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Halloween Skies to Include Dead Comet Flyby
The large space rock that will safely zip past Earth this Halloween is most likely a dead comet.
Space Travel and A Futurist's Thoughts on Trash (Op-Ed)
In space, no one can hear you litter (but that doesn't mean it's a good idea).
Halloween in Space: A Vampire Astronaut and Nightmare in Orbit
You might masquerade as an astronaut for Halloween, but what about when astronauts dress up? Here's how one spacefarer celebrated the spooky season.
Cosmic Soufflé: The Tricky Art of Spiral Galaxies
Paul Sutter shares the recipe for making a spiral galaxy.
Joey Logano stays hot with pole run at Martinsville
The Sports Xchange At NASCAR Sprint Cup racing's shortest track, Joey Logano's torrid run just got longer.
NASA Adds to Evidence of Mysterious Ancient Earthworks
Satellite photographs from 430 miles above Kazakhstan reveal colossal geometric figures that remain puzzling and largely unknown.
ESA satellite images Manicouagan Crater
Brooks HaysRIVIERE-MOUCHALAGANE, Quebec, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Earlier this year, the European Space Agency's Sentinel-1A satellite imaged the oldest and most visible crater on Earth, the Manicouagan Crater.
Small, dim stars could still support life
Study argues that red dwarfs could provide needed light for photosynthesis
Kelly Ripa, Michael Strahan channel Kim Kardashian, Cookie Lyon for Halloween
Marilyn MalaraNEW YORK, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Television personalities Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan debuted some of their several Halloween costumes during their show Friday.
Fish, Ram, Triangle and More In November 2015 Skywatching | Video
The twin fish of Pisces, the golden ram of Aries, and the Triangulum constellation are great targets this month. Meanwhile, Mars, Venus and the moon make a tight pairing early...
'Be the Astronaut' and 'Journey to Space' in New Museum Exhibits
Two new museum exhibits offer the public a chance to 'Be the Astronaut' and 'Journey to Space.' Space Center Houston in Texas and the California Science Center are presenting immersive,...
Halloween Fireballs Will Blaze in the Sky Through November
The Taurid meteors — also called "Halloween fireballs" — are known for being extremely bright and relatively slow-moving. They will streak through the sky from Oct. 20 to Nov. 30,...
Oprah Winfrey clears rumors concerning alleged 'secret son'
Tharadjyne OrismaNEW YORK, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Oprah Winfrey sets the record straight regarding the encounter with her estranged "secret son," Calvin Mitchell.
Haven't upgraded to Windows 10? Your update may soon start automatically
Microsoft is introducing new measures to get Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users to upgrade to Windows 10 - including one that will initiate upgrades automatically in 2016.
AURA Appoints New STScI Director
Dr. Kenneth R. Sembach has been appointed director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Sembach has been deeply involved in the scientific, operational, and managerial aspects of...
Pluto's glowing halo shines in new NASA image
Layers of sunlit haze surround the dwarf planet in the first picture showing its complete crescent
Woolly thinking
Combining chemistry with a passion for textiles has taken Fern Kelly on an unusual career journey spanning the globe. Rachel Brazil investigates
Kate Upton, boyfriend Justin Verlander spotted at Knicks game
Marilyn MalaraNEW YORK, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Model Kate Upton was spotted out on the town in New York Thursday with current boyfriend Justin Verlander ahead of her appearance on...
Khloe Kardashian leaves Lamar Odom's bedside to attend James Harden's basketball game
Marilyn MalaraHOUSTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Khloe Kardashian reportedly took some time to support current boyfriend James Harden at a Rockets game in Houston Wednesday.
Results of the Rosetta mission before perihelion
Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a special feature of 46 articles that present the results obtained by the Rosetta mission before the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reached its perihelion.
Euclid: Observing the unseen
(Phys.org)—In a notorious hunt for elusive dark matter, seeing the unseen is the key to scientific success. The latest addition to the fleet of probes searching for dark matter, European...
Virgin Galactic on Road to Recovery After Fatal SpaceShipTwo Crash
One year after the fatal SpaceShipTwo crash, Virgin Galactic is constructing its next passenger vehicle, and working to become a global competitor in the new space frontier.
Video: The next generation of 3-D holograms
Imagine watching the World Cup or the Super Bowl in 3-D in the comfort of your own home. That option may be available sooner than you think. With support from...
Week's Best Space Pictures: Stars Kiss and Black Holes Flash
Alaska glitters in ice and early galaxies glow.
Image: The youngest crater on Charon?
New Horizons scientists have discovered a striking contrast between one of the fresh craters on Pluto's largest moon Charon and a neighboring crater dotting the moon's Pluto-facing hemisphere.
New Phase Of Superionic Ice Predicted Due To Multiple Magnetic Poles
Scientists have predicted a new phase of superionic ice, a special form of ice that could exist on Uranus and Neptune, thanks to a computer solution performed by a team...
South Korea says it has no plans to discuss THAAD deployment
Elizabeth ShimSEOUL, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- South Korea's Defense Ministry denied reports that Seoul and Washington were engaged in negotiations over the possible deployment of a THAAD, or Terminal High...
New system giving SMAP scientists the speed they need
For scientists now studying the voluminous amounts of data collected daily by NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, speed is everything. A new NASA-developed data-transmission technology installed at the...