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Haley Lu Richardson: 'Unpregnant' is '15 different movies in one'
Haley Lu Richardson stars in the comedy "Unpregnant," premiering Thursday on HBO Max. She describes the many different facets the film covers.
Famous birthdays for Sept. 10: Colin Firth, Joe Perry
Actor Colin Firth turns 60 and guitarist Joe Perry turns 70, among the famous birthdays for Sept. 10.
Scientists searching for extraterrestrial life find that we are alone — for now
Scientists have completed the broadest search to date for extraterrestrial civilizations by scanning roughly 10.3 million stars using a radio telescope in Australia, but have found nothing.
Ocean salinity study reveals amplification of Earth's water cycle
New analysis of ocean salinity data suggests Earth's water cycle has amplified significantly over the last half-century.
Massive halo finally explains stream of gas swirling around the Milky Way
The Milky Way is not alone in its neighborhood. It has captured smaller galaxies in its orbit, and the two largest are known as the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds,...
NASA infrared imagery shows wind shear affecting Tropical Storm Paulette
Tropical Storm Paulette has run into wind shear that is pushing the bulk of clouds and showers away from its center of circulation, and that is apparent on infrared imagery...
Massive halo finally explains stream of gas swirling around the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered that a halo of warm gas surrounding the Magellanic Clouds likely acts as a protective cocoon, shielding the dwarf galaxies from the Milky Way's own halo and...
Physicists explain mysterious dark matter deficiency in galaxy pair
A new theory about the nature of dark matter helps explain why a pair of galaxies about 65 million light-years from Earth contains very little of the mysterious matter.
New Educational Website Celebrates 20 Years of Space Station Science
Portal origin URL: New Educational Website Celebrates 20 Years of Space Station SciencePortal origin nid: 464237Published: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 07:50Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Orbiting some 250 miles overhead...
Watch: Stray Kids dance in 'Back Door' video teaser
K-pop group Stray Kids released a preview of its video for "Back Door," a new song from its album "In Life."
Sensors of world’s largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapixel images
Crews at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have taken the first 3,200-megapixel digital photos – the largest ever taken in a single shot – with an extraordinary...
Closest Known Asteroid to Fly By Earth
On August 16, the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a robotic survey camera located at Palomar Observatory near San Diego, spotted an asteroid that had, just hours earlier, traveled only 1,830 miles (2,950...
Seeing objects through clouds and fog
Using a new algorithm, researchers have reconstructed the movements of individual particles of light to see through clouds, fog and other obstructions.
Sand-sized meteoroids are peppering asteroid Bennu
A new study posits that the major particle ejections off the near-Earth asteroid Bennu may be the consequence of impacts by small, sand-sized particles called meteoroids onto its surface as...
How small particles could reshape Bennu and other asteroids
In January 2019, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft was orbiting asteroid Bennu when the spacecraft's cameras caught something unexpected: Thousands of tiny bits of material, some just the size of marbles, began...
Physicists explain mysterious dark matter deficiency in galaxy pair
A new theory about the nature of dark matter helps explain why a pair of galaxies about 65 million light-years from Earth contains very little of the mysterious matter, according...
Where rocks come alive: NASA's OSIRIS-REx observes an asteroid in action
It's 5 o'clock somewhere—and while here on Earth, "happy hour" is commonly associated with winding down and the optional cold beverage, that's when things get going on Bennu, the destination...
ESA’s polar station marks three decades satellite tracking
North of Sweden and the Arctic Circle, ESA’s Kiruna ground station is celebrating 30 years looking skyward, connecting us to many of our beloved and most pioneering space explorers.
Massive halo finally explains stream of gas swirling around the Milky Way
The Milky Way is not alone in its neighborhood. It has captured smaller galaxies in its orbit, and the two largest are known as the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds,...
Study indicates sand-sized meteoroids are peppering asteroid Bennu
A new study published this month in JGR Planets posits that the major particle ejections off the near-Earth asteroid Bennu may be the consequence of impacts by small, sand-sized particles...
Watch: Joel McHale on a 'Community' movie: 'There's a good chance'
Joel McHale appeared on "The Tonight Show" and discussed the possibility of a "Community"film being made in the future.
Data from Yutu-2 suggests top layer of lunar regolith is material thrown from nearby crater
A team of researchers has found evidence suggesting that the regolith material on which the Chinese rover Yutu-2 is situated consists mainly of material that was thrown there when an...
Australian telescope finds no signs of alien technology in 10 million star systems
A radio telescope in outback Western Australia has completed the deepest and broadest search at low frequencies for alien technologies, scanning a patch of sky known to include at least...
Researchers investigate properties of the open cluster Kronberger 60
Using data from ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers from the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics in Cairo, Egypt, have explored the open star cluster Kronberger 60. Results of the...
Watch: Daisy Ridley says Rey was originally related to Obi-Wan on 'Kimmel'
Daisy Ridley appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and discussed her time on "Star Wars" including the original plans for her character Rey.
Image: Backbone of a spacecraft
This structure is the frame and base for the European Service Module, part of NASA's Orion spacecraft that will return humans to the moon.
Mackenzie Crook returning for more 'Worzel Gummidge'
"Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Office" alum Mackenzie Crook has signed on to star in and direct "Saucy Nancy," his third "Worzel Gummidge" tale for the BBC.
China claims 'important breakthrough' in space mission shrouded in mystery
Very little is known about the Chinese vehicle that has been compared to the US's X-37 space plane.