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Flint Water Study Research Team Led by Marc Edwards to Present on Water Crisis Thursday Night
Flint's 100,000 residents were exposed to lead-tainted water for more than 18 months. Virginia Tech's role in uncovering the problem has been widely reported around the world. Here are the...
Milky Way's Second Most Massive Black Hole Found?
This massive black hole candidate may be of the 'intermediate-mass' variety, possibly tying up a perplexing astrophysical puzzle.
NASA provides in-depth analysis of unusual Tropical Storm Alex
NASA has provided forecasters with a variety of data on the out-of-season tropical cyclone Alex. The AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite provided valuable temperature data, the RapidScat instrument identified...
Enormous canyon may be hidden beneath Antarctic ice
Researchers used satellite images and radio waves to uncover details about chasm bigger than the Grand Canyon
EDRS briefing
Replay of today's media briefing on the European Data Relay System (EDRS) at ESA headquarters, 15 January
Surprise! Black-Hole Instrument Finds One Star That's Actually Two (Video)
The Gravity instrument, which is designed to study the extreme environments around black holes, found during its "first light" operations that a star called Theta Orionis F is actually a...
'Harry Potter' stars, Kate Winslet mourn Alan Rickman
Annie MartinLONDON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Kate Winslet were among the stars to honor Alan Rickman following the "Harry Potter" and "A Little Chaos" actor's...
Green pea galaxy could illuminate early cosmic evolution
Brooks HaysCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Researchers think a class of nearby dwarf galaxies dubbed "green pea" galaxies hold clues to the evolution of the early universe.
Traces of the First Stars in the Universe Possibly Found
An enormous gas cloud in the early universe has a very small amount of the heavy elements that would form in later stellar generations, suggesting that it was "polluted" by...
A Milky Way twin swept by an ultra-fast X-ray wind
ESA's XMM-Newton has found a wind of high-speed gas streaming from the centre of a bright spiral galaxy like our own that may be reducing its ability to produce new...
How NASA's Flying Observatory Revealed Secrets About Pluto
Dual observations of Pluto from an observatory strapped to a high-flying airplane and a probe near the dwarf planet's surface proved doubly powerful at revealing secrets about the icy dwarf...
NASA Jupiter Probe Sets Distance Record for Solar-Powered Spacecraft
On Wednesday (Jan. 13), NASA's Juno spacecraft zoomed past the previous record of 492 million miles (792 million kilometers) from the sun, which was held by the European Space Agency's...
Striking views of our Solar System
Fog on Mars, storms on Jupiter and fiery flares on the Sun - vivid images of planetary neighbours.
Water ice found on the surface of comet 67P
For the first time, scientists have spotted large patches of water ice on the surface of a comet, thanks to instruments aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta orbiter.
Bosom Buddies: A Galactic Pair | Space Wallpaper
Near the The Triangle, a constellation in the northern sky, this pair of spiral galaxies draw closer and closer to each other.
Vietnam to step up South China Sea reconnaissance missions
Elizabeth ShimHANOI, Vietnam, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Vietnam is stepping up maritime reconnaissance missions in the South China Sea.
Seth Meyers to continue hosting 'Late Night' through 2021
Karen ButlerUNIVERSAL CITY , Calif., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- "Late Night" host Seth Meyers has extended his contract with NBC Entertainment through February 2021.
Watch the Moon Blot Out Bright Star Aldebaran Tuesday
The moon will pass in front of the bright star Aldebaran Tuesday (Jan. 19), in an "occultation" that will be visible throughout North America and Western Europe.
'Friends' cast to appear in NBC special honoring James Burrows
Karen ButlerPASADENA, Calif., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The six original stars of the classic sitcom "Friends" will take part in a Feb. 21 special honoring television director James Burrows, NBC...
Falling space debris traced to 1998 lunar mission
Researchers tentatively identify an object that fell near Sri Lanka in November.Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2016.19162
Exposed ice on Rosetta’s comet confirmed as water
Observations made shortly after Rosetta’s arrival at its target comet in 2014 have provided definitive confirmation of the presence of water ice.
Ralph Fiennes stars in new 'Hail, Caesar!' trailer
Annie MartinLOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Coen brothers comedy "Hail, Caesar!" released a funny new trailer starring Ralph Fiennes and "Beautiful Creatures" actor Alden Ehrenreich.
Did Life Ever Exist On Mars? Russian/European Probe To Find Out | Video
The ExoMars program consists of two missions. The first – an Orbiter + Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator – is slated to launch in March 2016. Both will carry science...
Comet US10 Catalina—the final act
Have you seen it? 2016 has kicked off with a fine apparition of a binocular comet: C/2013 US10 Catalina. We've been following this icy visitor to the inner solar system...
PM Justin Trudeau to make announcement at MaRS this morning
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will speak to reporters at Toronto's MaRS Discovery District, where the government's Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) says a "major announcement with a global...
How to find a meteorite that's fallen to Earth
A bright fireball lit up the night sky around Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre South) in South Australia on November 27, 2015.
Astronomers detect ultra-weak magnetic fields in two metallic-line stars
(Phys.org)—A team of astronomers led by Aurore Blazère of the Paris Observatory has discovered ultra-weak magnetic fields in metallic-line stars Beta Ursae Majoris and Theta Leonis. Motivated by a recent...
Nitrogen may be a sign of habitability
We might commonly think of Earth as having an oxygen-dominated atmosphere, but in reality the molecule makes up only a fifth of our air. Most of what surrounds us is...