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Look: Moonbyul shares concept video for 'Dark Side of the Moon'

6 years ago from UPI

K-pop star Moonbyul shared a moody teaser for her second solo album, "Dark Side of the Moon."

OneWeb: London start-up set to launch first big batch of satellites

The UK-based firm plans near-monthly launches of spacecraft to deliver a broadband internet service.

Boötes constellation: The herdsman of the sky

6 years ago from Space.com

This springtime constellation can be seen chasing the Big Dipper around the northern sky.

Watch: Indiana bartender gets $2,020 tip on $64 bill

6 years ago from UPI

An Indiana bartender said she is still in shock after receiving a $2,020 tip from a man whose bill only amounted to $64.

POWER on Podcast – NASA Gets Squeaky Clean

6 years ago from Science @ NASA

Screenshot of NASA POWER Data Access Viewer. Image Credit: NASA POWER

The Solar Orbiter up close: Inside the clean room with the next sun probe (photos)

6 years ago from Space.com

Final steps are underway here at Cape Canaveral to prepare the next sun-observing spacecraft, a $1.5 billion joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency, for launch.

Watch: Elle Fanning, Justice Smith fall in love in 'All the Bright Places' trailer

6 years ago from UPI

Elle Fanning and Justice Smith star in a Netflix adaptation of the Jennifer Niven novel "All the Bright Places."

Watch Solar Orbiter launch live

6 years ago from European Space Agency

Watch the launch of ESA’s new powerful Sun explorer, Solar Orbiter, on ESA Web TV on Monday 10 February from 03:30 GMT (04:30 CET).

In photos: NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after record-breaking spaceflight

6 years ago from Space.com

NASA astronaut Christina Koch wrapped up her first stay on the International Space Station today (Feb. 6).

This picture is from Mars. It's probably not what you think.

6 years ago from Space.com

It's some next-level skywatching: Scientists are using images captured by NASA's InSight lander to look for meteors on Mars.

'Racing certainty' there's life on Europa and Mars, says leading UK space scientist

6 years ago from Physorg

It's 'almost a racing certainty' there's alien life on Jupiter's moon Europa—and Mars could be hiding primitive microorganisms, too.

Solar Orbiter: Ready for launch

6 years ago from Physorg

The fairing of the US Atlas V 411 rocket with ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft inside at the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida during launch preparations...

Rosetta data reveals process behind color-changing chameleon comet

6 years ago from Physorg

A grand synthesis of Rosetta data has shown how its target comet repeatedly changed color during the two years it was watched by the spacecraft. The chameleon comet's nucleus became...

Black holes eat stars in variable mood lighting

6 years ago from Physorg

When a black hole chews up a star, it produces visible light or X-rays, but astronomers have almost never detected both types of radiation. Astronomer Peter Jonker (SRON / Radboud...

Watch: Jim Carrey gives dramatic readings of famous lines on 'Late Show'

6 years ago from UPI

Jim Carrey performed dramatic versions of some of his most iconic comedic scenes on "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert."

For the first time, an ESA deep space antenna controlled two spacecraft with one dish

6 years ago from Physorg

For the first time, an ESA deep space antenna has sent commands to two ESA spacecraft, simultaneously, at the Red Planet.

Record-setting astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth

6 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who has spent nearly 11 months in orbit on the longest spaceflight by a woman, landed safely in Kazakhstan on Thursday along with two of her...

Luca emerges from Soyuz MS-13

6 years ago from European Space Agency

Image: ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano emerges from the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft after landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 09:12 GMT (10:12 CET), 6 February 2020.Luca returned to Earth, after six months on...

Luca Parmitano: return to Earth

6 years ago from European Space Agency

Video: 00:01:30 ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano touched down in the Kazakh Steppe at 09:12 GMT (10:12 CET), 6 February 2020 after his second six-month mission on the International Space Station. Luca returned to...

OneWeb will launch 34 internet satellites today: Here's how to watch it live

6 years ago from Space.com

A Soyuz rocket carrying 34 of OneWeb's broadband satellites is scheduled to launch today at 4:42 p.m. EST (2142 GMT) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Watch the liftoff live here.

Terry Crews says 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' keeps 'changing up the world'

6 years ago from UPI

Terry Crews said "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" holds the interest of its stars and viewers because it is never afraid to shake up story-lines or character relationships.

Rocks, Rockets and Robots: The Plan to Bring Mars Down to Earth

6 years ago from Scientific American

Coordinated by NASA and ESA, an ambitious effort to retrieve samples from the Red Planet faces major obstacles -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Astronaut Christina Koch lands on Earth after record-setting space station mission

6 years ago from Space.com

Christina Koch did not set out to break records on her first spaceflight, but with her return to Earth after nearly a year in orbit, her mission is now one...

Record-breaking spacewalker returns from orbit

6 years ago from European Space Agency

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano returned to Earth today alongside NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, marking the end of his second six-month International Space Station mission known...

NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after record mission

6 years ago from Reuters:Science

U.S. astronaut Christina Koch, who led the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday after a record stay on the International Space Station, ending a 328-day mission...

NASA astronaut Koch returns to Earth after record space mission

6 years ago from Reuters:Science

A capsule carrying a crew of three from the International Space Station, including record-setting United States astronaut Christina Koch, landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday, a live feed by Russian space...

Justice Department opens probe into Mississippi prisons

6 years ago from UPI

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced Wednesday it has opened an investigation into conditions at four Mississippi prisons after 15 inmates have died in the state's custody since December. 

Capsule carrying astronauts from ISS lands in Kazakhstan

6 years ago from Reuters:Science

A capsule carrying astronauts from the United States and Italy and a Russian cosmonaut landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday, a live feed by Russian space agency Roscosmos showed.