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Look: Elle Fanning, Justice Smith get close in 'All the Bright Places' poster
"All the Bright Places," a new movie based on the Jennifer Niven novel, will premiere Feb. 28 on Netflix.
1st Global Map of Martian Winds Reveals 'Ripple Effects' from Extreme Terrain
A new global map of winds on Mars shows "ripple effects" from the extreme terrain below.
NASA’s MAVEN probe shows how wind circulates in Mars’ upper atmosphere
High above the surface of Mars, winds circulate from dayside to night, and the air undulates as it passes over mountains and valleys far below, a new study shows. These insights come...
Global circulation of Mars upper atmosphere
The thermosphere of Mars is the interface through which the planet is continuously losing its reservoir of atmospheric volatiles to space. The structure and dynamics of the thermosphere is driven...
'Andy Cohen Diaries' series coming to Quibi
"The Andy Cohen Diaries," a new show about "Watch What Happens Live" host Andy Cohen, is coming to Quibi.
Scientists map Mars' global wind patterns for the first time
Today, a paper published in Science documents for the first time the global wind circulation patterns in the upper atmosphere of a planet, 120 to 300 kilometers above the surface....
Research group confirm planet-mass objects in extragalactic systems
A University of Oklahoma research group is reporting the detection of extragalactic planet-mass objects in a second and third galaxy beyond the Milky Way after the first detection in 2018.
Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Swings Past the Sun
Hubble captured interstellar comet 2I/Borisov streaking past the Sun in a pair of images taken on November 16 and December 9. It is the first confirmed interstellar comet known to...
X Marks the Spot: NASA Selects Site for Asteroid Sample Collection
Portal origin URL: X Marks the Spot: NASA Selects Site for Asteroid Sample CollectionPortal origin nid: 456699Published: Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 12:56Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: After a year scoping...
Indian Rocket Marks Historic 50th Launch with Spy Satellite
India's workhorse rocket celebrated its 50th flight with a successful launch of 10 satellites, including a spy vehicle.
'Monster Black Hole' Discovery Found to be Incorrect — But That's How Science Progresses
Apparently, that "monster black hole" that researchers found isn't so monstrous after all.
Thomas Rhett to launch 'Center Point Road' tour in May
Country singers Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell and Hardy will kick off a new U.S. tour next summer.
Short-lived light sources discovered in the sky
A project lead by an international team of researchers use publicly available data with images of the sky dating as far back as the 1950s to try to detect and...
NASA's NICER delivers best-ever pulsar measurements, first surface map
Astrophysicists are redrawing the textbook image of pulsars, the dense, whirling remains of exploded stars, thanks to NASA's Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), an X-ray telescope aboard the International...
Newfound Martian aurora actually the most common; sheds light on Mars' changing climate
A type of Martian aurora first identified by NASA's MAVEN spacecraft in 2016 is actually the most common form of aurora occurring on the Red Planet, according to new results...
How A.I. Could Help Find Alien Planets and Asteroids
Using artificial intelligence could aid in the search for life and detection of nearby asteroids.
Blue Origin Sends Kids' Postcards to Space on New Shepard Launch
A commercial rocket's brief trip to space and back has given new meaning to the popular postcard slogan, "Wish you were here!"
Dark matter may explain mysterious gamma ray source at center of Milky Way
New analysis by astrophysicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggests dark matter could explain a mysterious source of gamma rays in the center of the Milky Way.
Watch: Ciri searches for Geralt in final 'Witcher' trailer
Henry Cavill, Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra star in the new Netflix fantasy series "The Witcher."
Research group confirm planet-mass objects in extragalactic systems
A University of Oklahoma research group is reporting the detection of extragalactic planet-mass objects in a second and third galaxy beyond the Milky Way after the first detection in 2018....
Martian aurora offers climate change clues, research reports
A newly published study, presented on Dec. 12 at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting, reveals that a type of Martian aurora originally detected by NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is in...
The Return to Venus and What It Means for Earth
Sue Smrekar really wants to go back to Venus. In her office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the planetary scientist displays a 30-year-old image of Venus’ surface...
Planet-mass objects in extragalactic systems
A research group is reporting the detection of extragalactic planet-mass objects in a second and third galaxy beyond the Milky Way after the first detection in 2018. With the existing...
NASA’s Parker probe has spotted the Geminid meteor showers’ source
SAN FRANCISCO — The Parker Solar Probe is no one-trick pony. Besides offering unprecedented close-ups of the sun, the spacecraft is giving new views of other parts of the solar system (SN: 12/4/19)....
Watch: Jamie-Lynn Sigler shares advice from 'Sopranos' James Gandolfini
Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who played Meadow Soprano on "The Sopranos," shared advice from her late co-star James Gandofini.
Calling radio amateurs: help find OPS-SAT!
Calling all radio amateurs! ESA is challenging anyone with amateur radio equipment to catch the first signals from OPS-SAT, ESA’s brand new space software laboratory.
Study unveils new nonlinear dynamics of spinning bosonic stars
Although researchers have been studying dark matter and trying to observe it, its nature is a longstanding scientific mystery. The standard cosmological model suggests that approximately one-quarter of cosmological energy...
Best of Last Year: The top Phys.org articles of 2019
It was a great year for research of all kinds as a team of astronomers from around the globe delivered the first photo of a black hole. Over several days...