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NASA asteroid probe will dodge building-size boulders to snatch sample of Bennu
Snatching a piece of asteroid Bennu was supposed to be — well, not easy, but certainly manageable: scope out the space rock, find some flat spots, swoop down at one,...
Trump's NASA budget request could spell big changes for Mars missions
If President Donald Trump's budget request becomes reality, NASA may need to shuffle some Red Planet missions, including developing a new Mars Ice Mapper.
Europe stalls science on 4 space missions due to coronavirus pandemic
As concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic continue to grow, the European Space Agency (ESA) is scaling back on-site personnel and hitting pause on several scientific missions.
Scientists observe superconductivity in meteorites
Scientists at UC San Diego and Brookhaven Laboratory in New York went searching for superconducting materials where researchers have had little luck before. Setting their sights on a diverse population...
A new measurement of charge-exchange reaction helps to understand core-collapse supernovae
Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators, have lately made progress in the study of the electron-capture rates of the 93Nb...
Searching for the first stars and galaxies
Astrophysicists, telescopes, supercomputers, and software engineers have joined forces to search for signals from the early Universe.
Image: Bennu in unprecedented detail
This global map of asteroid Bennu's surface is a mosaic of images collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft between Mar. 7 and Apr. 19, 2019. A total of 2,155 PolyCam images...
First high-sensitivity dark matter axion hunting results from South Korea
Researchers at the Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research (CAPP), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea), have reported the first results of their search of axions,...
Chinese astronomers detect gamma-ray emission from two star-forming galaxies
Astronomers from Nanjing University in China have detected gamma ray emission from two star-forming galaxies designated M33 and Arp 299. The finding, which is detailed in a paper published March...
ESA scales down science mission operations amid pandemic
In response to the escalating coronavirus pandemic, ESA has decided to further reduce on-site personnel at its mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars just climbed its steepest slope yet (and snapped a selfie)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover just climbed its steepest Red Planet slope to date, after snapping a nice selfie that gives us a better appreciation of the achievement.
Watch: 'Carpool Karaoke' counts down five times the segment took a turn
"The Late Late Show with James Corden" released a compilation video of strange turns on "Carpool Karaoke."
Solar system acquired current configuration not long after its formation
The hypothesis that the solar system originated from a gigantic cloud of gas and dust was first floated in the second half of the 18th century by German philosopher Immanuel...
Mobile astronomy: Put the Milky Way in your pocket with 'Our Galaxy' smartphone app
A new fun and educational app called "Our Galaxy" lets smartphone users explore the cosmos from the palm of their hand.
Astronauts know how to handle isolation: Here are tips from Scott Kelly, Peggy Whitson and more.
With more and more people staying home, astronauts, who have immeasurable experience with isolation, have chimed in with their expert advice.
Astronauts to offer inspiration during isolation in #SpaceConnectsUs
In Europe and around the world, we’ve been getting used to a different way of living in recent weeks. On Thursday, 26 March, ESA and long-time partner Asteroid Day will...
Dallas Cowboys center Travis Frederick, 29, announces retirement
Dallas Cowboys star center Travis Frederick announced Monday on social media that he is retiring from the NFL.
Astronauts quarantined ahead of journey to International Space Station
Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut were spending their final weeks on Earth in quarantine before they are scheduled to blast off on April 9 for the International Space...
Watching more TV than ever? Here are 5 shows worth your time this week
The Times TV team recommends the five TV shows we're watching this week — and that you should be too.
Colorado Gov. Polis signs bill abolishing death penalty, commutes sentences of 3 inmates
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed legislation making the state the 22nd to abolish the death penalty.
NASA employee at Kennedy Space Center tests positive for coronavirus: report
The first positive case of coronavirus at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida was confirmed today (March 23).
Heads up! Chinese rocket debris crashes back to Earth after recent launch
Rocket debris has been discovered downrange from a recent rocket launch from Xichang in southwest China.
Al Worden: Apollo 15 astronaut and first person to spacewalk in deep space
Al Worden was the first astronaut to perform a spacewalk in deep space.
Apollo 13: One family's agony and triumph
On 11 April 1970, the Lovells watched their husband and father blast off on an ill-fated mission to the Moon.
Watch: 'Real Housewives of New York' Season 12 taglines
Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan, Ramona Singer, Leah McSweeney, Tinsley Mortimer and Luann de Lesseps star on the Bravo series "Real Housewives of New York."
Time symmetry and the laws of physics
If three or more objects move around each other, history cannot be reversed. That is the conclusion of an international team of researchers based on computer simulations of three black...
Watch: New York wedding officiated from fourth-floor apartment window
A New York couple practiced safe social distancing during their outdoor wedding by having the ceremony officiated by a friend from the window of his fourth floor apartment.
Carolina Panthers to sign XFL star quarterback P.J. Walker
Former XFL star quarterback P.J. Walker is expected to sign with the Carolina Panthers.