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Uranus blasted a gas bubble 22,000 times bigger than Earth
Voyager 2’s iconic portrait of Uranus hides many details of a complex world, some of which are starting to come to light. (NASA/JPL/)There’s a giant blank spot in researchers’ ever-growing map of the...
A Martian mash up: Meteorites tell story of Mars' water history
Researchers probed Martian meteorites to reconstruct Mars' chaotic history. Their findings suggest that Mars might not have had a global magma ocean.
See Mars and Saturn tango in the predawn sky Tuesday. Here's where to look.
The bright planets Mars and Saturn will tango in the predawn sky on Tuesday (March 31). You can catch them above the southeast horizon before sunrise.
'Space Fence' radar operational, tracks objects as small as 10 centimeters
A radar system known as Space Fence, which can track material in space as small as 10 centimeters, is fully operational, the U.S. Space Force announced.
Watch: Monsta X shares 'Wish on the Same Sky' video
K-pop group Monsta X released a video for "Wish on the Same Sky," a new Japanese single.
'I'm in awe': NASA astronaut salutes coronavirus-fighting doctors and nurses from orbit
Healthcare workers battling the coronavirus pandemic just got an off-Earth shout-out on National Doctors' Day.
NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms
Portal origin URL: NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle StormsPortal origin nid: 459353Published: Monday, March 30, 2020 - 11:08Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA has selected a...
NASA Science Live: Episode 2 - Going Interstellar
The second episode of NASA Science Live takes you to the very edge of our solar system where interstellar space begins. Starting with the Voyager mission at the boundary and...
20 sci-fi movies and TV shows to binge watch on Netflix right now
Time to catch up on some long overdue sci-fi, so here's our handy guide to what's on
NASA's Mars helicopter has one last spin before before July launch
NASA's next mission to Mars will carry what is meant to become the first aircraft to fly on another planet, and that experimental helicopter just spun its blades on Earth...
Amphibious transport dock ship USS Fort Lauderdale launched
The 12th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, the future USS Fort Lauderdale, was successfully launched in Pascagoula, Miss., the Navy announced. The vessel is expected to be commissioned in...
Modern science reveals ancient secret in Japanese literature
Nearly a millennium and a half ago, red light streaked across the night sky over Japan. Witnesses compared it to the tail of a pheasant—it appeared as a fan of...
Image: Hubble hooks a one-arm galaxy
NGC 4618 was discovered on April 9, 1787, by the German-British astronomer William Herschel, who also discovered Uranus in 1781. Only a year before discovering NGC 4618, Herschel theorized that...
A Martian mash up: Meteorites tell story of Mars' water history
In Jessica Barnes' palm is an ancient, coin-sized mosaic of glass, minerals and rocks as thick as a strand of wool fiber. It is a slice of Martian meteorite, known...
How will clouds obscure the view of exoplanet surfaces?
In 2021, NASA's next-generation observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), will take to space. Once operational, this flagship mission will pick up where other space telescopes—like Hubble, Kepler and...
Making satellites safer: the search for new propellants
Developing new propellants for satellites to replace toxic hydrazine would make launching and handling satellites safer but it also requires disrupting current systems, according to researchers.
ESA to conduct BepiColombo flyby amid coronavirus crisis
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...
Astronomers observe high-redshift quasar PSO J006.1240+39.2219 with Subaru telescope
Using the Subaru telescope, astronomers from Taiwan have conducted spectroscopic observations of a high-redshift quasar designated PSO J006.1240+39.2219. Results of these observations, presented in a paper published March 19 on...
Cooped up at home? You can help scientists spot penguins from space or seek out new galaxies.
There are at least two bright spots in these strange times: Telescopes are still studying distant galaxies and penguins are still pooping across Antarctica.
Watch: John Krasinski, Steve Carell celebrate 15th anniversary of 'The Office'
John Krasinski and Steve Carell reflected on their time starring on "The Office" in honor of the show's 15th anniversary.
China’s new crew spacecraft looks like it could dock with the International Space Station
A next-generation crew spacecraft that China is preparing for a flight test this spring appears to be capable of docking with the International Space Station.
Geopolymer concrete: Building moon bases with astronaut urine and regolith
The modules that the major space agencies plan to erect on the moon could incorporate an element contributed by the human colonizers themselves: the urea in their pee. European researchers...
Free-floating stars in the Milky Way's bulge
The path of a light beam is bent by the presence of mass, as explained by General Relativity. A massive body can therefore act like a lens—a so called "gravitational lens"—to distort...
Image: Rice fields in Vietnam from orbit
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over part of the Mekong Delta—a major rice-producing region in southwest Vietnam.
Famous birthdays for March 30: Eric Clapton, Robbie Coltrane
Rocker Eric Clapton turns 75 and actor Robbie Coltrane turns 70, among the famous birthdays for March 30.
North Korea says it tested 'super-large' rocket launcher
North Korea successfully tested "super-large multiple rocket launchers," state-run media reported on Monday, one day after the communist country fired two projectiles believed to be short-range ballistic missiles.
David Spade interviews 'Tiger King' star for 'Lights Out'
Comedian David Spade interviewed Kelci Saffery, one of the stars of the true-crime documentary series "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness," for "Lights Out: Live From the Bunker."
New York Knicks, Rangers owner James Dolan tests positive for coronavirus
New York Knicks owner James Dolan, who also owns the NHL's New York Rangers, has tested positive for the coronavirus.