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Ryan Graves, executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace (left), retired Air Force Maj. David Grusch and retired Navy Cmdr. David Fravor are sworn in during a House Oversight and Accountability subcommittee hearing on UFOs on Wednesday.
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U.S. recovered non-human ‘biologics’ from UFO crash sites, former intel official says

Lawmakers heard first-hand accounts of craft that are "beyond our current understanding of our technology," and allegations that the U.S. recovered non-human "bio remains."

2 years ago

The Flower Moon is seen through trees in May 2021 in Amesbury, United Kingdom.
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Science

The first supermoon of the year will light up the night sky Monday evening

Monday's moon is a so-called supermoon because it will be both full and located close to Earth on its elliptical orbit around our planet.

2 years ago

Revelers gather at the ancient stone circle Stonehenge to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Druids, pagans, hippies, local residents, tourists and costumed witches and wizards have gathered around a prehistoric stone circle on a plain in southern England to express their devotion to the sun
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Antlers and fancy dress: Stonehenge welcomes 8,000 visitors for summer solstice

Druids, pagans, hippies, local residents and tourists celebrated for the night and greeted sunrise on Wednesday, which is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere.

2 years ago

Workers near the top of the 526 ft. Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center spruce up the NASA logo standing on scaffolds in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, May 20, 2020. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket scheduled for May 27 will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first test flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Science

NASA talks UFOs with public ahead of final report on unidentified flying objects

NASA is holding its first public meeting on UFOs a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings.

2 years ago

Actress Carrie Fisher attends the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Dec. 14, 2015. The late actress is being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday.
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Arts & Entertainment

For May the 4th, Carrie Fisher of ‘Star Wars’ is getting a Hollywood Walk of Fame star

The honor for the late actress, who played Princess Leia and many other roles in a lengthy career, will be accepted by her daughter and fellow Star Wars actress Billie Lourd.

2 years ago

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Tokyo company loses contact with moon lander in likely crash

A Japanese company's attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon has apparently failed.

2 years ago

A Mapuche Indigenous family uses special glasses to try and observe a total solar eclipse in Carahue, La Araucania, Chile, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. The total eclipse was barely visible from Carahue because of an overcast sky. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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Science

Mark your calendars! A total solar eclipse is coming one year from now

Viewers located in a strip of the mainland U.S. stretching from Texas to Maine will be able to see the moon pass directly in front of the afternoon sun.

2 years ago

Solar Eclipse captured above KY
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Save the date: One year until total solar eclipse sweeps U.S.

Just one year from now, a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America. The eclipse will slice a diagonal line across 13 states in the U.S., from Texas through Maine.

2 years ago

This combination of photos shows, from left, astronauts Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman.
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Science

These are the 4 astronauts who’ll take a trip around the moon next year

The group will fly as part of the Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon for the first time 50 years and establish a long-term presence there.

2 years ago

Jupiter, the brightest spot near the middle of this image, will be a standout this week.
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Science

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a pretty neat planetary viewing!

Over the next couple of nights, five planets are expected to align in the sky. And you won't even need a telescope to see them (although binoculars will help).

2 years ago

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Science

A bright green comet may be visible with the naked eye starting later this month

Comet C/2022 E3 was first spotted last year and will draw nearest to the Earth in early February.

2 years ago

Lunar module pilot Walt Cunningham performs flight tasks on the ninth day of the Apollo 7 mission in 1968. (NASA)
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Community

NASA Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham has died at age 90

Cunningham piloted the first manned Apollo mission, a key step in the drive to reach the moon, but he never flew in space again.

2 years ago

A total lunar eclipse graces the night skies during the first blood moon of the year, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (Eraldo Peres/AP)
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Science

A total lunar eclipse is happening Tuesday — and it won’t happen again for 3 years

A total lunar eclipse happens when the moon falls completely in the Earth's shadow.

3 years ago

Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)
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Science

NASA says its asteroid defense test was a success

NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to throw it off course. The mission succeeded beyond expectations, officials said.

3 years ago

Edwin Diaz of the New York Mets and musician Timmy Trumpet pose for a photo before a game between the Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field in New York City on Aug. 30. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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Arts & Entertainment

This trumpet-fueled walk-on song is professional baseball’s latest craze

"Narco," a dance hit by Australian musician Timmy Trumpet and the Dutch DJ duo Blasterjaxx, is the walk-on music for star relief pitcher Edwin Diaz.

3 years ago

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