SPACE | NASA telescopes see black hole shredding star
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. space agency NASA's planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have observed the rarely-seen aftermath of a...
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SCI-TECH | Ancient asteroid collision boosts biodiversity on Earth: study
WASHINGTON -- An international team of scientists found that a collision in the asteroid belt 470 million years ago diversified...
SPACE | Giant telescope picks up mysterious signals from deep space
BEIJING, CHINA -- Chinese astronomers have detected repeated fast radio bursts (FRB) - mysterious signals believed to be from a...
SPACE | NASA invites students to name Mars 2020 rover
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- U.S. space agency NASA is inviting students across the United States to find a name for...
SPACE | ‘Dragon’ returns to Earth, bringing scientific samples home
WASHINGTON -- The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft has returned to Earth after being released from the International Space Station (ISS)...
SPACE | Russian spacecraft with humanoid robot docks at ISS
MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a humanoid robot successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on...
SPACE | Australia, Europe to collaborate on space exploration
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA -- The Australian Space Agency (ASA) has signed an agreement with its European counterpart to collaborate on future...
ASTRONOMY | Perseid meteor shower to peak in coming two days
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- The annual Perseid meteor shower is anticipated to peak on Monday and Tuesday, and is visible...
SPACE | Russia successfully puts major space observatory into orbit
MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- The Spektr-RG space observatory, onboard the Russian Proton-M carrier rocket, was successfully launched into orbit on Saturday,...
ASTRONOMY | Earth’s largest radio telescope to search for ‘new worlds’ outside solar system
BEIJING, CHINA -- As well as hunting for signals from alien life, the largest and most sensitive radio telescope ever...