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NASA gives JPL green light for mission to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth
After years of planning, NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are going ahead with a mission to visit Mars and bring a sample of the red planet back to Earth.
White House calls for biggest NASA budget in decades to reach the moon, Mars
The White House on Monday asked Congress for $25.2 billion for NASA in 2021, the agency's biggest budget in decades, calling for steady increases over five years to meet President...
Space Force gets $15.4 billion in 2021 budget request
The White House's 2021 federal budget request, which was released today (Feb. 10), allocates $15.4 billion to the U.S. Space Force, the new military branch that President Donald Trump proposed...
Trump's 2021 NASA budget proposal axes 2 telescopes, 2 Earth science missions & STEM grants
In the Trump administration's federal budget request for 2021, NASA proposes the cancellation of two telescopes, two earth science programs and STEM engagement efforts.
Distant giant planets form differently than 'failed stars'
A team of astronomers led by Brendan Bowler of The University of Texas at Austin has probed the formation process of giant exoplanets and brown dwarfs, a class of objects...
Russian satellites tracking U.S. spy satellite, Space Force chief says
The U.S. Space Force is watching two Russian satellites which appear to be observing a U.S. satellite at close range, Gen. John "Jay" Raymond said on Monday.
NASA commits to returning astronauts to the moon by 2024
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024.
Watch: Kard shares new 'Red Moon' video teaser
K-pop group Kard shared a preview of its hard-hitting video for "Red Moon," the title track from its forthcoming EP.
Iran satellite launch fails to reach orbit
Iran launched a communications satellite called Zafar 1 atop a Simorgh rocket at 10:45 a.m. EST Sunday (Feb. 9). But the spacecraft didn't make it all the way to orbit.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Exploring Earth and space by remote control
The James Webb Space Telescope, WFIRST, Hubble, and hundreds of other missions sprang from or have close connections to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Former lawmaker, cable veteran launch 24-hour Black News Channel
The Black News Channel, a new broadcast network targeted toward African-American audiences, launched on Monday.
Can we get astronauts to Mars sane and healthy?
Quirks & Quarks explores the Pathway to Mars and the major challenges for a mission to the red planet
Camera provides view into Sun's polar regions
The Solar Orbiter mission will use a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-designed and -built heliospheric camera, known as SoloHI, to provide unique perspectives and unprecedented views of the Sun's North and...
Trump calls for $25 billion NASA budget for 2021 to boost moon and Mars goals
President Donald Trump wants to raise NASA's budget to $25.2 billion for the fiscal year beginning in October, an increase of 12% over the current year's funding.
Lockheed's third GPS III satellite arrives at Cape Canaveral
Lockheed Martin's third GPS III satellite arrived at Cape Canaveral, Fla., for a planned launch in April, the company announced on Monday.
Janet Jackson to kick off 'Black Diamond' tour in June
Janet Jackson will promote her forthcoming album, "Black Diamond," with a new tour of North America.
Sensitive and specific potassium nanosensors to detect epileptic seizures
Researchers at the Center for Nanoparticle Research, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea) in collaboration with collaborators at Zhejiang University, China, have reported a highly sensitive and...
WWE WrestleMania 37 to take place in Los Angeles
WWE announced on Monday that WrestleMania 37 will be taking place at the new SoFi Stadium located next to Los Angeles in Inglewood, Calif., on March 28, 2021.
Supercharged light pulverizes asteroids
The majority of stars in the universe will become luminous enough to blast surrounding asteroids into successively smaller fragments using their light alone, according to an astronomer.
Watch: World's largest firework detonated over Colorado town
A Colorado town captured a Guinness World Record by detonating a nearly 2,800-pound firework shell over a mountain.
Megadeth, Lamb of God to launch tour in June
Megadeth and Lamb of God will perform across North America with Trivium and In Flames.
Astronomers caught a star-on-star smack down
These bubbles and clouds represent the end of two stars and the beginning of a nebula. (ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Olofsson et al. Acknowledgement: Robert Cumming/)The lives of stars, not unlike human lives, often end...
Study reveals details of “golf ball asteroid”
Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes, and now astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have observed an asteroid so heavily cratered that they are dubbing it the “golf ball asteroid.” The asteroid...
A High Resolution "Color" X-Ray Camera with Thousands of Pixels
This blog post originated in the 2018 Science Mission Directorate Science and Technology Report. PROJECT Demonstration model of the Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) KEY POINTS An X-ray camera is being developed with...
Qarman CubeSat: Falling into a fireball
This Wednesday 12 February, ESA's latest mission will enter the vacuum of space, not aboard a rocket but by being released from the International Space Station. The first task...
ESA's next sun mission will be shadow-casting pair
After Solar Orbiter, ESA's next mission observing the sun will not be one spacecraft but two: the double satellites making up Proba-3 will fly in formation to cast an artificial...
UAH's Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research has central role in 2024 IMAP mission
The Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will be central to the modeling and data crunching that follow the scheduled...
Watch: Jazz's Bogdan Bogdanovic beats Rockets with trey at buzzer
Utah Jazz forward Bogdan Bogdanovic launched a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give his team a dramatic victory against the Houston Rockets.