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Watch: Penguins star Evgeni Malkin records 1,000th career point
Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin recorded his 1,000th career NHL point against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.
Shot Parkland student visits FC Barcelona for Champions League game
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor Anthony Borges visited Spain on Wednesday by request of FC Barcelona for a Champions League match vs. Lyon.
Ethiopia to send black boxes from crashed flight abroad for review
As airliners await answers on the safety of the Boeing 737 Max 8, there's a battle over who will analyze the black boxes from a crashed flight in Ethiopia.
Gorgeous Hubble Photo Gives Glimpse of Milky Way's Fate
A new image from the venerable Hubble Space Telescope shows what happens when two galaxies collide — an experience our own Milky Way will have in a few billion years.
Watch: LeBron James slams reverse dunk off backboard assist
LeBron James decided to finish off a backboard pass with a reverse dunk to cap a breakaway during the Los Angeles Lakers' win against the Chicago Bulls.
NASA requests $21 billion budget to lead the agency's return with astronauts to the moon
NASA is putting its money on the moon, preparing for what the space agency says will be the nation's long-awaited, sustainable return to missions outside of Earth's orbit.
Investigation of the origin of heavy elements
Atomic physicists working on nuclear fusion research succeeded in computing the world's highest accuracy atomic data of neodymium ions which is used in analysis of the light from a binary...
Watch: Joel Embiid smashes in own rebound with freakish dunk
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid followed his own rebound for a big-time, one-handed slam in a win against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Researchers confirm massive hyper-runaway star ejected from the Milky Way Disk
A fast-moving star may have been ejected from the Milky Way's stellar disk by a cluster of young stars, according to researchers from the University of Michigan who say the...
Image: Heat sterilisation of Exomars parachute
A technician places a nearly 70 kg parachute designed for ESA and Roscosmos's ExoMars 2020 mission inside the dry heater steriliser of the Agency's Life, Physical Sciences and Life Support Laboratory,...
Norwegian Air Shuttle demands Boeing pay for grounding of 737 MAX planes
Low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle, which has grounded its 18 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft pending an investigation into the cause of a crash in Ethiopia, said Wednesday it will...
Opportunity's parting shot was a beautiful panorama
Over 29 days last spring, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity documented this 360-degree panorama from multiple images taken at what would become its final resting spot in Perseverance Valley. Located...
Interview: 'Triple Frontier' star Charlie Hunnam: Reintegration tough for vets, actors
Charlie Hunnam, Ben Affleck, Pedro Pascal, Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund spoke to UPI about "Triple Frontier," which streams on Netflix Wednesday.
Would New Physics Colliders Make Big Discoveries or Wander a Particle Desert?
Around the globe, imminent decisions on proposed next-generation experiments are set to shape particle physics for decades to come -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Newly Discovered 'Starry Dwarf Frog' Wears a Galaxy on Its Back, Hides in Dead Leaves
This frog looks like a pile of dead leaves and carries the sky on its back.
Cleaning Mars parachute
Technology image of the week: A test version of the main ExoMars 2020 parachute being heat treated in an ESA oven to make it sterile enough for the Red Planet
Microgravity research after the International Space Station
For nearly 20 years, the International Space Station (ISS) has served as a singular laboratory for thousands of scientists, students, and startups around the world, who have accessed the station’s microgravity environment to...
New York Giants to trade Odell Beckham Jr. to Cleveland Browns
New York Giants star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is headed to the Cleveland Browns.
Asteroid Bennu, target of NASA's sample return mission, is rotating faster over time
OSIRIS-REx finds Bennu's rotation period is speeding up by about 1 second every 100 years, according to a new study.
Opportunity's Parting Shot Was a Beautiful Panorama
NASA declared the record-setting rover's mission complete on Feb. 13, 2019, but the final image from the rover has just been processed.
Why Are These Massive, Baby Stars Orbiting So Close Together?
This massively bright "star" is actually two stars.
Asteroid Bennu, target of NASA's sample return mission, is rotating faster over time
In late 2018, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft arrived at Bennu, the asteroid it will be studying and sampling over the next several years.
Look: Heize to release new album 'She's Fine'
K-pop star Heize, born Jang Da-hye, will make her comeback March 19 with the studio album "She's Fine."
Antonio Brown ditches blond mustache to meet Derek Carr, Jon Gruden
Antonio Brown took a flight to California -- minus his blond mustache -- and plans to meet Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden and quarterback Derek Carr on Tuesday.
What scientists found after sifting through dust in the solar system
Two recent studies report discoveries of dust rings in the inner solar system: a dust ring at Mercury's orbit, and a group of never-before-detected asteroids co-orbiting with Venus, supplying the...
Watch: Oilers' Leon Draisaitl blasts one-timer for OT winner
Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl rifled home a one-timer Monday against the New York Rangers for an overtime win.
Tropical Cyclone Idai seen in Mozambique channel by NASA's Terra Satellite
NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and caught a visible image of Tropical Cyclone Idai in the Mozambique Channel. The channel is located between the country of...
Honda recalls 1.2M more vehicles with dangerous air bags
A type of Takata air bag inflator once thought to be safe has now come under scrutiny after a crash and explosion in Maryland injured the driver of a Honda...