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U.S., Israel announce successful test of 'David's Sling' missile interceptor system
The United States and Israel announced the successful testing of the "David's Sling" advanced missile interception system, which was developed by Raytheon and Rafael.
Giant ‘chimneys’ vent X-rays from Milky Way’s core
By surveying the centre of our Galaxy, ESA’s XMM-Newton has discovered two colossal ‘chimneys’ funneling material from the vicinity of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole into two huge cosmic...
Record thunderstorm had electric potential of 1.3B volts
Scientists have reported a new record for the most powerful thunderstorm on record. The massive storm boasted an electric potential of 1.3 billion volts.
Look: YouTube star Shane Dawson engaged to boyfriend Ryland Adams
YouTube star Shane Dawson announced on Twitter that he is engaged to his boyfriend Ryland Adams, also of YouTube fame.
Zippo Celebrates Apollo 11 50th With 'Collectible of the Year' Lighter
An iconic U.S. brand is sparking collector interest with a tribute to the first moon landing.
See the 'Super Worm Moon' Rise with the Spring Equinox Today!
March's full moon is a special one. Not only is it a slightly larger than usual "supermoon," but it also will mark the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere...
Taking gravity from strength to strength
Ten years ago, ESA launched one of its most innovative satellites. GOCE spent four years measuring a fundamental force of nature: gravity. This extraordinary mission not only yielded new insights...
Cardi B, Lili Reinhart join 'Hustlers' with Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu
Rapper Cardi B, "Riverdale" star Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer and Julie Stiles have joined the cast of "Hustlers," which stars Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu.
Jupiter arm out
Technology image of the week: Extending a 10.5-m long magnetometer boom held up by balloons for ESA’s Jupiter mission at the Agency’s Netherlands-based Test Centre
Beresheet lunar landing site revealed
The main scientific instrument on board the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft, the SpaceIL Magnetometer (SILMAG), has now been successfully turned on in space and data returned to Earth. After its successful...
NASA’s Fermi Satellite clocks ‘cannonball’ pulsar speeding through space
Astronomers found a pulsar hurtling through space at nearly 2.5 million miles an hour — so fast it could travel the distance between Earth and the Moon in just 6...
Watch all seven of Darnell Edge's March Madness treys for Fairleigh Dickinson
Senior Darnell Edge hit seven 3-pointers in Fairleigh Dickinson's shock first four victory against Prairie View A&M at the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
NASA's plan to scoop up dirt from asteroid hits a snag
It's not going to be easy for a NASA spacecraft to scoop up dirt and gravel from the asteroid Bennu as planned, the spacecraft's observations show.
Spot failed Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 in Earth orbit
A ghost from the old Soviet space program may return to Earth in the coming years. Mimicking a campy episode of the '70s series The Six Million Dollar Man, a...
NASA's Mars 2020 rover is put to the test
In a little more than seven minutes in the early afternoon of Feb. 18, 2021, NASA's Mars 2020 rover will execute about 27,000 actions and calculations as it speeds through...
NASA Wants to Put a Rover on the Moon by 2023
NASA officials offered a target date for a key intermediate step preceding human lunar missions by 2028: The agency wants to put a rover on the moon by 2023.
Here's the Right Way to Nuke an Asteroid (Sorry, Bruce Willis)
If you want to use a nuclear weapon to save the world from an asteroid, don't try to do it the way Bruce Willis did, NASA's planetary defense office would...
Israeli Lunar Lander on Course for the Moon After Latest Engine Firing
Israel's first lunar lander has managed to get itself out to the moon's neighborhood.
'Oumuamua, Our First Interstellar Visitor, May Have Been a Comet After All
New research flags jets of water vapor—rather than alien technology—as the source of the mysterious object’s anomalous motions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Google celebrates spring and fall equinox with new Doodles
Google is welcoming the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and fall in the Southern Hemisphere with different Doodles.
Hayabusa2: Asteroid mission exploring a 'rubble pile'
The mission exploring an asteroid finds that it consists of material blasted off another asteroid.
Taking gravity from strength to strength
Ten years ago, ESA launched one of its most innovative satellites. GOCE spent four years measuring a fundamental force of nature: gravity. This extraordinary mission not only yielded new insights...
Scientists find another clue to some of the most powerful solar storms to hit Earth
Scientists have found evidence of a major solar storm that struck Earth more than 2,600 years ago — a finding they say holds relevance today, given how vulnerable some of...
Surprise! 'Active Asteroid' Bennu Is a Rare Particle-Ejecting Space Rock
The near-Earth asteroid Bennu is one of just a dozen or so known 'active asteroids,' newly announced observations from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reveal.
Neptune’s Moon Triton Is Destination of Proposed NASA Mission
Scientists at a conference in Houston presented the concept for a flyby mission to study a mysterious moon that may contain an ocean.
Tales of 2 Rugged Asteroids and 1 Is Spewing Debris Into Space
NASA’s Osiris-Rex and Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft reached the space rocks they are surveying last year, and scientists from both teams announced early findings on Tuesday.
Chris O'Dowd to star in 'Twilight Zone' episode
"Get Shorty" and "Bridesmaids" actor Chris O'Dowd has signed on to star in an episode of the new version of "The Twilight Zone," CBS All Access said Tuesday.
The powerful meteor that no one saw (except satellites)
At precisely 11:48 am on December 18, 2018, a large space rock heading straight for Earth at a speed of 19 miles per second exploded into a vast ball of...