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Hubble snaps close-up of comet NEOWISE
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the closest images yet of the sky's latest visitor to make the headlines, comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, after it passed by the Sun....
Apertif images yield first scientific results
Using Apertif (APERture Tile In Focus), searching at a radio frequency of 1.4 GHz, researchers have found an intra-hour variable (IHV) source, described in the paper "Extreme intra-hour variability of...
A 70 degree shift on Jupiter's icy moon Europa was the last event to fracture its surface
Europa's outer icy shell has completely reoriented itself in one of the last geologic events recorded on its young surface. Europa's poles are not where they used to be. Cracks...
NASA's Terra satellite analyzes Caribbean's Tropical Depression 14
NASA's Terra satellite gathered infrared data on Tropical Depression 14 as it moves through the Caribbean Sea. Infrared data was used to find the location of the strongest storms.
Look: Blackpink, Selena Gomez share poster for 'Ice Cream'
Blackpink and Selena Gomez teased their forthcoming collaboration, "Ice Cream," slated for release Aug. 28.
Spinning Black Hole Powers Jet by Magnetic Flux
Black holes are at the center of almost all galaxies that have been studied so far. They have an unimaginably large mass and therefore attract matter, gas and even light....
Spinning black hole powers jet by magnetic flux
Black holes are at the center of almost all galaxies that have been studied so far. They have an unimaginably large mass and therefore attract matter, gas and even light....
Unveiling rogue planets with NASA's Roman Space Telescope
New simulations show that NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to reveal myriad rogue planets -- freely floating bodies that drift through our galaxy untethered to a...
Turkey announces historic gas discovery in Black Sea
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey had made a historic discovery of gas in the Black Sea, but would still speed up contentious exploration in the Mediterranean that...
First physics-based method for predicting large solar flares
A research team recently succeeded in developing the first physics-based model that can accurately predict imminent large solar flares, which can cause severe space weather disturbances affecting Earth.
Spinning black hole powers jet by magnetic flux
A new letter has been found in the mysterious alphabet of black holes.
Magnetic flux powers black hole's powerful jet
Astronomers have discovered a powerful plasma jet that mysteriously lights up far from its origins. The discovery suggests such flares are powered by what's called magnetic reconnection.
Rogue planets could outnumber the stars
An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets—planets that float in space without orbiting a sun—than there are stars in the Milky Way, a new study...
Watch: Tim McGraw says 'Here on Earth' is 'tapestry of life'
Country music star Tim McGraw discussed the meaning and inspiration behind his album "Here on Earth" following its release.
Very high energy gamma-ray emission from a radio galaxy
Giant elliptical galaxies, the oldest known large galactic structures in the universe, have no spiral arms and little or no current star formation activity, but their central supermassive black holes...
'RuPaul's Drag Race,' 'All Stars' and 'Untucked' renewed at VH1
VH1 has renewed "RuPaul's Drag Race" for a thirteenth season, "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" for a sixth season and aftershow "Untucked."
Image: Hubble captures supernova host galaxy
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spectacular galaxy NGC 2442, nicknamed the Meathook galaxy owing to its extremely asymmetrical and irregular shape.
New ground station brings laser communications closer to reality
Optical communications, transmitting data using infrared lasers, has the potential to help NASA return more data to Earth than ever. The benefits of this technology to exploration and Earth science...
Video: NASA's guide to near-light-speed travel
So, you've just put the finishing touches on upgrades to your spaceship, and now it can fly at almost the speed of light. We're not quite sure how you pulled...
Check out the first-ever map of the solar corona’s magnetic field
The sun’s wispy upper atmosphere, called the corona, is an ever-changing jungle of sizzling plasma. But mapping the strength of the magnetic fields that largely control that behavior has proved elusive. The fields...
Ben Affleck set to return as Batman in 'The Flash'
Ben Affleck will be suiting up as Batman once again in DC's upcoming "The Flash" movie starring Ezra Miller as the Scarlet Speedster.
Meet the Experts: Laboratory in Space
Video: 00:07:02 Flying 400km above our heads, the International Space Station (ISS) is the world's laboratory in space. But what kind of research is done there and how does it affect...
Bright Eyes takes a new direction with a bit of nostalgia
Bright Eyes is back with their first new album in nearly 10 years, and the venerated indie rock band's core members said the record is designed to be a mix...
Upcoming space mission to test drag sail pulling rocket back to Earth
A rocket is going up into space with a drag sail. The goal? For the drag sail to bring the rocket back to Earth, preventing it from becoming like the...
Watch: Red Velvet performs amid flowers in 'Milky Way' teaser
K-pop stars Red Velvet shared a preview of the music video for their cover of BoA's "Milky Way."
NORAD, Northern Command and Space Command change leaders
NORAD, U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Space Command held back-to-back change of command ceremonies at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs on Thursday.
Michigan expected to pay $600M in Flint settlement over water crisis
A prosecutor said Thursday that the state of Michigan is expected to pay $600 million in a preliminary settlement of civil lawsuits over the drinking water crisis that began in...
Are we still listening to space?
When LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, and its European counterpart, Virgo, detect a gravitational ripple from space, a public alert is sent out. That alert lets researchers know with a...