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Watch Solar Orbiter first image release
Join us on Thursday 16 July for an online press briefing with Solar Orbiter mission experts, who will present the first images from ESA’s new Sun-observing spacecraft.
Emirates Mars launch delayed until Thursday due to weather
The first of three planned missions to Mars this summer scheduled to lift off from Japan on Tuesday was rescheduled for Friday due to weather, officials said.
Breakthrough in deciphering birth of supermassive black holes
A research team led by Cardiff University scientists say they are closer to understanding how a supermassive black hole (SMBH) is born thanks to a new technique that has enabled...
On This Day, July 14: Hank Aaron hits 500th home run
On July 14, 1968, future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Hank Aaron became the seventh person to hit 500 home runs for the Atlanta Braves.
Famous birthdays for July 14: Jane Lynch, Taboo
Actor Jane Lynch turns 60 and rapper Taboo turns 45, among famous birthdays for July 14.
Emirates Mars launch will represent historic first for Arab world
The first of three planned missions to Mars this summer is scheduled to lift off from Japan on Tuesday, representing a historic first attempt for the United Arab Emirates to...
'Brave New World' came true sooner than predicted, star Jessica Brown Findlay says
Jessica Brown Findlay, Harry Lloyd and Alden Ehrenreich discuss the Peacock miniseries adaptation of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," which they find more modern than science fiction.
'Friends' star David Schwimmer: 'Intelligence' is a bromance
The Peacock original "Intelligence" brings "Friends" star David Schwimmer back to TV comedy as a vulgar, insecure NSA agent in England.
'Hope' and ambition drive UAE's Mars mission
The United Arab Emirates is sending a satellite to the Red Planet to study its weather and climate.
Join NASA for the Launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
No matter where you live, choose from a menu of activities to join NASA as we "Countdown to Mars" and launch the Perseverance rover to the Red Planet.
Artificial intelligence predicts which planetary systems will survive
An astrophysicist has found a new method for determining the long-term stability of planetary configurations that is up to 100,000 times faster than the previous approach. This breaks the computational...
Astrophysicists suggest carbon found in comet ATLAS help reveal age of other comets
Astrophysicists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU, Russia), South Korea, and the U.S. appear in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, suggesting carbon indicates time comets have spent in...
Artificial intelligence predicts which planetary systems will survive
Why don't planets collide more often? How do planetary systems—like our solar system or multi-planet systems around other stars—organize themselves? Of all of the possible ways planets could orbit, how...
Bad weather may delay 1st UAE Mars mission on Japan rocket
Final preparations for the launch from Japan of the United Arab Emirates' first Mars mission were underway Monday, but there was a chance of a delay because of bad weather,...
Look out, Mars: Here we come with a fleet of spacecraft
Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth—big time.
Joey Graceffa, Daniel Preda split after 6 years
YouTube stars Joey Graceffa and Daniel Preda announced their breakup in an emotional video.
Chicago air is dirtier this July than smog-choked Los Angeles
After missing out on cleaner air during the coronavirus lockdown, the Chicago area just suffered its longest streak of high-pollution days in more than a decade.
NASA, ESA to Release First Images from Solar Orbiter Mission
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About eight percent of red giants are covered by sunspot-like dark areas.
Starspots are more common among red giant stars than previously thought. In the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in...
Look: Lily Collins appears in photos for Netflix rom-com series 'Emily in Paris'
"Emily in Paris," a new romantic comedy series created by Darren Star and starring Lily Collins, will premiere on Netflix in the fall.
The UAE's Mars mission seeks to bring Hope to more places than the red planet
On July 14, a new Mars-bound spacecraft will launch from Japan. While several Mars missions are planned to launch over the next month, what makes this different is who's launching...
Column: With 'Arrowsmith' (1925), a Nobel novelist foretold our mishandling of the coronavirus
A century ago, Sinclair Lewis predicted how America would botch the coronavirus crisis.
Researchers find younger age for Earth's moon
The moon formed a little later than previously assumed. When a Mars-sized protoplanet was destroyed in a collision with the young Earth, a new body was created from the debris...
Parker Solar Probe spies newly discovered comet NEOWISE
NASA's Parker Solar Probe was at the right place at the right time to capture a unique view of comet NEOWISE on July 5, 2020. Parker Solar Probe's position in...
Astronomers map massive structure beyond Laniakea Supercluster
For the past decade, an international team of astronomers, led in part by Brent Tully at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy, has been mapping the distribution of galaxies...
Structure of the molecular cloud Orion A investigated in detail
Using a 3-D mapping technique, astronomers from Sweden and Germany have explored a nearby molecular cloud known as Orion A. The new study unveils more details about the structure and...
Mars is about to be invaded by robots from planet Earth
Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth — big time. Three countries — the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates — are sending unmanned spacecraft to...
Who’s ready to serve the lunar missions?
ESA has long-established plans to create a commercial lunar satellite network and now seeks expressions of interest from companies prepared to build and operate it.