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Readers ask about Mars dust storms, Fermi bubbles and more
Mars dust up Predicting dust storms on Mars will help keep rovers and future astronauts safe on the planet’s surface, Lisa Grossman reported in “How upcoming missions to Mars will help predict...
AEW Dynamite: Jon Moxley, MJF sign match contract
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and MJF signed the contract for their upcoming championship match on Dynamite.
NASA's Webb solar array reconnects to the telescope
One kilowatt is about what it takes to heat up some leftovers in a microwave—or to power the largest and most technically advanced telescope ever built. Thanks to its solar...
Cloud-free Iceland
Image: A rare, cloud-free view of Iceland is visible in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 14 August 2020.
Jakob van Zyl, key Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer, dies
Jakob van Zyl, an engineer who held crucial positions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was involved in numerous space exploration missions over decades, has died. He was 63.
SpaceX plans to launch Argentine satellite into polar orbit from Florida
SpaceX plans to launch an Earth observation satellite for Argentina's space agency Sunday evening as the first polar orbit mission from Florida in more than 50 years.
Hubble maps giant halo around Andromeda Galaxy
In a landmark study, scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense halo of gas enveloping the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest large galactic neighbor.
Clumps of bacteria could spread life between planets
The bacterial exposure experiment took place from 2015 to 2018 using the Exposed Facility located on the exterior of Kibo, the Japanese Experimental Module of the International Space Station. (JAXA/NASA/)For decades, astronomers have...
Twinkle lights that instantly cheer up your home
Brighten up your space. (Sharon McCutcheon via Unsplash/)If you want to make your house feel a little brighter and cozier, string lights can help do the trick. Drape them around your window,...
NASA finds new Tropical Storm Iselle already battling wind shear
NASA infrared imagery shows that newly formed Tropical Storm Iselle is already battling for its life under wind shear.
NASA's Terra Satellite sees the end of Bavi
NASA's Terra satellite captured visible imagery as Tropical Storm Bavi made landfall in northwestern North Korea and moved inland.
Hubble maps giant halo around Andromeda Galaxy
In a landmark study, scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense envelope of gas, called a halo, surrounding the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest large galactic neighbor. Scientists...
Meteorite study suggests Earth may have been wet since it formed
A new study finds that Earth's water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed -- instead of far-reaching...
New analysis challenges existing ideas about our planet's formation
Dry space rocks could have been Earth's water source
'The Bachelorette': Clare Crawley's season to premiere Oct. 13
"The Bachelorette" Season 16, starring Clare Crawley, will premiere on ABC in October.
Earth’s building blocks may have had far more water than previously thought
Earth’s deep stores of water may have been locally sourced rather than trucked in from far-flung regions of the solar system. A new analysis of meteorites from the inner solar system —...
Meteorite study suggests Earth may have been wet since it formed
A new study finds that Earth's water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed—instead of far-reaching comets or...
Artificial intelligence learns continental hydrology
The data sets on the Earth's gravitational field which are required for this, stem from the GRACE and GRACE-FO satellite missions. Using the South American continent as an example, Earth...
Earths water may have been inherited from material similar to enstatite chondrite meteorites
The origin of Earth’s water remains unknown. Enstatite chondrite (EC) meteorites have similar isotopic composition to terrestrial rocks and thus may be representative of the material that formed Earth. ECs...
Space Force issues guidance on uniform configuration
The U.S. Space Force issued detailed guidelines Thursday on the wear of the new service's operational camouflage pattern, with a grace period of seven months to update uniforms to the...
New study questions decades of research on the evolution of spiral galaxies
Previous studies on the formation and evolution of spiral galaxies might have been based on an incorrect assumption, suggests a team of researchers of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do...
Improving weather forecasts with observations from the microwave instruments onboard China's FY-3D satellite
China's FengYun-3 (FY-3) satellite program is an important part of the Earth observing system and provides observations for numerical weather prediction (NWP), reanalyses, and climate studies. The latest platform in...
NASA sees Hurricane Laura's nighttime landfall
Many NASA assets were used to provide forecasters with information to incorporate into their analysis of Hurricane Laura. Satellite imagery, photographs from the International Space Station, and a computer program...
Artificial intelligence learns continental hydrology
Changes to water masses which are stored on the continents can be detected with the help of satellites. The data sets on the Earth's gravitational field which are required for...
study rules out dark matter destruction as origin of extra radiation in galaxy center
The detection more than a decade ago by the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope of an excess of high-energy radiation in the center of the Milky Way convinced some physicists...
Rare encounters between cosmic heavyweights
Astronomers have discovered three pairs of merging galaxies. Each of the galaxies contain a supermassive black hole that's feasting on material surrounding it, creating a phenomenon called a quasar. These...
Watch: Lucinda Williams performs 'You Can't Rule Me' on 'Late Show'
Lucinda Williams performed "You Can't Rule Me," a song from her album "Good Souls Better Angels," on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
Watch: AJ McLean joins 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 29
AJ McLean said he's "so grateful" for the chance to take part in "Dancing with the Stars" Season 29.