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Astronomers confirm third planet in Kepler-47 system
Astronomers have identified a third planet orbiting the binary star system Kepler-47.
CubeSats prove their worth for scientific missions
Only a few years ago, the astronomy and heliophysics communities were skeptical about whether CubeSats could reliably obtain scientific data. But these breadloaf-size satellites have proven their ability to return...
How to defend the Earth from asteroids
A mere 17-20 meters across, the Chelyabinsk meteor caused extensive ground damage and numerous injuries when it exploded on impact with Earth's atmosphere in February 2013.
The First Known Interstellar Meteor May Have Hit Earth in 2014
The 3-foot-wide rock rock visited us three years before 'Oumuamua.
The First Known Interstellar Meteor May Have Hit Earth in 2014
The first meteor to hit Earth from interstellar space — and the second observed interstellar visitor overall — may have just been discovered, a new study finds.
Watch: Colorado Avalanche's Cale Makar scores electric first goal in NHL debut
Colorado defenseman Cale Makar scored the first goal of his NHL career in the Avalanche's 6-2 win over the Calgary Flames in Game 3.
Watch: Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish hits batter, catcher, umpire with 99 mph fastball
Multiple groans emerged from home plate after Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish hit the batter, catcher and umpire with one pitch in a win vs. the Miami Marlins.
Rare Comet Fragment Found Inside Rocky Meteorite
Researchers have found a piece of a comet — an object made up of ice and dust — inside of a space rock known as a stony meteorite.
Discovery! 3rd Planet Found in Two-Star 'Tatooine' Star System
A third world lurks in the two-star Kepler-47 system, and it's bigger than its two previously known siblings, a new study reports.
Owen Garriott, Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronaut, Dies at 88
Owen Garriott, a Skylab and space shuttle astronaut who was the first to use amateur radio from orbit, has died at the age of 88
WWE to live stream The Shield's final match
WWE has announced a special event for Sunday featuring The Shield's final match.
Former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott dies
Former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott has died at his home in Huntsville, Alabama.
These Wisps Around Black Holes Could Reveal How the Cosmic Beasts Eat
The international team responsible for the first-ever image of a black hole's shadow already has plans to take a better, more detailed image.
TESS discovers its first Earth-sized planet
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, has discovered its first Earth-sized exoplanet. The planet, named HD 21749c, is the smallest world outside our solar system that TESS has identified yet....
The first direct search for inelastic boosted dark matter with a terrestrial detector
A team of researchers in the Republic of Korea, the U.S., Brazil, Indonesia and the U.K. have recently carried out a direct search for inelastic boosted dark matter (IBDM) using...
Astronomers discover third planet in the Kepler-47 circumbinary system
Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, securing the system's title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds. Using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, a...
Astronomers take first, high-resolution look at huge star-forming region of Milky Way
Astronomers from the United States and South Korea have made the first high-resolution, radio telescope observations of the molecular clouds within a massive star-forming region of the outer Milky Way....
NBC renews 'Manifest' for a second season
NBC has renewed mystery drama series "Manifest" starring Melissa Roxburgh and Josh Dallas for a second season.
Mysterious star 21 Comae reinvestigated with MOST satellite
Astronomers have employed the Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars (MOST) space telescope to conduct a new investigation of the enigmatic variable star 21 Comae whose nature is still widely debated....
The Event Horizon Telescope Will Soon Film Matter Falling into a Black Hole
The huge team behind the Event Horizon Telescope already made news with their first image of a black hole. But they've got bigger ambitions.
Airborne microplastic particles found falling on remote mountain peaks
Scientists have measured windblown microplastic particles in a remote part of the Pyrenees mountain range in France.
NEOWISE celebrates five years of asteroid data
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission released its fifth year of survey data on April 11, 2019. The five years of NEOWISE data have significantly advanced scientists'...
Indian scientists make deepest radio images of the sun
The sun is the brightest object in the sky, and probably the most studied celestial object. Surprisingly, it still hosts mysteries that scientists have been trying to unravel for decades,...
Variations in the 'fogginess' of the universe identify a milestone in cosmic history
Large differences in the 'fogginess' of the early universe were caused by islands of cold gas left behind when the universe heated up after the big bang, according to an...
NASA's TESS Exoplanet Mission Finds 1st Earth-Size Alien World
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite spotted the planet, as well as a weird "sub-Neptune" world, circling the star HD 21749, which lies about 53 light-years from Earth.
Unsealed affidavit shows U.S. secretly charged Assange in 2017
U.S. prosecutors secretly filed charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2017, two months before the public indictment, court documents show.
Cassini reveals surprises with Titan's lakes
On its final flyby of Saturn's largest moon in 2017, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gathered radar data revealing that the small liquid lakes in Titan's northern hemisphere are surprisingly deep, perched...
Three things to know as Germany opens massive ocean wind park
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be joined by French and Norwegian ministers Tuesday to officially open a massive wind farm in the Baltic Sea, a key project for her country's...