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Cosmic cataclysm allows precise test of general relativity
In 2019, the MAGIC telescopes detected the first Gamma Ray Burst at very high energies. This was the most intense gamma-radiation ever obtained from such a cosmic object. But the...
Watch: New Jersey restaurant workers receive $1,000 tip
Workers at a New Jersey restaurant were brought to tears when a longtime customer left a $1,000 tip on a $43.18 bill.
The Euclid space telescope is coming together
ESA's Euclid mission has reached another milestone on its journey towards launch. Its two instruments are now built and fully tested. These have been delivered to Airbus Defence and Space...
Colliding Neutron Stars May Unlock Mysteries of Universe Expansion
The National Science Foundation’s Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has proven itself instrumental in another major astronomical discovery. An international team of scientists, led by the University of East Anglia...
Listen: Rolling Stones share 'Criss Cross' ahead of 'Goats Head Soup' reissue
The Rolling Stones released "Criss Cross," one of three unheard tracks that will appear on the reissue of their 1973 album "Goats Head Soup."
Image: New European rack delivered to ISS
After a successful launch aboard the Japanese HTV9 cargo vehicle, a new experiment facility was recently installed in the European laboratory Columbus as part of a comprehensive upgrade of Europe's...
Image: Proba-V passes the torch
ESA's cubic-metre-sized Proba-V minisatellite has ended its seven-year global mission to monitor the daily growth of all Earth's vegetation, a task being taken up by Copernicus Sentinel-3 instead, seen right.
New comet NEOWISE graces the skies
A comet visiting from the most distant parts of our solar system is putting on a spectacular nighttime display. The comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE made its once-in-a-lifetime close approach to...
Making the case for slingshotting past Venus on the way to Mars
A team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, North Carolina State University and NASA, has proposed, via whitepaper, that NASA should direct its Mars-bound spacecraft to...
Supermassive binary black hole hunter: SKA pulsar timing array
Recently, researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences quantified the potential of gravitational wave detection in the era of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA). The...
South Korea president pledges 'different path' in Japan trade row
South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed to walk a different path than neighboring Japan during a visit to local firm SK Hynix.
With coronavirus surging, bars and indoor dining could remain closed for the foreseeable future
With coronavirus surging, bars, indoor dining could remain closed for the foreseeable future
Column: Black and Latino borrowers may suffer most as Trump tosses out payday-loan rule
The rule, formulated under President Obama, would have required payday lenders to make sure borrowers could repay high-interest loans.
With coronavirus surging, bars and indoor dining could remain closed for the foreseeable future
With coronavirus surging, bars, indoor dining could remain closed for the foreseeable future
Satellites track unusual Saharan dust plume
Every summer, the wind carries large amounts of desert dust particles from the hot and dry Sahara Desert in northern Africa across the Atlantic Ocean. Data from the Copernicus Sentinel...
Comet NEOWISE Could Be Spectacular: Here's How to See It
Already visible to the naked eye, the object may soon brighten to create the greatest celestial light show in decades—or it could simply fade away -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Euclid space telescope is coming together
ESA’s Euclid mission has reached another milestone on its journey towards launch. Its two instruments are now built and fully tested. These have been delivered to Airbus Defence and Space...
Hubble just captured this ‘fluffy’ galaxy in all its flocculent glory
Situated 67 million light-years away, NGC 2275 has a feathered, fluffy appearance. (ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team; Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)/)The Hubble Space Telescope just imaged a galaxy nestled...
The tech behind Virgin Orbit's mission to space
Marc Cieslak looks at how Virgin Orbit plans to launch its rockets from a plane.
Call for Media: ESA to reveal first images from Solar Orbiter
Press Release N° 13–2020 First images from ESA’s Solar Orbiter to be revealed:The first images from ESA’s new Sun-observing spacecraft Solar Orbiter will be released to the public on 16 July...
Los Angeles Clippers traveling to Orlando without star Kawhi Leonard
Superstar forward Kawhi Leonard didn't fly with the Los Angeles Clippers to Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday because of a family matter.
Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Wednesday
The coronavirus pandemic has reached a grim milestone in the U.S., with more than three million cases confirmed. Meanwhile, Canada's finance minister will give the country its first look at...
We Persevere
NASA's next Mars rover has a name – Perseverance. Like every exploration mission before, our rover is going to face challenges, and it’s going to make amazing discoveries. The time at...
7 things to know about the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission
In less than a month, NASA expects to launch the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Loaded with scientific instruments, advanced computational capabilities for landing, and other new...
How colliding neutron stars could shed light on universal mysteries
Researchers have discovered an unusual pulsar - one of deep space's magnetized spinning neutron-star 'lighthouses' that emits highly focused radio waves from its magnetic poles. It is unusual because the...
Coronavirus: WHO rethinking how Covid-19 spreads in air
The WHO has acknowledged there is evidence that Covid-19 can be spread by airborne particles.
Watch: 'Pen15' teases change in Season 2 preview
"Pen15," starring Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, will return for a second season Sept. 18 on Hulu.
How colliding neutron stars could shed light on universal mysteries
An important breakthrough in how we can understand dead star collisions and the expansion of the Universe has been made by an international team, led by the University of East...