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The first cookies baked in space are back on Earth!
Following a ride home on a SpaceX Dragon capsule, the first food to be baked in space (a batch of cookies, of course) has landed back on Earth.
Can solar geoengineering mitigate both climate change and income inequality?
New research finds that solar geoengineering -- the intentional reflection of sunlight away from the Earth's surface -- may reduce income inequality between countries.
TESS dates an ancient collision with our galaxy
A single bright star in the constellation of Indus, visible from the southern hemisphere, has revealed new insights on an ancient collision that our galaxy the Milky Way underwent with...
Watch: Abby Huntsman to leave 'The View' after two seasons
Abby Huntsman will exit "The View" to help her dad, Jon Huntsman, Jr., run for governor of Utah.
Watch: Zoe Kravitz discusses Catwoman role on 'Ellen'
"Big Little Lies" star Zoe Kravitz said she's "nervous" but excited to play Catwoman in "The Batman," starring Robert Pattinson.
Supercomputer Simulations Showcase Novel Planet Formation Models
Scientists at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) used SDSC's Comet supercomputer to help model the formation of terrestrial planets such as Mercury, Venus, and Mars in a quest to explore...
SuperTIGER on its second prowl -- 130,000 feet above Antarctica
A balloon-borne scientific instrument designed to study the origin of cosmic rays is taking its second turn high above the continent of Antarctica three and a half weeks after its...
Stars need a partner to spin universe's brightest explosions
When it comes to the biggest and brightest explosions seen in the universe, astronomers have found that it takes two stars to make a gamma-ray burst.
Look: Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox reunite
"Friends" stars Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow and Courteney Cox enjoyed a night out following reports of an HBO Max reunion special.
How the solar system got its 'Great Divide,' and why it matters for life on Earth
Scientists, including those from the University of Colorado Boulder, have finally scaled the solar system's equivalent of the Rocky Mountain range.
TESS dates an ancient collision with our galaxy
A single bright star in the constellation of Indus, visible from the southern hemisphere, has revealed new insights on an ancient collision that our galaxy the Milky Way underwent with...
Watch: ESA Director General’s press briefing
Follow the ESA Director General’s start-of-the-year press briefing at 08:30 GMT (09:30 CET) on 15 January 2020.
Los Angeles Galaxy in talks to bring Chicharito to MLS
The Los Angeles Galaxy are in talks to bring Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez to Major League Soccer.
Supercomputer Simulations Showcase Novel Planet Formation Models
Most of us are taught in grade school how planets formed: dust particles clump together and over millions of years continue to collide until one is formed. This lengthy and...
LIGO-Virgo network catches another neutron star collision
A new study confirms that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO) near Livingston, Louisiana observed a neutron star collision on April 25, 2019. The observation is only the second...
Look: Katy Perry praises Orlando Bloom on his 43rd birthday
Katy Perry voiced her love and "constant awe" at Orlando Bloom on the "Carnival Row" star's 43rd birthday.
Stars need a partner to spin universe's brightest explosions
When it comes to the biggest and brightest explosions seen in the Universe, University of Warwick astronomers have found that it takes two stars to make a gamma-ray burst.
Virtual Telescope Project confirms 2020 AV2— the first asteroid found to move entirely inside the orbit of Venus
Gianluca Masi, an astrophysicist working on the Virtual Telescope Project,which he founded, has announced the confirmation of 2020 AV2—the first asteroid orbiting entirely within the orbit of Venus. Masi describes...
Image: Stormy activity at Mars' icy north pole
This image shows part of the ice cap sitting at Mars' north pole, complete with bright swathes of ice, dark troughs and depressions, and signs of strong winds and stormy...
Aeolus winds now in daily weather forecasts
ESA's Aeolus satellite has been returning profiles of Earth's winds since 3 September 2018, just after it was launched—and after months of careful testing these measurements are considered so good...
Another state change of the variable gamma-ray pulsar PSR J2021+4026 observed by astronomers
Using NASA's Fermi telescope, astronomers have detected a state change of the gamma-ray emission and spin-down rate of the variable radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsar PSR J2021+4026. Such behavior was first observed...
Stormy activity at Mars’ icy north pole
Image: This image shows part of the ice cap sitting at Mars’ north pole, complete with bright swathes of ice, dark troughs and depressions, and signs of strong winds and stormy activity.The landscape...
The interiors of stars
The interiors of stars are largely mysterious regions because they are so difficult to observe directly. Our lack of understanding about the physical processes there, like rotation and the mixing...
Oxygen line opens new perspective on the far universe
A team of astronomers of Leiden University and the University of Texas (Austin, United States) has discovered a new way to map distant galaxies. They did so by observing the...
The problems with modern physics
Modern physics has many achievements to be proud of, but mysteries still abound, and sometimes we feel more in the dark than we did 100 years ago. Here are some...
Mars sample return is coming, so scientists urge preparing the public for it now
The first pristine pieces of Mars won't be coming down to Earth for at least another decade, but the time to start preparing society for the epic arrival is now,...
An Earth-size planet in the habitable zone? New NASA discovery is one special world.
When scientists search for alien planets, they get a special thrill when they find one that seems to reflect our own world back to us.
Did Astronomers Just Discover Black Holes from the Big Bang?
Gravitational waves attributed to the collision of two neutron stars could have been produced by something much stranger -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com