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Gravitational waves helping to expose black holes, dark matter and theoretical particles
Gravitational waves – the invisible ripples in the fabric of space predicted by Albert Einstein – are opening up a new era of astronomy that is allowing scientists to see...
India's pre-monsoon rains will be more widespread this month
India is getting hit with 100-degree temperatures this week ahead of a more widespread onslaught of pre-monsoon rains that will affect the entire country.
Gamma-ray blazars in the sky
When the supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies accrete material, they can eject powerful jets of charged particles at speeds approaching that of light. These particles in turn...
Melanie Field, Magda Apanowicz join 'You' Season 2
"Shrill" actress Melanie Field and "Kyle XY" alum Magda Apanowicz will appear in Season 2 of "You" starring Penn Badgley.
How a startup plans to clean up space
Since 2012, engineers at EPFL's Space Center have been hard at work on a new junk-clearing satellite to capture debris orbiting the earth. The team has now shifted up a...
BepiColombo is ready for its long cruise
Following a series of tests conducted in space over the past five months, the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its near-Earth commissioning phase and is now ready for the...
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Arabsat launch delayed
The second launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy -- the largest and most powerful rocket in use -- has been delayed according to industry reports from Spaceflight Now and NASA...
Researcher uses lightning storms to measure the density of Earth's upper atmosphere
No one has a firm grasp on the dimensions and activity of the lowest part of our upper atmosphere, known as the ionospheric D region, because it's literally a moving...
Gravitational waves helping to expose black holes, dark matter and theoretical particles
Gravitational waves – the invisible ripples in the fabric of space predicted by Albert Einstein – are opening up a new era of astronomy that is allowing scientists to see...
Video: Preserving satellite data
Satellites provide vast quantities of data. While these data are processed and used by scientists and analysts to understand and monitor Earth, they are also carefully archived.
Preserving heritage data at ESA
Why is archiving and curating heritage satellite data so fundamentally important? How can heritage data from old satellites be used to compare with current findings?
NASA Will Test 5 Habitat Designs for Its Lunar Gateway Space Station
NASA's Lunar Gateway space station design process is beginning to take shape: The agency has announced five new prototypes that it plans to test on the ground.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Makes 2nd Daring Flyby of the Sun
NASA's record-breaking solar mission silently completed another close pass of the sun yesterday (April 4).
'Star Trek: Discovery' Is Guided to a New Time Crystal in 'Through the Valley of Shadows'
Pike gets a glimpse of his future in the latest episode of "Star Trek: Discovery."
Donald Trump heading to California to tour border wall amid new legal actions
President Donald Trump on Friday will make his third visit to California since taking office and will inspect the U.S.-Mexico border amid strong opposition in Congress for his proposed wall.
Self-driving spacecraft set for planetary defence expedition
Engineers designing ESA’s Hera planetary defence mission to the Didymos asteroid pair are developing advanced technology to let the spacecraft steer itself through space, taking a similar approach to self-driving...
BepiColombo is ready for its long cruise
Following a series of tests conducted in space over the past five months, the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its near-Earth commissioning phase and is now ready for the...
Japan space probe drops explosive on asteroid to make crater
Japan's space agency said its Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully dropped an explosive designed to make a crater on an asteroid and collect its underground samples to find possible clues to the...
Gone in 6 minutes: an Ethiopian Airlines jet's final journey
From nearly the moment they roared down the runway and took off in their new Boeing jetliner, pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines flight encountered problems with the plane.
Japan space probe drops explosive on asteroid to make crater
Japan's space agency said its Hayabusa2 spacecraft released an explosive onto an asteroid to make a crater on its surface and collect underground samples to find possible clues to the...
Duke's Zion Williamson could receive shoe deal worth $10 million per year
Sports apparel companies are already preparing their best offers in the hopes of signing Duke Blue Devils star Zion Williamson.
Amy Adams to star in Ron Howard's 'Hillbilly Elegy' adaptation
Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard has tapped Amy Adams to star in his Netflix adaptation of J.D. Vance's novel, "Hillbilly Elegy."
How Do You Make a Crater on an Asteroid? A Japanese Spacecraft Will Try With a Bomb Tonight
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft will attempt to advance its study of the rock called Ryugu by making a hole on its surface with a copper projectile.
Eric Holder Jr. charged with murder in Nipsey Hussle slaying
Officials charged the man suspected of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle over the weekend with murder, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced.
NASA's Curiosity Rover Just Saw 2 Eclipses on Mars! Now You Can, Too
NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars got lucky last month and spotted not one but two eclipses — in less than two weeks, one for each of the Red Planet's moons.
Curiosity captured two solar eclipses on Mars
When NASA's Curiosity Mars rover landed in 2012, it brought along eclipse glasses. The solar filters on its Mast Camera (Mastcam) allow it to stare directly at the Sun. Over...
NASA Test-Fires Megarocket Engine That May Take Astronauts to the Moon (Video)
Water vapor poured across the Mississippi landscape as NASA ground-tested an engine type that may take astronauts to the moon in the next three years.
Trilobites: Look, Up in the Sky: It’s a Moon Eclipsing the Sun! And Another One!
NASA’s Curiosity rover captured sequences of pictures of the two partial eclipses in March.