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Rick Porcello pitches Boston Red Sox past New York Yankees
By Larry Fleisher, The Sports Xchange NEW YORK -- Rick Porcello just finished watching his Boston Red Sox teammates score six times in a span of 22 minutes off New...
Kim Zolciak wants to return to 'Dancing with the Stars' despite mini-stroke
Karen ButlerLOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Kim Zolciak says she is on the mend from last week's mini-stoke and hopes she will be able to continue competing on "Dancing...
Michigan State football: No. 2 Spartans pull away from Central Michigan for 30-10 victory
By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State's No. 1 problem entering the Big Ten season is getting used to being No. 2.
Pluto Mystery Tour: A Weird 'Snakeskin' Landscape?
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from NASA’s New Horizons flyby on July 14, it’s that we have a really incomplete understanding of planetary evolution. And now, in a new...
Hubble snaps shrapnel from an exploded star
The space telescope's image of the Veil Nebula reveals the delicate remains of a massive star that exploded 8,000 years ago
Cooled down and charged up, a giant magnet is ready for its new mission
A 680-ton superconducting magnet is secure in its new home and nearly ready for a new era of discovery in particle physics, scientists report.
Hubble Snaps Breathtaking Views of Colorful Veil Nebula (Photos, Video)
The new Hubble photos, which researchers combined into several videos, show the Veil Nebula, a colorful cloud of material 110 light-years wide that lies about 2,100 light-years from Earth in...
Ballooning experiment to study bacteria on the edge of space
Could some of the hardiest bacteria on Earth hitchhike on a Journey to Mars and survive after landing in a new world? NASA researchers intend to find out.
Experiment to measure cosmic radiation in the stratosphere aboard a NASA high-altitude balloon
Using a smartphone as a flight computer and data-recording device, University of Virginia undergraduate students soon will launch a payload they designed, built and tested – to measure cosmic radiation...
North Carolina reaches solar power milestone
Daniel J. GraeberWILMINGTON, N.C., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A North Carolina sustainable energy group announced solar power capacity in the state has passed 1 gigawatt of power and accounts for...
Image: Athens in colour
This high-resolution optical image from Sentinel-2A on 5 August 2015 shows Athens and surroundings. The various colours clearly point out different aspects of the image.
Space experts swoon for 'The Martian' despite inaccuracies
Surviving in space is hard and scientists say "The Martian" shows precisely what challenges astronauts will face on a pioneering mission to Mars, even though it contains some big inaccuracies...
Lucasfilm shows off VR prototype for 'Star Wars' filmmaking
Before a planet in a galaxy far, far away is completely constructed inside a computer or entirely built somewhere in the real world, "Star Wars" filmmakers are now able to...
Red Planet Meets Blue Star: Mars Teams with Regulus Friday Morning
The two celestial objects form a striking "double star" about one-quarter of the way up in the eastern sky one hour before sunrise through the end of September. They are...
New Pluto pictures astonish scientists -- again
New pictures from the New Horizons probe show the full sweep of Pluto's intriguing terrain
Wine's darkest secret revealed - it's all in the fungi
Being a winemaker is a specialised calling, requiring intimate knowledge of soil composition, seasons and weather, chemistry, flavour, even marketing and sales.
11-year search turns up no sign of Einstein's gravitational waves
Brooks HaysCANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Over the last 11 years, a team of astrophysicists have been looking for direct evidence of Einstein's gravitational waves. Their efforts have proven...
Who Believes in Aliens? (Infographic)
A poll recently showed that greater than one in two persons polled believes that intelligent extraterrestrial life lurks somewhere in the cosmos.
VIDEO: Astronaut news briefing ahead of trip to ISS
US Nasa astronaut Tim Kopra, British ESA astronaut Tim Peake, and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko hold a news briefing
Supermoon Cocktail! Make One Tonight! | Video
When the full moon falls near the time when the Moon is closest to Earth, we see a "supermoon" that's up to 14% larger than other big, round full moons....
Challenges ahead for Boeing's KC-46 tanker
Ryan MaassWASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Pentagon officials report the Boeing KC-46 refueling tanker is scheduled to take its maiden flight on Friday after eight months of setbacks.
Allison Williams shares new luxury wedding photo
Annie MartinNEW YORK, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Allison Williams, actress and daughter to Brian Williams, gave fans an alternate view of the exquisite Oscar de la Renta gown she wore...
Launch of India's first ever black hole space observation satellite
Researchers from the University of Leicester have been involved in the development of the first ever Indian satellite dedicated to astronomical observations, including of black holes, which will be launching...
Michael Crabtree crosses the bay, catches on
The Sports Xchange ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Oakland Raiders wide receiver Michael Crabtree continues to be a revelation, apparently intent on showing the rest of the league it made a mistake...
Next stop for the Perlan 2 Glider: The edge of space
Brooks HaysREDMOND, Ore., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- On Wednesday, the Perlan 2 Glider completed its first test flight above Roberts Field in Redmond, Oregon.
Destination ESA
Technology image of the week: thousands of visitors will soon be headed this way to ESA's technical heart
Watch: Kenan and Kel reunite for 'Good Burger' sketch with Jimmy Fallon
Wade SheridanNEW YORK, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Popular Nickelodeon sketch {i:Good Burger} was brought back to life Wednesday, when Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell reunited to perform the comedy bit...
Forty years of European space tracking
Today, ESA celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Agency’s ground station network, the indispensable link to spacecraft that are helping us to learn about our planet, our Solar System and...