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NASA to Capture Best-Ever Portrait of Coral Reef Health
NASA is about to get up close and personal with Earth's corals: The space agency will use airplanes and water instruments to survey these delicate structures and capture the most...
Week’s Best Space Pictures: Erupting Superstar Gets Siblings
NASA’s Curiosity rover spots Martian dunes of gray sand, and a nearby supermassive black hole starts burping.
Wild December weather pushes U.S. near records
Extreme heat and big storms made 2015 one for the record books
Ultrastrong Magnetic Fields Beat at the Heart of Dying Stars
Many dying stars just a little bit more massive than the sun have superpowerful magnetic fields hidden away inside that likely play an important role in how such stars change...
Nearby Black Holes Spied Gobbling Gas in Andromeda Galaxy (Photo)
A NASA observatory has zoomed in on the Andromeda galaxy with X-ray vision and spotted 40 black holes or neutron stars gobbling down gas from stellar companions.
Oakland Raiders hope to take next step with Jack Del Rio, young stars
The Sports Xchange ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Continuity has come to Oakland.
Astronomers poised to begin imaging black holes
Astronomers are readying radio telescopes for joint effort to get a direct view of black hole event horizons
Image: The ExoMars 2016 Schiaparelli module in Baikonur
On 14 March, the launch window opens for ExoMars 2016, ESA's next mission to Mars, composed of the Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli.
This Is the Entire Universe Squeezed into One Image
An enterprising artist has taken on one of the biggest concepts known to man: the universe.
Northern lights
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Aurora borealis seen during recent suborbital launch
Clouds may have more of an impact on El Nino than thought
(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers from the U.S., Australia and Germany has found evidence that suggests cloud formation may have a much bigger impact on weather patterns associated with El...
11 Space Movies to Watch In 2016
2016 isn't much of a year for realistic space movies, but apocalypse, beloved legacies like "Star Wars" and "Star Trek," and romance on an interstellar stage will make for a...
Alien Atmospheres: The Search for Signs of Life
Scientists are working to compile a catalog of gases that could potentially be evidence of life, so researchers will know what to look for when scanning the atmospheres of rocky,...
What is the heliocentric model of the universe?
The Scientific Revolution, which took in the 16th and 17th centuries, was a time of unprecedented learning and discovery. During this period, the foundations of modern science were laid, thanks...
Watch Venus brush past Saturn this weekend
Welcome to 2016! The early morning sky is where the action is this first week of the year. We were out early this Monday morning as skies cleared over Central...
Researchers taking power of locust to new heights
A locust-like robot could prove to be an inspired leap into the future of autonomous surveillance and emergency response systems.
'Super Bowl of Astronomy' Kicks Off in Florida This Week
Astronomers and space scientists are flocking to Kissimmee, Florida, this week for the annual winter American Astronomical Society meeting, often called the "Super Bowl of Astronomy."
From bosons to Bigfoot: six science mysteries that might be solved in 2016
From the origin of life to the fate of the universe, there's plenty scientists simply don't know. But they are making progress. 2015 has been a great year for science:...
Puerto Rico prepares for lawsuits after debt default
Amy R. ConnollySAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Puerto Rico is bracing for impending legal action by creditors after the country defaulted on $37 million in debt.
2016 preview for the European Space Agency
2016 will be another full and exciting year for the European Space Agency. This ESA TV video takes a look at what's ahead.
Three Saturnian moons in one image
What looks like a pair of Saturnian satellites is actually a trio upon close inspection.
Orion spacecraft
Read about ESA's service module that will power NASA's Orion spacecraft to the Moon and beyond
Observatory: Study Shows Larger Effect of Clouds on El Niño
The research indicates that cirrus clouds trap the heat coming off the Pacific Ocean, further warming the atmosphere.
This Week’s Night Sky: Close Encounters With Planets
Watch shadows dance across Jupiter on Sunday night.
Africanews channel launches with continent-focused coverage
The Africanews channel launched Monday with coverage of the continent in English and French that is only available online for now, but which its backers hope to expand to TV...
Celestron SkyProdigy 130 Telescope – Unboxing & Build | 4K Video
Celestron's SkyProdigy 130 Newtonian Reflector can align itself to the sky using its built-in StarSense camera. Space.com's @DavidSkyBrody shows what you get and how to put it together. Read his...
Aliens May Have Visited Earth Already, Hillary Clinton Says
Hillary Clinton thinks Earth may have been visited by alien lifeforms already, and she intends to investigate the UFO (unidentified flying object) phenomenon, according to a recent story in New...
Mysterious radio signals from space are much better test of Einstein's General Relativity
A new way to test one of the basic principles underlying Einstein's theory of General Relativity using brief blasts of rare radio signals from space called Fast Radio Bursts is...