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Aqua and Terra satellites analyze Hurricane Joaquin near Bermuda
Hurricane Joaquin maintained its comma shape as it brought heavy rains, strong winds and ocean swells to Bermuda on October 5 when NASA satellites passed overhead.
'The Martian' and Reality: How NASA Will Get Astronauts to Mars
NASA has been helping promote the new film "The Martian," which hits theaters across the United States today (Oct. 1), as a way to publicize its own plans to send...
New Maps of Ceres Highlight Mysterious Bright Spots, Giant Mountain
The new maps from NASA's Dawn mission highlight the compositional and topographic differences across Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Spelunkers, cliff climbers needed for Mars mission: Bob McDonald
NASA announced this week that it had found direct evidence of flowing water on Mars. But if we are to search for life in that water, it's going to take...
Evan Longoria helps Tampa Bay Rays complete sweep of Miami Marlins
By Greg Auman, The Sports Xchange ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Despite a wildly inefficient offensive performance, the Tampa Bay Rays completed a three-game sweep of the Miami Marlins.
What 'The Martian' Gets Right (and Wrong) About Science
Don't expect all of the science in "The Martian" to be what it should be. The hard part about good science fiction has always been the fiction part.
Mechanism of explosions and plasma jets associated with sunspot formation revealed
Sunspots are planet-sized conglomerates of bundles of intense magnetic field lines on the surface of the Sun. They are known to cause explosions (solar flares) which can directly impact our...
Lush Oasis to Arid Desert: How Our View of Mars Has Changed
The dusty-red sphere now called Mars has fascinated stargazers since the dawn of humanity, but Earthlings' view of the planet has changed drastically over the years.
The most stable source of light in the world
In order to be able to detect planets comparable to Earth, the CHEOPS satellite, which will be sent into orbit at the end of 2017, must be able to measure...
NASA's SDO images active region loops on sun's surface
Brooks HaysWASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a close-up of plasma loops rolling off an active region of the sun on Tuesday.
Comet feature named after late NASA scientist Claudia Alexander
Scientists from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission are honoring their deceased colleague, Claudia Alexander of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, by naming a feature after her on...
SMOS meets ocean monsters
ESA's SMOS and two other satellites are together providing insight into how surface winds evolve under tropical storm clouds in the Pacific Ocean. This new information could to help predict...
Has giant LIGO experiment seen gravitational waves?
An improbable rumour has started that the observatory has already made a discovery — but even if true, the signal could be a drill.Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2015.18449
Iraqi Shiite militant group releases remaining 16 captured Turkish workers
Andrew V. PestanoBAGHDAD, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- An Iraqi Shiite militant group released 16 Turkish construction workers abducted in Baghdad earlier this month.
Wildfires continue to beleaguer the US western states
Wildfires continue to plague several states in the West. In this image taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies onboard NASA's Aqua satellite, fires...
An army of tiny robots that tracks galaxies
Why is the universe expanding at an increasing rate? Scientists will attempt to gain a better understanding of this phenomenon by mapping the distribution of galaxies in the universe. Astrophysicists...
Space for visitors
Technology image of the week: Visitor centre Space Expo will be participating in Sunday's ESTEC Open Day with a bargain admission offer
Will the 'Super Hubble' Space Telescope Find Alien Life? (Kavli Hangout)
Will the High Definition Space Telescope finally detect life outside our solar system?
Jon Jones dodges jail time with gulity plea
The Sports Xchange MMA fighter Jon Jones reached a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time with a guilty plea for the fourth-degree felony charge of leaving the scene of...
New York Giants work out Wes Welker, Chris Cooley
The Sports Xchange Wes Welker, Hakeem Nicks and Chris Cooley are scheduled to work out for the New York Giants on Tuesday.
ARCA Space Will Launch Test Flights from Spaceport America
A former Ansari X Prize competitor plans to carry out tests of high-altitude drones and suborbital rockets at New Mexico’s Spaceport America.
NASA Tests Lunar Rover Prototype with Eye Toward Flying Real Thing
A rover prototype designed to search for water ice at the poles of the moon passed a series of tests on Earth as the mission seeks funding and partnerships.
Billy Joel jokes about Christie Brinkley dating John Mellencamp
Annie MartinNEW YORK, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Billy Joel poked fun at ex-wife Christie Brinkley's new romance with John Mellencamp while performing at Madison Square Garden over the weekend.
Walk the line: NASA studies physical performance after spaceflight
Walking an obstacle course on Earth is relatively easy. Walking an obstacle course on Earth after being in space for six months is not quite as simple. The longer an...
China pledges 8,000 troops for U.N. peacekeeping missions
Elizabeth ShimNEW YORK, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Rival powers China and Japan made separate pledges to add peacekeeping forces for U.N. missions.
Anna Paquin will not appear as Rogue in 'Gambit'
Annie MartinLOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Anna Paquin revealed she won't reprise Rogue in the forthcoming "Gambit" movie starring Channing Tatum as the titular Marvel superhero.
Mystery cloaks 'Sons of Anarchy' alum Timothy V. Murphy's 'Bastard Executioner' role
Karen ButlerNEW YORK, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Timothy V. Murphy appears to have taken a vow of silence when it comes to revealing exactly who his "Bastard Executioner" priest character...
Turkish president: 30 PKK militants killed in overnight raids across Iraqi border
Fred LambertANKARA, Turkey, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said an overnight cross-border raid into northern Iraq resulted in the deaths of 30 rebels with the PKK.