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SpaceX Launches Dragon Cargo Ship to Space Station for NASA, Sticks Rocket Landing
SpaceX successfully launched an uncrewed Dragon spacecraft for NASA today (Dec. 5) on the company's final cargo mission of the year. They aced a rocket landing, too!
Watch: 'Lost in Space' stars take on monsters in Season 2
Molly Parker, Toby Stephens, Maxwell Jenkins and Parker Posey return in the Netflix series "Lost in Space."
Watch: 'Mulan' fights for her family in new trailer
Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Gong Li and Jet Li star in Disney's live-action remake of "Mulan."
Watch: Escaped pig leads deputies on chase around Ohio yard
Sheriff's deputies in Ohio had a tough time trying to wrangle a loose pig in a resident's yard and the unusual chase was recorded by body cameras.
Watch: Fireball streaks across night sky in the Midwest
A bright fireball streaked across the night sky in the Midwest, with sightings reported in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.
New instrument extends LIGO's reach
Just a year ago, the National Science Foundation-funded Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, or LIGO, was picking up whispers of gravitational waves every month or so. Now, a new addition to...
NASA Planet-Hunting Telescope Spots Massive Burp from a Comet
Scientists have caught their best-ever look at a comet belching out ice, dust and gas — and the observations came courtesy of a mission designed to hunt for alien worlds.
Life on Mars? Europe commits to groundbreaking mission to bring back rocks to Earth
It will be one of the most daunting, complicated and, potentially, scientifically rewarding missions ever undertaken to the red planet. Ministers at a recent meeting of the European Space Agency...
Watch: Man bends seven steel railroad spikes for Guinness record
A New York state college professor set his second Guinness World Record when he bent seven steel railroad spikes in one minute.
NRL, NASA combine to produce sun imagery with unprecedented clarity
Early returns from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s camera on NASA’s latest mission to study the Sun’s corona revealed on Dec. 4 a star more complex than ever imagined. NRL’s...
GAIUS Networks, A Start-Up Co-Founded by NYU, NYU Abu Dhabi Researchers Chosen for Facebook Accelerator Program
GAIUS Networks, co-founded by researchers at New York University and NYU Abu Dhabi, has been selected for Facebook Accelerator London's program--a 12-week session that pairs start-ups with the team at...
Video: Sentinel-6 mission
In a cleanroom in Ottobrunn, Germany, the latest Copernicus Sentinel satellite is ready for final testing before it is packed up and shipped to the US for liftoff next year....
Scientists reveal potential new class of X-ray star system research
A scientist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has announced the discovery that mass in triple star systems takes on the characteristics of recipient stars before mass...
Image: Thermal enclosure for Orion
The Orion spacecraft with European Service Module at NASA's Plum Brook Station. The first Orion will fly farther from Earth on the Artemis I mission than any human-rated vehicle has...
Watch: Pistons' Andre Drummond dunks all over Giannis Antetokounmpo
Detroit Pistons big man Andre Drummond put Giannis Antetokounmpo on a figurative poster by throwing down a vicious slam dunk on the Milwaukee Bucks star.
New clues about the origin of stellar masses
An international team led by the Astrophysics Department-AIM Laboratory of CEA-Irfu has just obtained new clues about the origin of star mass distribution, combining observational data from the large interferometer...
Why is the sun's atmosphere so hot? Spacecraft starts to unravel our star's mysteries
If you ask a child to paint a picture of the sun, you will most likely get a bright yellow circle on a piece of paper. This is actually quite...
SpaceX tries again for cargo launch with robot aboard
SpaceX plans a second attempt Thursday for its 19th cargo mission to the International Space Station, carrying supplies, experiments and a new version of the CIMON robot designed to interact...
GAIUS Networks, A Start-Up Co-Founded by NYU, NYU Abu Dhabi Researchers Chosen for Facebook Accelerator Program
GAIUS Networks, co-founded by researchers at New York University and NYU Abu Dhabi, has been selected for Facebook Accelerator London's program--a 12-week session that pairs start-ups with the team at...
Astronomers probe the nature of a peculiar pulsar wind nebula
Using ESA's XMM-Newton spacecraft, astronomers have investigated the nature of a peculiar pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in the supernova remnant (SNR) CTB 87. Results of the study, presented in a...
San Francisco 49ers suspend analyst for 'dark skin' remark about Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson
The San Francisco 49ers have suspended radio analyst Tim Ryan for comments he made about Lamar Jackson's skin color following the team's loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
Thermal enclosure for Orion
Image: The Orion spacecraft with European Service Module at NASA’s Plum Brook Station. The first Orion will fly farther from Earth on the Artemis I mission than any human-rated vehicle has ever...
Watch: LeBron James gets away with blatant travel, says he 'malfunctioned'
LeBron James got away with a blatant traveling violation during a Los Angeles Lakers blowout of the Utah Jazz.
ESA Gets Its Biggest Budget Ever, Supports Reusable Spaceship and ISS Extension
The ESA announced its largest budget ever — $15.9 billion (14.4 billion-euro).
Russian president warns over expansion of US space force
The Russian leader says the US "militarisation" of space means Moscow has to respond.
NASA's probe soaring near sun reveals surprises about solar wind
Troves of new data from a NASA probe's close encounters with the sun are giving scientists unique insight about the solar wind and space weather more generally as the spacecraft...
There's Something Weird About the Craters of Asteroid Ryugu
The Japanese mission Hayabusa2 just bid farewell to the asteroid the probe spent over a year studying, and scientists have now announced some intriguing trends they noticed in the spacecraft's...
Watch live: Nobel Prize laureates call to Space Station
Nobel Prize laureates in physics and chemistry will talk to ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir on 6 December as the Nobel Week festivities begin in Stockholm,...