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LSU football team to meet President Trump Friday at White House
The LSU Tigers football team will visit with President Donald Trump Friday at the White House, following their College Football Playoff national championship game victory.
Meet the NASA intern who discovered a new planet on his third day
This teenager found a new planet on the third day of his internship at the US space agency.
House delivers impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to Senate for trial
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signed off on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, setting the stage for the Senate to receive the charges.
New Boeing video shows Snoopy's ride on Starliner Orbital Flight Test
Snoopy's latest adventure as the "world famous astronaut" has now been revealed in a new video from the first Orbital Flight Test of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner.
Taking the temperature of dark matter
Warm, cold, just right? Physicists are using gravitational lensing to take the temperature of dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up about a quarter of our universe.
Tour the colorful Crab Nebula with this stunning new 3D visualization
A new 3D movie highlights the Crab Nebula, beginning with its location in the constellation Taurus and zooming in to show off its dynamic features.
2019 was the second warmest on record, NASA and NOAA confirm
Last year was the second warmest in recorded history, according to scientists as NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
NASA Says Goodbye to One of Agency's Great Observatories
The live-streamed show, featuring mission members and NASA leadership, will air on Jan. 22, at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST). Members of the public can ask questions.
Boeing: Starliner capsule can return to flight with minimal work
Boeing officials said Wednesday that the company's Starliner space capsule can be fully refurbished with almost no new hardware, despite a software malfunction during its maiden flight Dec. 20.
Astronauts upgrade space station batteries in second all-woman spacewalk
The second all-female spacewalk in history continued the work of the first, as NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch upgraded batteries outside of the International Space Station.
NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Closer to Getting Its Name
155 students from across the U.S. have been chosen as semifinalists in NASA's essay contest to name the Mars 2020 rover. and see it launch from Cape Canaveral this...
Scientists study plasma 'bubbles' in Earth's magnetic field with Gamera model named for Japanese monster
Auroras and satellite function might be influenced by ''bubbles'' of plasma near the tail of Earth's magnetosphere.
The black hole at the center of the galaxy is forging a strange new kind of star
The black hole at the center of our galaxy is warping and combining stars into a strange new kind of object, astronomers say.
Cosmic origins of phosphorus, a building block for life, traced by scientists
Scientists have for the first time observed the precise cosmic origins of phosphorus, an element essential to life.
Astronomers just tracked the interstellar journey of one of life's building blocks through space
Scientists have traced the journey of phosphorous, one of the essential building blocks for life as we know it on Earth, through space.
Watch live: Jessica Meir, Christina Koch complete first 2020 spacewalk
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir have completed the first of two spacewalks they'll take in the next week to replace batteries on the International Space Station's Port-6 truss.
GFriend to release new album Feb. 3
K-pop stars GFriend announced their comeback album, "Labyrinth," on the fifth anniversary of their debut as a group.
Team led by PPPL wins major supercomputer time to help capture on Earth the fusion that powers the sun and stars
How PPPL will use its INCITE-awarded time on the Summit and Theta supercomputer to predict the performance of ITER, the international experiment under construction to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion...
The Curious Case of Proxima C
Astronomers continue to gather evidence for a second world around the sun’s nearest neighboring star -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
When the milky way collided with dwarf galaxy gaia-enceladus
A single star has provided information about the collision of the Milky Way with the dwarf galaxy Gaia-Enceladus. The event likely took place approximately 11.5 billion years ago.
Proxima Centauri, the sun's nearest neighbor, may host a 2nd alien planet. Meet Proxima c.
Astronomers have spotted another possible planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, which lies just 4.2 light-years from the sun.
Newly found organic mineral could influence landscape evolution on Titan
Co-crystals of acetylene and butane may help sculpt the surface of Saturn's largest moon
A second planet may orbit Proxima Centauri
The planet orbiting the star closest to the sun may have a neighbor. Proxima Centauri, a dim red star just 4.2 light-years away, is already known to host one potentially habitable planet, Proxima...
Sky renews 'Britannia' for a third season
Sky announced on Wednesday that its original period drama "Britannia" has been renewed for a third season.
Boeing, Navy complete first Super Hornet flight with upgraded sensor
Boeing and the U.S. Navy flew an F/A-18 Super Hornet equipped with an Infrared Search & Track Block II pod for the first time in late 2019, Boeing announced. The...
Astronomers discover class of strange objects near our galaxy's enormous black hole
Astronomers have discovered a new class of bizarre objects at the center of our galaxy, not far from the supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*.
Mysterious, Dusty Objects Are Swarming the Milky Way's Core
Swirling around our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, these objects share properties with both stars and gas clouds -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Astronomers discover class of strange objects near our galaxy's enormous black hole
Astronomers from UCLA's Galactic Center Orbits Initiative have discovered a new class of bizarre objects at the center of our galaxy, not far from the supermassive black hole called Sagittarius...