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Methane leak visible from space
Image: Data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite revealed that an explosion in a natural gas well in Ohio in February 2018 released more than 50 000 tons of methane into the atmosphere....
Europe powers up for third and fourth Orion spacecraft
Europe will power the NASA spacecraft that take astronauts to a new international outpost and forward to the Moon, following decisions made by ESA Member States at Space19+ in Seville,...
ESO telescope images stunning central region of Milky Way, finds ancient star burst
ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has observed the central part of the Milky Way with spectacular resolution and uncovered new details about the history of star birth in our galaxy....
Capturing shooting stars over Hawaiʻi
Astronomers now have a new pair of eyes to detect meteors over Hawaiʻi using a state-of-the-art monitoring system installed on the rooftops of existing buildings on Maunakea and Haleakalā. The...
SDO sees new kind of magnetic explosion on sun
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has observed a magnetic explosion the likes of which have never been seen before. In the scorching upper reaches of the Sun's atmosphere, a prominence—a large...
NASA’s SDO Sees New Kind of Magnetic Explosion on Sun
Portal origin URL: NASA’s SDO Sees New Kind of Magnetic Explosion on SunPortal origin nid: 456771Published: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has...
'Daybreak': Netflix cancels series after one season
"Daybreak," starring Colin Ford, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Sophie Simnett and Austin Crute, won't get a second season at Netflix.
Distant Milky Way-like galaxies reveal star formation history of the universe
Look at this new radio image covered with dots, each of which is a distant galaxy! The brightest spots are galaxies that are powered by supermassive black holes and shine...
Portland Timbers sign 2017 MLS MVP Diego Valeri to multiyear extension
The Portland Timbers have signed star midfielder Diego Valeri to a multiyear contract extension.
Look: Hope Solo expecting twins after miscarriage
Former soccer star Hope Solo is expecting fraternal twins, a son and a daughter, with husband Jerramy Stevens.
Image Release: Distant Milky Way-like Galaxies Reveal Star Formation History of the Universe
Thousands of galaxies are visible in this radio image of an area in the Southern Sky, made with the MeerKAT telescope. The numerous faint dots are distant galaxies like our...
Carbon cocoons surround growing galaxies
Researchers have discovered gigantic clouds of gaseous carbon spanning more than a radius of 30,000 light-years around young galaxies using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). This is the first...
Charlotte to become 30th Major League Soccer franchise
Charlotte, N.C., is expected to be announced as the home of the 30th Major League Soccer franchise Tuesday.
Glitch delays launch of Europe's exoplanet hunter
A technical rocket glitch during the final countdown Tuesday pushed back by a day the blastoff of Europe's CHEOPS planet-hunting satellite, launch company Arianespace and Russia's Roscosmos agency said.
Rocket Glitch Delays Launch of European Mission to Hunt Alien Planets
The European launch provider Arianespace postponed the launch of a new spacecraft designed to hunt alien planets and four other satellites today (Dec 17) due to a glitch with the...
Watch: Mavericks' Kristaps Porzingis dunks on top of Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kristaps Porzingis threw down a powerful dunk over Giannis Antetokounmpo during the Dallas Mavericks' win against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Virgin Galactic's Next Spaceship Gets Its 'Feather' (Video)
Technicians just installed the structure of the "feathering" re-entry system on the new SpaceShipTwo vehicle's wing, Virgin representatives announced on Sunday (Dec. 15).
Alien Hunters Need Radio Silence on the Moon. Future Lunar Missions Could Wreck It.
Everyone seems to want to go to the moon. Before they get there, though, radio astronomers would like them to think about what wavelengths they use to light the way.
Boeing's 1st Starliner Flight Test in Photos
Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi will launch on its first test flight to the International Space Station Dec. 20. See photos of the first Orbital Flight Test (OFT) mission here.
Milky Way experienced intense period of star formation a billion years ago
Astronomers have discovered evidence that an intense period of stellar formation supplied the Milky Way with hundreds of thousands of massive stars beginning roughly 1 billion years ago.
Planetary boundaries: Interactions in the Earth system amplify human impacts
Transgressing one planetary boundary can amplify human impacts on another one. For the first time, an international team of scientists has quantified some of the planetary-scale interactions in the Earth...
Meteorites lend clues to solar system's origin
The isotopic composition of meteorites and terrestrial planets holds important clues about the earliest history of the solar system and the processes of planet formation.
Mercury's volcanic activity—or lack of it—could help astronomers find other Earth-like worlds
If you wanted to narrow down the search for Earth-like worlds in a vast universe, how might you go about it?
Video: OPS-SAT, ESA's flying lab, open to all
What would you do with a powerful computer based in space? At just 30 cm in height, OPS-SAT is a tiny CubeSat designed to serve as a large-scale software laboratory...
On This Day, Dec. 17: 'The Simpsons' airs first standalone episode
On Dec. 17, 1989, "The Simpsons," which began as a feature of The Tracy Ullman Show, had its first stand-alone episode broadcast.
Famous birthdays for Dec. 17: Laurie Holden, Eugene Levy
Actor Laurie Holden turns 50 and actor Eugene Levy turns 73, among the famous birthdays for Dec. 17.
Would a deep-Earth water cycle change our understanding of planetary evolution?
Every school child learns about the water cycle—evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection. But what if there were a deep Earth component of this process happening on geologic timescales that makes...
CRISPR, gravity waves, water on Mars: A decade of discoveries
From finding the building blocks for life on Mars to breakthroughs in gene editing and the rise of artificial intelligence, here are six major scientific discoveries that shaped the 2010s—and...