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Curiosity Rover on Mars Snaps Epic Selfie with Sand Dunes (Photo)
The car-size Curiosity rover was hard at work investigating Namib Dune — part of a larger complex of shifting dark Martian sand called Bagnold Dunes — when it captured the...
Take a Cinematic Flyover Tour of Dwarf Planet Ceres (Video)
Take a totally epic, slightly trippy flyover tour of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, in this new video from NASA.
Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Rays finalize Corey Dickerson-Jake McGee deal
The Sports Xchange The Tampa Bay Rays and Colorado Rockies completed a trade that sends outfielder Corey Dickerson and minor-league third baseman Kevin Padlo to Tampa Bay.
Are we getting closer to understanding where the moon actually came from?
The moon may be the closest object to us in space, but scientists are still struggling to understand how it got there. Most planetary researchers think the moon was created...
Proton rocket blasts off with part of European space 'data highway'
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A Russian Proton rocket blasted off in Kazakhstan on Friday night to put into orbit both the first part of Europe's new space "data highway" and a...
A giant, invisible gas cloud is on a collision course with our galaxy
A huge cloud of gas travelling at more than 1,000,000 km/h is going to collide with our galaxy. But relax, it won't happen for 30 million years.
Image: Pluto's blue atmosphere in the infrared
This image from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is the first look at Pluto's atmosphere in infrared wavelengths, and the first image of the atmosphere made with data from the New...
Seeing Is Believing: Enormous Shuttle Program Artifact Inspires Wonder
Independence Plaza, a new exhibit at Space Center Houston, lets visitors walk inside the aircraft that ferried the space shuttle around the U.S. The exhibit is both awesomely huge and...
Raytheon, MDA test new thruster for EKV missile
Richard TomkinsVANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A flight test of a Raytheon's hit-to-kill exoatmospheric missile has validated changes made to the missile's thruster.
Weather applications of mathematical statistics
The application possibilities seem to be endless when it comes to mathematical statistics. Several of the researchers at the department work with issues related to weather, climate and environment –...
Is our Milky Way galaxy a zombie, already dead and we don't know it?
Like a zombie, the Milky Way galaxy may already be dead but it still keeps going. Our galactic neighbor Andromeda almost certainly expired a few billion years ago, but only...
Colin Trevorrow to shoot 'Star Wars: Episode IX' on film
Wade SheridanPARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- "Star Wars: Episode IX" director Colin Trevorrow has announced that he will be shooting the upcoming installment in the sci-fi fantasy series...
Robot monitors Thai pollution from a height
This audio slideshow shows how an automated system in Bangkok can improve weather forecasts
NASA Takes Part in Airborne Study of Southern Ocean
NASA's PRISM instrument is part of a flying lab that is studying the Southern Ocean's appetite for carbon dioxide.
Companies Selected to Provide Early Design Work for Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission Spacecraft
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has selected four companies to conduct design studies for a solar-electric-propulsion-based spacecraft for the agency's Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM).
NASA Radar Brings a New View of World Heritage Site
In just two 10-minute overflights, an airborne NASA synthetic aperture radar proved it could pinpoint areas of disturbance in Peru's Nasca lines World Heritage Site.
NASA's New Planetary Defense Office Gets to Work Protecting Earth
NASA's newly created Planetary Defense Coordination Office is already hard at work protecting Earth from dangerous asteroids.
Week’s Best Space Pictures: A Dust-Free Galaxy Sparkles
Plus, Saturn’s moon Enceladus peeks from the darkness and the surface of Mars hints at its watery, volcanic past.
Sierra Leone Estuary
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A image of Sierra Leone, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme
Signs of Modern Astronomy Seen in Ancient Babylon
Scientists have found a small clay tablet with markings indicating that a sort of precalculus technique was used to track Jupiter’s motion in the night sky.
Mikhail Aleshin pours it on to win Rolex 24 Hours pole in rain
The Sports Xchange Driving a new Prototype developed and built in his native Russia, IndyCar driver Mikhail Aleshin won the top starting spot for the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Babylonian astronomers used abstract geometry to track Jupiter
Geometry may have been applied to astronomy far earlier than most historians think
'The Astronaut's Tale': New Opera Celebrates Space with Awesome Visual Displays
This weekend, a new opera about space exploration, the universe's creation and one astronaut's journey will play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, featuring discussions afterward with astronomers and performers...
Violent Impact That Created Moon Mixed Lunar and Earth Rocks
The colossal impact that created the moon may have spawned the ultimate mashup between the rocks that ultimately became Earth and its lunar neighbor, researchers say.
NASA satellites spot oil fires in Libya
Brooks HaysBENGHAZI, Libya, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- New imagery from NASA's Terra satellite confirms that Libyan oil fires the agency first spotted in early January continue to burn.
'Amy' director Asif Kapadia to helm Martin Scorsese's 'Silver Ghost'
Marilyn MalaraLOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Asif Kapadia is now on-hand as director of the Martin Scorsese-produced Rolls Royce flick "Silver Ghost."
Kaley Cuoco performs to Ludacris on 'Lip Sync Battle'
Annie MartinNEW YORK, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- "The Big Bang Theory" star Kaley Cuoco gave an energetic and very un-Penny-like performance of Ludacris hit "Move [Expletive]" on "Lip Sync...
Sirius, the Dog Star, Reigns Supreme in Dazzling Photo
The bright star Sirius presides over an ancient burial mound in a dazzling new photo by project nightflight, taken at the Grossmugl Star Walk in Austria.