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'The Nanny' cast to reunite for virtual table read

5 years ago from UPI

Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane and more "Nanny" stars will read the show's pilot via Zoom.

Watch: Olivia Munn, Sam Claflin star in 'Love Wedding Repeat' trailer

5 years ago from UPI

Olivia Munn, Sam Claflin, Freida Pinto and Eleanor Tomlinson attend a wedding that goes off the rails in the Netflix romantic comedy "Love Wedding Repeat."

SpaceX almost ready to start testing third Starship prototype

5 years ago from Physorg

For almost a year now, SpaceX has been building a series of Starship prototypes that will test how the system fares when launched to orbit. Coming on the heels of...

Watch: Stassi Schroeder, Beau Clark give update on October wedding

5 years ago from UPI

"Vanderpump Rules" stars Stassi Schroeder and Beau Clark gave an update on their upcoming wedding in Italy amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Beyond the garnish: Will a new type of produce get the microgreen light?

5 years ago from Physorg

Microgreens. They're leafy green vegetables that are relatively new to the dining room, but a study by a Colorado State University team indicates that they will be welcome company at...

Watch live: Gov. Andrew Cuomo update on New York coronavirus crisis

5 years ago from UPI

U.S. copes with COVID-19 pandemic ...

Hubble Finds Best Evidence for Elusive Mid-Sized Black Hole

5 years ago from Science @ NASA

Portal origin URL: Hubble Finds Best Evidence for Elusive Mid-Sized Black HolePortal origin nid: 459374Published: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 13:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Astronomers have found the best evidence...

NATO forms 10-member panel to reflect on past, mull future

5 years ago from UPI

A remark from French President Emmanuel Macron months ago has led NATO to create a 10-member panel tasked with beginning a "reflection process" to determine the future of the 71-year-old...

Astronomers perform variability study of the blazar 3FGL J0449.4-4350

5 years ago from Physorg

Chinese astronomers have conducted a gamma-ray and optical variability analysis of the blazar 3FGL J0449.4-4350. The new research, presented in a paper published March 25 on arXiv.org, reports the detection...

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance rover has a hidden message for the Red Planet

5 years ago from Space.com

It won't be the first hidden message that NASA sends to Mars.

Celestron Astro Fi 130 telescope: Full review

5 years ago from Space.com

Celestron's Astro Fi 130 combines good optics with the latest in telescope technology — but is it the right telescope for you?

For NASA's next sun mission, 6 tiny spacecraft will work as one massive telescope

5 years ago from Space.com

Want to build the largest radio telescope to fly in space to date? Here's an easier technique: Design six tiny satellites to fly in formation and work together.

US military may start moving towards launching fleets of tiny satellites

5 years ago from Space.com

With much of the commercial space industry focused on putting small satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), how quickly will the U.S. military follow?

Density fluctuations in the solar wind based on type III radio bursts

5 years ago from Physorg

Type III bursts are among the strongest radio signals routinely observed by both space-borne and ground-based instruments. They are generated via the plasma emission mechanism, when beams of suprathermal electrons...

NASA Moon Program and Hubble Telescope Successor Face COVID-19 Delays

5 years ago from Scientific American

Space agencies must balance keeping staff safe and meeting launch deadlines -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Star clusters betray Milky Way's cannibalistic past

5 years ago from Space.com

A recent study went full Indiana Jones to show that our home galaxy, the Milky Way, was a cannibal in its earlier years, swallowing five smaller galaxies.

Hungry black hole may be cosmic 'missing link'

Astronomers say they have found the best evidence yet for an elusive class of black hole.

ESA Impact 2020 - Quarter 1

5 years ago from European Space Agency

ESA Impact 2020 - Quarter 1 ESA Impact Q1 highlights dramatic events on our planet including COVID-19, bushfires, an iceberg and a fireball, plus Solar Orbiter’s launch and astronaut Luca Parmitano’s...

Rice fields, Vietnam

5 years ago from European Space Agency

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over part of the Mekong Delta – a major rice-producing region in southwest Vietnam.

Earth from Space: Rice fields, Vietnam

5 years ago from European Space Agency

Video: 00:03:05 In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over part of the Mekong Delta – a major rice-producing region in southwest Vietnam.See also Rice fields,...

Last stop before launch: Orion passes tests and returns to Kennedy Space Center

5 years ago from European Space Agency

The Orion spacecraft that will fly on the Artemis 1 mission around the Moon has returned to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, after finishing space environment tests. The...

ESA to conduct BepiColombo flyby amid coronavirus crisis

5 years ago from European Space Agency

Controllers at ESA’s mission control centre are preparing for a gravity-assist flyby of the European-Japanese Mercury explorer BepiColombo. The manoeuvre, which will see the mission adjust its trajectory by harnessing...

Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole

5 years ago from Science Daily

Astronomers have found the best evidence for the perpetrator of a cosmic homicide: a black hole of an elusive class known as ''intermediate-mass,'' which betrayed its existence by tearing apart...

Redskins Pro Bowl guard Brandon Scherff signing franchise tender

5 years ago from UPI

Washington Redskins star offensive lineman Brandon Scherff is signing his franchise tender.

'Cosmos: Possible Worlds' brings the search for ET down to Earth

5 years ago from Space.com

In "Cosmos: Possible Worlds," host Neil deGrasse Tyson explores themes of science as an instrument of hope and tenacity, and as a means by which the human race can realize...

Astronomers reveal source of 'red sign' in ancient Japanese literature

5 years ago from UPI

In the early 7th century Japan, a fan of bright red feathers flamed across the night sky. Onlookers likened the cosmic phenomenon to the tail of a pheasant.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope full mirror deployment a success

5 years ago from Physorg

In a recent test, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its primary mirror into the same configuration it will have when in space.

Kevin Durant, Donovan Mitchell. other NBA stars compete in '2K' tourney

5 years ago from UPI

Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell are among the NBA stars who will compete in a players-only NBA 2K20 video game tournament starting Friday and airing on ESPN.