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Look: Netflix shares photos from Adam Sandler's 'Hubie Halloween'
"Hubie Halloween," a new film starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Julie Bowen, Maya Rudolph and Ray Liotta, will premiere Oct. 7.
Lupita Nyong'o pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman: 'His power lives on'
Lupita Nyong'o paid tribute to her late "Black Panther" co-star Chadwick Boseman on Instagram Tuesday.
Super telescope's giant camera spies broccoli
The camera detector for the Vera Rubin Observatory takes its first test images in the laboratory.
Watch: 'Nomadland': Frances McDormand walks alone in new teaser
Frances McDormand stars in the new teaser trailer for "Nomadland," the next film from writer and director Chloe Zhao.
Sensors of world's largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapixel images at SLAC
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 array of imaging sensors...
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...
Germany eyes space satellite launchpad in North Sea
The German government considers creating an offshore launchpad for satellites.
Watch: Derek Hough to serve as judge on 'Dancing with the Stars'
Former "Dancing with the Stars" pro Derek Hough will return to the show as a judge in Season 29.
Backbone of a spacecraft
Image: 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.Built in Turin, Italy, at Thales Alenia Space, this...
Cataclysmic variable V1460 Her has a fast spinning white dwarf accreting from an evolved donor star, study finds
An international team of astronomers has conducted spectroscopic and photometric observations of a cataclysmic variable (CV) known as V1460 Her. Results of the study indicate that the system consists of...
Rainbow comet with a heart of sponge
A permeable heart with a hardened facade—the resting place of Rosetta's lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is revealing more about the interior of the "rubber duck" shaped-body looping around the Sun.
NASA scientists find depletion of halogens due to giant impact
It's been more than 50 years since the Apollo missions, and in that time, chemical analyses of the recovered lunar materials have revolutionized our understanding of planetary materials. One of...
METISSE offers new insights into the lives of massive stars
Massive stars are those larger than about 10 times the mass of the sun and are born far less often than their low-mass counterparts. However, they contribute the most to...
Jupiter's Ocean Moons Raise One Another's Tides
Gravitational interactions among the moons could offer new insights on the liquid layers lurking in their depths -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
To hit renewables targets, countries are sharing energy across borders
NEMO Link is one of the new interconnectors allowing England and Belgium to join their power grids. (Courtesy Siemens AG/)For decades after they belched their last coal fumes, the cooling towers of the...
Famous birthdays for Sept. 8: Wiz Khalifa, David Arquette
Rapper Wiz Khalifa turns 33 and actor David Arquette turns 49, among the famous birthdays for Sept. 8.
On This Day, Sept. 8: U.S. troops arrive in Korea, take up occupation
On Sept. 8, 1945, U.S. troops arrived in southern Korea after Soviet troops occupied the north.
MRI scans show brain reorganization during long space flights, but no neurodegeneration
An international team of researchers has found that long space flights can lead to some minor brain reorganization but no neurodegeneration. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances,...
Michael Rooker announces he battled COVID-19
"Guardians of the Galaxy" and "The Walking Dead" alum Michael Rooker announced on Facebook this weekend that he recently battled COVID-19.
Astronomers explore properties of the high-magnetic field pulsar PSR J1119−6127
Using various space observatories, astronomers have conducted multi-wavelength study of a high-magnetic-field pulsar known as PSR J1119−6127, which underwent an outburst in 2016. The results shed more light on the...
ESA selects follow-up AI Earth observatory satellite mission
Following yesterday's successful launch of ɸ-sat-1—Europe's first artificial intelligence Earth observation mission—plans are already underway for the next innovative state-of-the-art technology, ɸ-sat-2.
How to have a blast like a black hole
Researchers from the Institute of Laser Engineering at Osaka University have successfully used short, but extremely powerful laser blasts to generate magnetic field reconnection inside a plasma. This work may...
Image: Plasma propulsion for small satellites
A test firing of Europe's Helicon Plasma Thruster, developed with ESA by SENER and the Universidad Carlos III's Plasma & Space Propulsion Team (EP2-UC3M) in Spain. This compact, electrodeless and...
Typhoon hits South Korea after triggering landslides in Japan
A powerful typhoon lashed South Korea on Monday after smashing into southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that left four people missing in a landslide.
Famous birthdays for Sept. 7: Tom Everett Scott, Dario Argento
Actor Tom Everett Scott turns 50 and director Dario Argento turns 80, among the famous birthdays for Sept. 7.
Jadeveon Clowney agrees to 1-year, $15M deal with Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans and star edge rusher Jadeveon Clowney reached an agreement on a short-term contract.
China's first reusable spacecraft lands after 2-day flight
China's first reusable spacecraft landed Sunday after two days in orbit, a possible step toward lower-cost space flight, the government announced.
Famous birthdays for Sept. 6: Idris Elba, Rosie Perez
Actor Idris Elba turns 48 and actor Rosie Perez turns 56, among the famous birthdays for Sept. 6.