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Typhoon Kilo's eye gets a NASA style close-up
NASA's Aqua satellite got a close-up of Typhoon Kilo's eye as it moved through the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Blood-Red Fanged Spider Gets Ready To Strike | Video
A female funnel-web spider with bizarre blood-red coloring on her fangs rears up in a ready-to-strike position.
Chad Kroeger spotted sans wedding band as split announced
Marilyn MalaraLOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Nickelback's Chad Kroeger was photographed without his wedding band this week as wife Avril Lavigne announced their separation.
Making Mars Exploration 'Smart and Cool': NASA and 'The Martian'
In the history of Hollywood envisioning the future of space exploration, few, if any films have come as close to NASA's own goals at the time of the movie's release...
Australian desert
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image of the Northern Territory desert in Australia, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme
NASA Satellite's Dirt-Mapping Radar Bites the Dust
The radar instrument on NASA's $916 million Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft stopped returning data on July 7, a few months after the satellite began its science mission. The...
What happened to early Mars' atmosphere? New study eliminates one theory
Scientists may be closer to solving the mystery of how Mars changed from a world with surface water billions of years ago to the arid Red Planet of today. A...
'Sleepy Hollow,' 'Monsters University' to air on ABC Family's '13 Nights of Halloween'
Marilyn MalaraBURBANK, Calif., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- ABC Family has announced this year's lineup of spooky flicks for its '13 Nights of Halloween' special.
NASA Wants to Use Hoverboard Tech to Control Tiny Satellites
NASA is teaming up with California-based company Arx Pax, which has developed a real-life hoverboard using a technology called Magnetic Field Architecture. The goas is to find a way to...
'Floating Spoon' on Mars Is Just a Weird Rock, But Still Awesome
A so-called "floating spoon" on Mars spotted by NASA's Curiosity rover is cooking up a storm on the Internet, but it's actually a cool rock formation sculpted over time by...
Spaceship Earth
Come and see how images of Earth from space show how science meets art at a new exhibition at Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria
Magnetic wormhole connecting two regions of space created for the first time
"Wormholes" are cosmic tunnels that can connect two distant regions of the universe, and have been popularised by the dissemination of theoretical physics and by works of science fiction like...
Testing of soil water compartmentalizing indicates it is widespread among many biomes
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with the University's of Saskatchewan and Calgary, both in Canada has found evidence that backs up a theory that has suggested that soil water is compartmentalized....
James Webb Space Telescope's ISIM passes severe-sound test
A critical part of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope successfully completed acoustic testing during the week of Aug. 3. The Integrated Science Instrument Module, or ISIM, passed all of the...
Some Apollo Moon Samples 'Crumbling to Dust'
Scientists found that the median particle size in a set of 20 different Apollo soil samples held in laboratories for research use has decreased by more than half since the...
Feature: An eye on the sky
Astronomers in Iran are on the verge of success in their long quest to build a world-class astronomy observatory
Report: Arizona Cardinals RB Chris Johnson will start Thursday
The Sports Xchange Running back Chris Johnson will start in the Arizona Cardinals' preseason finale on Thursday night, ESPN's Josina Anderson reported Wednesday.
Houston Rockets' Dwight Howard detained at airport with gun
The Sports Xchange Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard was found to be toting a handgun in his carry-on bag last Friday at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Albert Pujols powers Los Angeles Angels over Oakland Athletics
By Eric Gilmore, The Sports Xchange OAKLAND, Calif. -- Albert Pujols continued making baseball history Wednesday, powering the Los Angeles Angels to a 9-4 victory against the Oakland A's at...
Awesome Launch Photos: US Navy's MUOS-4 Satellite Streaks Into Space
An Atlas V rocket carrying the MUOS-4 mission for the U.S. Navy lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on Sept. 2, 2015.
Powerful Rocket Launches Light Up the Skies Just Hours Apart (Photos)
A series of gorgeous photos capture two different rocket launches that took place within 6 hours of each other, but thousands of miles apart, early this morning.
Hell On Earth: NASA Recreates Venus' Extreme Atmosphere
A pressure chamber used to simulate harsh environments, such as what exists on Venus, Saturn's moon Titan and the giant planets, is open for business at NASA's Glenn Research Center.
Tatooine-Like Planets with 2 Suns Need Perfect Ingredients to Form
Astronomers have long struggled with how young planets form around pairs of stars without destroying themselves, but new research suggests it can be done with the perfect setup: a...
NASA sees shapeless Tropical Depression 14E
Tropical Depression 14E can't get its act together and still appears as a shapeless, asymmetric mass of clouds and thunderstorms on infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite.
Navy extends satellite support contract
Richard TomkinsNEW HARTFORD, N.Y., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Rome Research Corporation has received a one-year, $5.6 million contract extension from the U.S. Navy for satellite support services.
Human Rights Watch: Border control, surveillance increased under Kim Jong Un
Elizabeth ShimSEOUL, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- North Korea has tightened control at the China border, and freedom of movement has been significantly curtailed since Kim Jong Un fully assumed power...
Prosecutor gives 87-year-old man 'a pass' on soliciting charge
Ben HooperGRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A Michigan prosecutor said an 87-year-old man accused of soliciting a prostitute is getting "a pass" due to his age and will...
MAVEN Using Stars To Study Mars' Atmosphere | Video
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission is exploring the upper atmosphere and using the light of stars to determine its composition. The mission hopes to better understand where...