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Netherlands surprises France by taking minority stake in Air France-KLM
The Netherlands took the French government by surprise Tuesday with an announcement it's buying a stake in the Air France-KLM group to guard national interests.
New map reveals geology and history of Pluto's moon Charon
What a difference a planetary flyby makes. Pluto's moon Charon—once no more than a fuzzy blob of pixels beside a larger blob—now has its first geological map, published in AGU's...
India-Pakistan tensions escalate after shootdown of fighter jets over Kashmir
Tensions between Pakistan and India escalated Wednesday after the Pakistani air force shot down two Indian fighter jets after they entered national airspace.
Anemic galaxy reveals deficiencies in ultra-diffuse galaxy formation theory
A team of astronomers led by the University of California Observatories (UCO) have studied in great detail a galaxy so faint and in such pristine condition it has acted as...
Pakistan says it shot down two Indian jets as tensions rise between the two nuclear-armed countries
Pakistan's air force has shot down two Indian jets after they had crossed over into its airspace, a Pakistani army spokesperson said Wednesday.
Northeast's highest mountain records wind gust of 171 mph
Meteorologists say a wind gust atop the Northeast's highest mountain hit 171 mph (275 kph), setting a record for the month on a peak known for its extreme weather.
Melting missiles: just one problem with F-35s stopping North Korea rockets
Looking for a quick way to stop North Korean missiles immediately after lift-off, the Pentagon is studying as a near-term option whether a group of F-35 fighter jets hovering around...
Airbus, OneWeb aim to kick off new satellite era with first launch
A rocket carrying six satellites built by Airbus SE and partner OneWeb was due to blast off from French Guiana on Wednesday, the first step in a plan to give...
Donald Trump: Vietnam is an 'example' for North Korea
President Donald Trump was received by Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong at the Presidential Palace before a bilateral meeting between the two countries.
HP computer stranded in space
A pair of "off-the-shelf" servers sent up to the International Space Station in an experiment still have not returned to Earth.
NASA-NOAA satellite finds Typhoon Wutip's eye clouded
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and captured an image of Typhoon Wutip that revealed its eye was clouding over.
Israeli spacecraft hits first snag on lunar voyage
An Israeli spacecraft that blasted off last week for the country's first attempted lunar landing has encountered a technical glitch on its voyage to the moon.
ALMA differentiates two birth cries from a single star
Astronomers have unveiled the enigmatic origins of two different gas streams from a baby star. Using ALMA, they found that the slow outflow and the high speed jet from a...
Ariana Grande's '7 Rings' tops the Hot 100 for fifth consecutive week
Ariana Grande's hit single "7 Rings" has topped Billboard's Hot 100 songs chart for a fifth consecutive week.
Tina Fey, Robert Irwin drive Jimmy Fallon crazy on 'Tonight Show' special
Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight Show" took a turn for the worst during its scripted, fifth anniversary special that featured guests such as Tina Fey and Robert Irwin.
Timing is everything
Human and robotic exploration image of the week: time goes slower in space, or does it?
Image: What remains of the stars
This swirling palette of colours portrays the life cycle of stars in a spiral galaxy known as NGC 300.
Astronomers investigate extreme variability of the 'Big Dipper' active galactic nucleus
Astronomers have carried out an observational campaign to study the extreme variability of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) SDSS J2232−0806, nicknamed the Big Dipper. Results of these observations, described in...
ALMA differentiates two birth cries from a single star—strong evidence of independent origins for two gas flows
Astronomers have unveiled the enigmatic origins of two different gas streams from a baby star. Using ALMA, they found that the slow outflow and the high speed jet from a...
Egypt to host Huawei's first MENA cloud platform: Cairo
Egypt will host Chinese telecom company Huawei's first cloud data platform in the Middle East and North Africa, Egypt's telecom ministry said in a statement.
Cardi B to release 'Please Me' music video Friday
Cardi B shared a release date and teaser image for her video for "Please Me," her new single with Bruno Mars.
Maybe Dying Stars Fart So Much Because They're in a Relationship
These stars aren't really that gassy, they just look like they are.
Copernicus Sentinel-1 reveals shared plumbing led to Agung awakening
When Mount Agung in Indonesia erupted in 2017, the search was on to find out why it had stirred. Thanks to information on ground deformation from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission,...
NASA selects mission to study space weather from space station
NASA has selected a new mission that will help scientists understand and, ultimately, forecast the vast space weather system around our planet. Space weather is important because it can...
Neutrinos seen in the clustering of galaxies
In early times, the universe was an energetic mix of strongly interacting particles. The first particles to break free from this dense soup were neutrinos, the lightest and most weakly...
Who can sort the rain?
If you want to predict extreme rainstorms, it's vital you know how small processes, such as condensation, affect bigger systems. These small processes, however, are hard to study. To learn...
LHCb catches fast-spinning charmonium particle
The LHCb collaboration has spotted a new particle. Its mass and other properties place it squarely in the charmonium family that includes the better-known J/ψ particle, which was the first...
Barren Desert 'Fairy Circles' Caused By … Rain?
Odd patterns of bare patches called "fairy circles" found in only two places on Earth may be the result of heavy rain and hot weather.