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Q&A: A look at the science on Hawaii's Mauna Kea
Atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea, where some Native Hawaiians have been peacefully protesting the construction of what would be one of the world's largest telescopes, astronomers have spent the last 40...
Malaysia PM confirms part belongs to missing MH370
Danielle HaynesKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- An piece of debris found off the coast of the French island of Réunion belongs to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Prime...
'Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation' tops the North American box office
Karen ButlerLOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- "Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation" is the No. 1 movie in North America, after earning $56 million during its first weekend at the...
Air Force Monitoring Probe of SpaceX Rocket Explosion
A top general says the Air Force is involved in a SpaceX-led investigation into the explosion that destroyed an unmanned Falcon 9 rocket.
Sparse Snow on Cascade's Mount Baker Viewed from Space
New photos taken from space show the significant snow loss this year atop Mount Baker, in Washington state.
Month in Space: Space Station Views and Our Closest Look at Pluto
This month brought us a major landmark -- the closest views mankind has ever had of the dwarf planet Pluto.
16-Year-Old's DNA Experiment Will Fly in Space
A 16-year-old New York City-area student will one day see her DNA experiment launched to the International Space Station. The experiment was designed by Anna-Sophia Boguraev of Bedford, New York.
Bang! Meet The Highest-Energy Hadron Collision Ever Imaged!
The 13 TeV data from LHC collisions taken this summer is quickly going through analysis programs and being used for new physics results, and everybody is wondering whether there are...
Top stories: An Ebola vaccine, extrasolar northern lights, and Rosetta’s comet results
This week’s top science news
Best Night Sky Events of August 2015 (Stargazing Maps)
See what's up in the night sky for August 2015, including stargazing events and the moon's phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.
New NASA Launch Pad for Small Rockets Is Open for Business
NASA has a new launch pad for small rockets, and it's open for business to companies hoping to send light satellites into the final frontier.
New York's dancing crossing guard boogies through the heat
Ben HooperNEW YORK, July 31 (UPI) -- A New York crossing guard whose dance moves made her a viral star said she is not letting the hot weather put a...
Exoplanets 20/20: Looking back to the future
Geoff Marcy remembers the hair standing up on the back of his neck. Paul Butler remembers being dead tired. The two men had just made history: the first confirmation of...
Beijing chosen to host 2022 Winter Olympics
Amy R. ConnollyKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 31 (UPI) -- Beijing was awarded the hosting rights to the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday, making it the first city to host both...
Week's Best Space Pictures: Goodbye Pluto, Hello Volcanoes
New Horizons says goodbye to Pluto while satellites circling the Earth spy a cool collection of snow-covered volcanoes.
Russia Formally Commits to International Space Station Through 2024
Russia has formally notified its International Space Station partners that it will continue in the partnership at least to 2024, ending several months of doubts that were fueled by the...
Trending science: Vitamin B3 may have been delivered from space
The results of laboratory experiments involving Vitamin B3 by a team of NASA researchers support a theory that the origin of life may have been assisted by a supply of...
Rachel Dratch to star in Broadway comedy 'Ripcord'
Karen ButlerNEW YORK, July 31 (UPI) -- "Saturday Night Live" alum Rachel Dratch is to co-star in the world premiere of the stage comedy "Ripcord," the Manhattan Theatre Club announced.
SETI Targets Kepler-452b, Earth's 'Cousin,' in Search for Alien Life
Scientists with the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute have already begun targeting Earth's older cousin, Kepler 452b, the first near-Earth sized world found in the habitable zone of a...
Binary star system precisely timed with pulsar's gamma-rays
Pulsars are rapidly rotating compact remnants born in the explosions of massive stars. They can be observed through their lighthouse-like beams of radio waves and gamma-rays. Scientists at the Max...
With so much vested in satellites, solar storms could bring life to a standstill
Satellites are essential to modern life. So essential, in fact, that plans have been drawn up on how to cope with a situation in which we could no longer rely...
VIDEO: New science for James Webb Telescope
Mark Clampin from Nasa explains how the James Webb Space Telescope will help us to see even deeper into the Universe.
Nearing 3000 comets: SOHO solar observatory greatest comet hunter of all time
In 1995, a new solar observatory was launched. A joint project of ESA and NASA, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory – SOHO – has been sending home images of our...
Image: Frosty gullies on the northern plains of Mars
Seasonal frost commonly forms at middle and high latitudes on Mars, much like winter snow on Earth. However, on Mars most frost is carbon dioxide (dry ice) rather than water...
NASA selects proposals to study neutron stars, black holes and more
SA has selected five proposals submitted to its Explorers Program to conduct focused scientific investigations and develop instruments that fill the scientific gaps between the agency's larger missions.
Vatican sceptical about close encounters of the third kind
The recent discovery of an Earth twin has boosted chances there is intelligent life on other planets. But while Pope Francis's telescope scans the starlit skies, the Vatican is sceptical...
U.S. Sets Goal for Faster Supercomputers. Much, Much Faster.
President Obama announced an ambitious goal of creating an ultrafast machine that could enable breakthroughs in fields like medicine and astronomy.
Little Flying Buddy For Off-World Rovers Built by NASA | Video
Engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are developing the Extreme Access Flyer system, an airborne robotic vehicle similar to quad-copters. It’s mission would be to retrieve samples that might otherwise...