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Pierce Brosnan to play WWII veteran in 'The Last Rifleman'
Pierce Brosnan will star in "The Last Rifleman," a new film from director Terry Loane ("Mickybo and Me").
KCNA: North Korea delegation visits typhoon-affected farms
North Korea's most powerful politicians made a high-profile visit to farmland hit by Typhoon Bavi, according to Pyongyang's state media on Tuesday.
South Korea officers charged with rape of North Korean defector
Two officers with South Korea's Armed Forces Intelligence Command have been charged with rape.
Watch live: President Donald Trump visits Kenosha, tours protest sites
President Donald Trump will make a controversial visit to Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday, where he plans to tour scenes of unrest that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Astronomers identify 18 metal-poor stars in the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) astronomers have detected 18 very metal-poor stars in the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. They found that one of the stars from the sample has an extremely...
Curiosity: Summer approaches in Gale crater
Mars is often a very dynamic place due to its atmosphere and how it interacts with the surface. At present, we're in the "windy season" in Gale crater. This means that we're...
Hamas, Israel agree to simmer tensions
The Palestinian militant group Hamas has announced a Qatari-brokered deal has been reached to simmer escalating tensions with Israel.
Marking five years of Estonia in ESA
Estonia celebrates its fifth anniversary in ESA after becoming ESA’s 21st Member State on 1 September 2015.
Famous birthdays for Sept. 1: Phil McGraw, Jungkook
TV host Phil McGraw turns 70 and pop singer Jungkook turns 23, among the famous birthdays for Sept. 1.
How weather news impacts public transit ridership
Researchers found a correlation between words used in media coverage related to weather or air quality, and transit ridership. It's not enough yet to say that media coverage causes changes...
NASA's Suomi NPP satellite shows two views of California's smoky skies
NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured two images that tell the story about the smoke coming off the fires in California. One instrument on the provided a visible image of the...
Astrophysics: A direct view of star/disk interactions
Astronomers have for the first time directly observed the columns of matter that build up newborn stars. This was observed in the young star TW Hydrae system located approximately 163...
Watch: Super Junior-D&E revs up in 'B.A.D' video teaser
K-pop stars Donghae and Eunhyuk shared a preview of their video for "B.A.D," the title track from their EP "Bad Blood."
Researchers develop dustbuster for the moon
A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is pioneering a new solution to the problem of spring cleaning on the moon: Why not zap away the grime using...
Air Force uses mobile operations center for B-2 stealth bomber for first time
The U. S. Air Force announced its Global Strike Command's first overseas mobile operations center on Friday, to plan B-2 stealth bomber missions.
Researchers develop dustbuster for the moon
A new solution to the problem of spring cleaning on the moon: Why not zap away the grime using a beam of electrons?
SOFIA Returns to Flight Studying Galaxies
Portal origin URL: SOFIA Returns to Flight Studying GalaxiesPortal origin nid: 464043Published: Monday, August 31, 2020 - 13:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s flying observatory, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy,...
Researchers design continuous-scanning sky brightness monitor in 2.5- to 5-μm band
A research group led by Prof. Wang Jian from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a continuous-scanning near-infrared sky...
Can a black hole fire up the cold heart of the Phoenix Galaxy Cluster?
Radio astronomers have detected jets of hot gas blasted out by a black hole in the galaxy at the heart of the Phoenix Galaxy Cluster, located 5.9 billion light-years away...
Dell Loy Hansen to sell MLS, NWSL teams after accusations of racism
Dell Loy Hansen, the owner of Utah MLS, NWSL and USL teams, plans to sell the clubs after a report claimed he used racist language around team employees and made...
Channel Maker, C Z Rocket land Breeders' Cup berths
The possibilities inherent in Thoroughbred racing were on full display during the weekend as Breeders' Cup berths went to classy turf vet Channel Maker and recent $40K claimer C Z...
Does a black hole fire up cold heart of the Phoenix?
Radio astronomers have detected jets of hot gas blasted out by a black hole in the galaxy at the heart of the Phoenix Galaxy Cluster, located 5.9 billion light-years away...
NASA selects proposals for new space environment missions
NASA has selected five proposals for concept studies of missions to help improve understanding of the dynamics of the sun and the constantly changing space environment with which it interacts...
Microlensing measurement of a quasar's accretion disk
An active galactic nucleus (AGN) is a supermassive black hole residing at the core of a galaxy that is accreting material. The accretion occurs in the vicinity of the hot...
Molecular outflow identified in the galaxy NGC 1482
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers from Japan have probed a nearby starburst galaxy known as NGC 1482. They detected a molecular gas outflow that could be essential...
Manitoba wildlife rehabilitation centre gets donation of state-of-the-art disinfecting robot
The Wildlife Haven Rehabiltation Centre was gifted a Lytbot disinfection and electrostatic portable sprayer, which emits UV lights to disinfect surfaces.
Image: Hubble views edge of stellar blast
While appearing as a delicate and light veil draped across the sky, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope actually depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast...
Israel makes first-ever flight to UAE after historic agreement
The first-ever direct flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates -- flying over Saudi Arabia -- took off Monday carrying Israeli and U.S. political delegations.