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NASA forest structure mission releases first data
NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation mission (GEDI) released its first publicly available data on January 21, 2020, giving researchers access to measurements of forests around the world.
SpaceX postpones launch of Starlink satellite fleet due to bad weather
SpaceX called off the next launch for its Starlink megaconstellation of internet satellites due to bad weather Monday (Jan. 27), postponing the flight for 24 hours.
SpaceX scrubs Monday launch, will try again Tuesday morning
SpaceX postponed a launch Monday morning in Florida of 60 Starlink satellites due to strong high-altitude winds. The company will try again Tuesday.
Flying solo: Solar Orbiter will take first-ever direct images of solar poles
Solar Orbiter will orbit our nearest star, the sun, observing it up close. It will take the first-ever direct images of its poles, while also studying the inner heliosphere—the bubble-like...
In a rare sighting, astronomers observe burst of activity as a massive star forms
Here on Earth, we pay quite a lot of attention to the sun. It's visible to us, after all, and central to our lives. But it is only one of...
Image: Hubble sees dusty galaxy with supermassive center
This peculiar galaxy, beautifully streaked with tendrils of reddish dust, is captured here in wonderful detail by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
How Earth climate models help picture life on unimaginable worlds
In a generic brick building on the northwestern edge of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center campus in Greenbelt, Maryland, thousands of computers packed in racks the size of vending machines...
Watch live: SpaceX aims for Monday morning Starlink launch
SpaceX has scheduled an attempt to launch its fourth batch of 60 of its own Starlink satellites at 9:49 a.m. Monday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
SpaceX is launching 60 more Starlink satellites today. Here's how to watch live.
The private spaceflight company SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink satellites to join its growing broadband internet megaconstellation in orbit today (Jan. 27), and you can watch it live online.
These twin rovers might explore the moon together one day
Astronauts aren't the only ones who will have to work together on future crewed missions.
NASA's Mars 2020 rover photobombed by mysterious 'High Bay Bob' in sunglasses
If you've been paying attention to the space engineers readying NASA's Mars 2020 rover, you may have noticed a recent surprise visitor in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility clean room at...
Pluto and Titan are surprisingly hazy, but scientists are fuzzy on exactly why
NASA's New Horizons mission turned Pluto from a fuzzy blob into a detailed, geophysically complex world. But it's still a little fuzzy, as it turns out.
Why physicists are determined to prove Galileo and Einstein wrong
Physicists dropped objects on a satellite for two years to test Galileo's theory of falling objects.
New insights about the brightest explosions in the Universe
Researchers have, after ten years, found an explanation to the peculiar emission lines seen in one of the brightest supernovae ever observed -- SN 2006gy. At the same time they...
Horror movies manipulate brain activity expertly to enhance excitement
A research team maps neural activity in response to watching horror movies. A study shows the top horror movies of the past 100 years, and how they manipulate brain activity.
Ex-Lakers star Kobe Bryant among 5 killed in helicopter crash
Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday in Calabasas, Calif.
SpaceX prepares for Starlink launch Monday
The largest satellite constellation orbiting Earth, SpaceX's Starlink, will be getting bigger with two planned Florida launches in the coming weeks, including a planned attempt Monday morning.
Firefly Aerospace rocket engine test ends in fire (video)
Firefly Aerospace is opening up about a fire that broke out during a recent rocket engine test, releasing video of the event as it investigates the cause of the failure.
Spot Auriga the charioteer (and goat tender) in the winter sky
Auriga is one of those star patterns whose exact origin is a hopeless mix of antique conceptions.
Swan Nebula 'star factory' reveals protostar treasure to NASA's flying telescope
SOFIA, the airplane-mounted telescope, gathered data that is changing astronomers' understanding of a massive star factory.
'Throwing' satellites into space may be an alternative to launching rockets
A U.S. company called Spinlaunch has plans to use a high-tech mass accelerator to 'throw' a payload into space.
Astronauts complete tricky spacewalk repair of space station's $2 billion antimatter detector
It took four years of planning, 20 new tools shipped by spacecraft and an unprecedented four-part repair job, but a $2 billion experiment on the International Space Station is all...
Spacewalking astronauts close to fixing cosmic ray detector
Spacewalking astronauts worked to complete repairs to a cosmic ray detector outside the International Space Station on Saturday and give it new life.
For hottest planet, a major meltdown, study shows
In the scorching atmosphere of exoplanet KELT-9b, even molecules are torn to shreds.
Fiona Shaw to star in Season 2 of BBC's 'Baptiste'
"Killing Eve" actress Fiona Shaw has joined the ensemble for Season 2 of the BBC's mystery drama, "Baptiste."
Rocket Lab's 1st launch of 2020 is for the National Reconnaissance Office, the US spysat agency
The private small-satellite launch company Rocket Lab will fly its first mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) next week, kicking off a busy 2020 that also includes plans...
Watch live: Astronauts start spacewalk for Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer repairs
NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano reached the halfway mark on Saturday's spacewalk mission.
Trump unveils new Space Force logo (yes, it looks like something from 'Star Trek')
President Donald Trump on Friday (Jan. 24) officially unveiled the logo for the U.S. Space Force and the reaction has been strong. It might just be because the logo, which...