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Square surges after Visa reveals details of stake
Shares in Square leapt Friday after financial giant Visa revealed details of its stake in the mobile payments group led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.
3D video takes you inside Apollo 11
A 3D imaging project at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum invites viewers inside the first spacecraft to land on the moon, and reveals details only astronauts have seen...
Farewell, Philae: Hunt for Rosetta's Lost Lander Ends
The European Space Agency is giving up on trying to contact the lost Philae comet lander, which had an unexpectedly rough touchdown after its release 16 months ago from the...
New York Giants DT Jay Bromley won't be charged
The Sports Xchange New York Giants defensive tackle Jay Bromley will not be charged in connection with a rape accusation by a woman at a hotel last month.
The Future of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Fully opening this new window on the universe will take decades—even centuries -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Where Did Those Gravitational Waves Come From? There's a Map
The merging black holes generated a gravitational wave signal from 1.3 billion light-years away -- but which direction did they come from?
Obama to 6-year-old: No 'direct contact with aliens yet'
Ben HooperBURBANK, Calif., Feb. 12 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama answered a 6-year-old's hard-hitting question at an Ellen taping: "We haven't actually made direct contact with aliens yet."
Despite rocky start, Philae comet probe has raked in science data
Twelve years ago, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched a spacecraft with a very precious cargo—a robot laboratory designed to land on a comet and photograph, prod and sniff its...
Mobile Stargazing: The Universe at Your Fingertips
Exploring the night sky is as easy as looking up, and with smartphones and other tech, knowing what you're seeing is easier than ever. This new column will explore astronomy...
UPI Spotlight: Melissa McBride watches 'Walking Dead' on Sundays, just like us
Karen Butler "The Walking Dead" star Melissa McBride says she looks forward to watching fresh installments of the zombie-apocalypse drama on Sunday nights.
U.S., South Korea to discuss THAAD deployment
Elizabeth ShimSEOUL, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- The United States and South Korea are scheduled to meet next week to discuss the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile defense system on the...
Sentinel-3A poised for liftoff
With four days to liftoff, the next Sentinel satellite for Copernicus is now on the launch pad at the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia. The rocket will be fuelled the day...
Meteorites: Rocks that Survived Fiery Plunge to Earth
Most space rocks burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, creating shooting stars. But some larger, denser extraterrestrial rocks crash onto our planet and become meteorites.
Massive planet gone rogue discovered
A massive rogue planet has been discovered in the Beta Pictoris moving group. The planet, called PSO J318.5338-22.8603 (Sorry, I didn't name it), is over eight times as massive as...
Trilobites: Scientists Chirp Excitedly for LIGO, Gravitational Waves and Einstein
Before a big physics announcement, scientists took to social media to share their best imitations of two black holes colliding.
'Delighted' Neil deGrasse Tyson Hails Gravitational Waves Find (Video)
Neil deGrasse Tyson took the stage at Columbia University to speak after a historic result was revealed: the first direct detection of gravitational waves.
Saturn and Enceladus produce the same amount of plasma
The first evidence that Saturn's upper atmosphere may, when buffeted by the solar wind, emit the same total amount of mass per second into its magnetosphere as its moon, Enceladus,...
Week's Best Space Pictures: Dying Star Shoots Gleaming Jets
A newborn star brightens up its dusty neighborhood, and a galaxy cluster bends passing light like a lens.
The Atacama Pathfinder experiment in Chile starts its second decade
During 10 years of operation, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) 12 m submillimeter telescope has significantly contributed to a wide variety of astronomy science areas, ranging from the discoveries of...
Madrid
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A image of Madrid, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme
Donald Trump criticizes Pope Francis for visiting Mexican border
Shawn PriceNEW YORK, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Donald Trump criticized Pope Francis for a planned visit to Mexico next week, calling him a "very political person," on a Fox News...
Alternate sites considered for embattled giant telescope
A group building one of the world's largest telescopes wants to start construction no later than April 2018— even if that means it will have to build the telescope somewhere...
Stirred, Not Shaken - How Colliding Black Holes Make Waves | Video
Look at spacetime as a colorful sheet dented by mass and you can ‘see’ gravity. As two black holes dance closer together, they propel a signature ripple of spacetime distortion...
Russia's UIMC releases plans for new multicopter system
Ryan MaassWASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Russian state-owned company UIMC has unveiled plans for its multirole air robotic system, with four robotic helicopters that can work together or independently.
Exotic Cosmic Locales Available as Space Tourism Posters
Fourteen space travel posters of colorful, exotic cosmic settings are now available free for downloading and printing.
Get Immersed in Curiosity's 360 Degree Mars Dune
Get the full Mark Watney experience and immerse yourself in a "virtual reality" Mars landscape courtesy of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.
Orbital ATK establishes Singapore regional office
Richard TomkinsDULLES, Va., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Orbital ATK has opened a regional office in Singapore, its third international location opened in the last three months.
[Report] Valley-polarized exciton dynamics in a 2D semiconductor heterostructure
Heterostructures comprising different monolayer semiconductors provide an attractive setting for fundamental science and device technologies, such as in the emerging field of valleytronics. We realized valley-specific interlayer excitons in monolayer...