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SpaceX's Crew Dragon suffers apparent explosion on test stand

In a statement , a SpaceX spokesperson confirmed there was a problem of some kind during tests of the spacecraft at Landing Zone 1 , the former Launch Complex...

Chinese Chang’e 4 lunar lander cotton seeds are growing

China wants to be the first country to establish a base on the moon and will be using 3D printing technology to build facilities, the Chinese space agency said ...

In the milky Way found "impossible" the black hole

Scientists previously believed that the mass of an individual stellar black hole could not be more than 20 times that of the Sun . Located about 15,000 light y...

Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers 50 Miles Into the Sky

One of the most dramatic of Martian phenomena is the tendency to roughly once a decade be suddenly subject to huge dust storms that completely engulf the plan...

Chinese astronomers discover unexpected huge stellar black hole

It was generally assumed these black holes could reach a mass of up to 20 times that of the sun, but the discovery of a "monster" black hole, with about 70 ti...

Solar System’s second interstellar visitor comet Borisov unveiled

Interstellar comet 2l/Borisov is only the second known object to visit our solar system from the great wide universe beyond. Astronomers have captured the...

Greenhouse gases accelerated to new peak last year, says UN

The levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change , reached a record in 2018, the United Nations said, calling for rapid ...

Thousands of planets could be orbiting super massive black holes

This is an artist's impression of planets orbiting a supermassive black hole . Despite their destructive nature, black hole accretion disks carry vital ingre...

Orion Spacecraft Arrives at Ohio Aboard NASA’s Super Guppy

You can't just FedEx it to OH, but NASA has an aircraft specifically for this kind of operation called the Super Guppy. The Orion is predicted to undergo ther...

Boeing passenger spacecraft gets ready for December flight

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner has been connected to an Atlas V rocket ahead of its first test flight to the International Space Station which is planned to take ...

Student Choice Initiative defeated in Ontario Divisional Court

The groups said the change was arbitrary and threatened student-led programs such as clubs, campus newspapers, food banks and other support services, and part-t...

A Rare Meteor Shower May Grace The Skies Thursday

The 1925 and 1935 meteor storms produced over 16 meteors per minute while the 1995 meteor storm produced 7 per minute. Tonight's crescent moon will shine relati...

FDA Approves Givosiran for Adult Patients with Acute Hepatic Porphyria

Givlaari's annual wholesale price tag will be $575,000, according to Bloomberg. "This prevalence-based adjustment framework may become a model approach for ultr...

'Possibility of life': scientists map Saturn's exotic moon Titan

NASA planetary geologist Rosaly Lopes is lead author of new research used to develop the map, published Monday (November 18, 2019) in the journal Nature A...

Brief but impressive meteor shower

The outburst is expected to start around 11:45 p.m. ET, but it's best to get out early just in case.The event will last for about 45 minutes to one hour. This i...

Aiming for greener gigs, Coldplay won't tour new album

He said Coldplay would be "disappointed" if any future tours were not "carbon neutral" and revealed the band want to make a "positive impact". Martin said tha...

Colts RB Mack breaks hand, severity unclear

Head coach Frank Reich gave fans hope that Hilton will be on the field in what will be the team's biggest game to date as they will face the Houston Texans ...

Brightest ever Gamma Ray emission seen in space

Across the universe, some 7.5 billion light-years away, a dying star released some of the highest-energy light astronomers have ever seen. After verifying...

SpaceX's first Starship pops its top during a 'pressure test' in Texas

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk indicated that the company will now move on to more advanced Starship prototypes for future tests, as opposed to repairing the Mk 1 pr...

Sugar Delivered to Earth from Space

NASA team discovered the sugars by analyzing powdered samples of the meteorites using gas chromatography mass spectrometry, which sorts and identifies molecules...

Amazon deforestation reaches 11-year high under Bolsonaro

Between August 2018 and July 2019, deforestation reached 9,762 square kilometers (3,769 square miles), the National Institute for Space Research said. While a n...

We're Living Through Earth's Second-Hottest Year, Says US Agency

The government agency noted that the average global land and ocean surface temperature last month was 1.76 degrees above the 20th-century average of 57.1 degree...

‘Possibility of life’: scientists map Saturn’s exotic moon Titan

The global geologic map of Titan . Titan's atmosphere is dense and hazy, just like Earth's . SEE ALSO: Saturn Dethrones Jupiter With Its 20 New Moons....

How to Watch the Rare 'Unicorn' Meteor Storm Thursday Night

By comparison, 20 meteors per hour were visible during last month's Orionid meteor shower . As EarthSky explains , the alpha Monocerotids are produced by a ...

Spacecraft record weird ‘music’ of our planet during solar storm

The full findings of the study will be published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters . Thus, there was a freaky "song" of Earth's magnetic field . Sol...

Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Water Vapor - Scientists

Occasionally, giant geysers erupt into space , but scientists couldn't prove those plumes had water in them. For many years, scientists have suspected that t...

Space agency announces Neptune moons 'dance’ to avoid cosmic collision

The capture of the great Neptune moon Triton might explain where Naiad and Thalassa originated from and how they came to be spinning around the planet in ...

The Leonid Meteor Shower peaks Sunday night

This meteor shower is the result of earth passing through the path of comet Tempel-Tuttle. The meteor shower will begin around midnight local time across the ...

Climate Change Is Making Us Sick

But the worst effects will fall to the youngest, and most dire for them lie ahead. Wednesday's report does provide a glimmer of hope. "To the extent that we...

Calling all canines for national Dog Aging Project

Dogs from all 50 states, and of all ages, sizes, and breeds may apply. The researchers' expertise comes from a wide range of fields and institutions. Leslie L...

Mars 2020 Rover to Search for Signs of Ancient Life

Scientists say the materials could contain information about how Mars became inhospitable for life. "Stromatolites", which are the most ancient fossilized life ...

4C rise by 2090 will have catastrophic impact on kids

For the world to meet its United Nations climate goals and protect the health of the next generation, the energy landscape will have to change drastically, the ...

India May Attempt 'Chandrayaan 3' Moon Landing In November 2020

After a long break, the India Space Research Center had published images and the scientific data from its recent mission, Chandrayaan-2, which faced a lot of is...

Chase Young will return after Ohio State’s game this week

Young, who leads the country in sacks with 13.5, sat out last Saturday against Maryland after the NCAA rules violation came to light. The NCAA determined ...

Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks in Hawaii

Look up on Saturday and Sunday night as well to spot bright meteors with trains streaming behind them. November is the month of the Earth is treated to bright...