powerless" is adding Danny Pudi, Alan Tudyk and Christina Kirk to its cast list.
Double shadow transit season for Jupiter's moons begins
Watching the inky-black shadow of a Jovian moon slide across the cloud-tops of Jupiter is an unforgettable sight. Two is always better than one, and as the largest planet in...
NASA thinks there's a way to get to Mars in three days
We've achieved amazing things by using chemical rockets to place satellites in orbit, land people on the moon, and place rovers on the surface of Mars. We've even used ion...
Zodiacal Light: How to See the Mysterious Glow
Here's how to spot the faint zodiacal light, the mysterious glow caused by millions of particles left over from the solar system's formation.
Image: The ice fields of Patagonia
This image taken Jan. 14, 2015, acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, shows the glaciers of Sierra de Sangra, an icy stratovolcano spanning the border of Chile...
Surprise meteor shower on New Year's Eve
A new network of video surveillance cameras in New Zealand has detected a surprise meteor shower on New Year's Eve. The shower is called the Volantids, named after the constellation...
Telescope used on Armstrong's moon landing finds new galaxies
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian telescope used to broadcast live vision of man's first steps on the moon in 1969 has found hundreds of new galaxies hidden behind the Milky...