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Researchers think they finally found the key to stopping the coronavirus Several drugs already work as coronavirus therapies, but there’s still no “miracle cure” that can prevent complications and reduce deaths significantly. Some researchers think they’ve f…

Skylab Commander Jerry Carr Trains for His Mission Carr passed away on Aug. 26, 2020. “NASA and the nation have lost a pioneer of long duration spaceflight," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Read the statement.

Billionaire Warren Buffett just turned 90—here are 6 pieces of wisdom from the investing legend Berkshire Hathaway CEO and self-made billionaire Warren Buffett turned 90 on Sunday, August 30. In honor of the Oracle of Omaha's big day, CNBC Make It rounded up six of his best pieces of investing — and life — advice.

NASA's Space Launch System Design 'Right on Track' for Journey to Mars For the first time in almost 40 years, a NASA human-rated rocket has completed all steps needed to clear a critical design review (CDR). The agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) is the first vehicle designed to meet the challenges of the journey to Mars and the first exploration class rocket since the Saturn V.

Sunrise Shadows Over the Philippine Sea As the International Space Station orbited more than 200 miles above our home planet, the crew caught this glimpse of the sunrise casting long shadows over a cloudy Philippine Sea.

Hubble Views Edge of Stellar Blast This Hubble Space Telescope image depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, the result of the "death" of a star 20 times more massive than our Sun 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. Light from this supernova takes around 2,400 years to reach Earth.

Spitzer Captures Stellar Family Portrait In this large celestial mosaic taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and published in 2019, there's a lot to see, including multiple clusters of stars born from the same dense clumps of gas and dust.

The Five Midday Rituals That Prevent Me From Burning Out Tips to empower your day and avoid the afternoon slump.

A Fermi Spirograph and Women's Equality Day What does this Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Spirograph have in common with Women's Equality Day?

Warren Buffett’s Recent Explanation of How Money Now Works Is the Most Important in History The value of the money you have is changing. “Debt “and what it means is fundamentally changing.

Artist’s View of a Planet Where Liquid Water Might Exist A newly discovered, roughly Earth-sized planet orbiting our nearest neighboring star might be habitable, according to a team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's 3.6-meter telescope at La Silla, Chile.

Four Signs That You are Emotionally Stunted (and How to Fix it)Have you let go of your childlike tendencies?

9 Micro-Habits That Will Completely Change Your Life in a Year How small actions lead to big results.

New Thinking on Covid Lockdowns: They’re Overly Blunt and Costly Blanket business shutdowns—which the U.S. never tried before this pandemic—led to a deep recession. Economists and health experts say there may be a better way.

Defining Radiation Risk to Astronauts In this image, one of the radiation detectors for the Radi-N2 experiment floats in the space station. This device will help researchers explore the radition risk to humans in space.

Antibody Drugs Advancing to Fill Covid-19 Treatment Gap A kind of drug that takes a page from a body’s natural antibody defenses may be able to give many people early protection against the coronavirus, ahead of vaccines.

Hubble Hooks a Supernova Host Galaxy Galaxy NGC 2442, seen here by the Hubble Space Telescope, is nicknamed the Meathook galaxy owing to its extremely asymmetrical and irregular shape.

Station Crew Spots Hurricane Genevieve Hurricane Genevieve is pictured off the Pacific coast of Mexico from the International Space Station.

NASA Is Developing an All-Electric X-57 X-Plane: A Cleaner Way to Fly We're celebrating National Aviation Day! After all, we are the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Aviation and aeronautics are as much a part of our mission as space travel.

5 Iconic Road Trips To Take Before Your Kids Go To College If you’ve avoided road trips because planning is a pain in the ass, here are 5 detailed itineraries.

Canadarm2 and Japan's HTV-9 Resupply Ship The versatile Canadarm2 robotic arm is poised to grapple and remove the HTV-9 resupply craft from the space station's Harmony module.

This 'Staircase To Heaven' Hike Is Only A 2-Hour Road Trip Away From Phoenix Giant cacti, many trails, & views for days!

Astronaut Chris Cassidy Does Housekeeping in Space This past weekend, NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy was no exception as he collected trash for disposal during weekend housekeeping activities.

NASA Begins Installing Orion Adapter for First Artemis Moon Flight Through the Artemis program, NASA is working to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024.

Candy-Colored Phobos As of March 2020, our Mars Odyssey has captured these six views of the Martian moon Phobos.

This Gas Giant Is Pretty in Pink If humans could travel to this giant planet, we would see a world still glowing from the heat of its formation with a color reminiscent of a dark cherry blossom, a dull magenta.

Google’s Remote Work Policy Has 9 Great Tips You Should Definitely Steal Today Google spoke to over 5,000 employees to discover these remote work best practices. They provide a lesson in emotional intelligence.

One Rehearsal Away from Touching Asteroid Bennu NASA's OSIRIS-REx is ready for touchdown on asteroid Bennu.

Hubble Sees Near and Far The barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 4907 shows its starry face from 270 million light-years away to anyone who can see it from the Northern Hemisphere. Appearing in this Hubble image to shine brightly below the galaxy is a star that is actually within our own Milky Way galaxy.

A Starry Sky Above the Earth's Atmospheric Glow This long-exposure photograph captures a starry sky above the Earth's atmospheric glow.

Curiosity Celebrates 8 Years on the Red Planet NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover touched down eight years ago, on Aug. 5, 2012, and will soon be joined by a second rover, Perseverance.

Outbursts from a Double Star System For decades, astronomers have known about irregular outbursts from the double star system V745 Sco, which is located about 25,000 light years from Earth.

If You Only Do A Few Things Every Morning, Do These You can’t control everything that happens during the day, but you can manage how it starts.

SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour Lifted Aboard Recovery Ship Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft as it is lifted onto the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after landing.

Crew Dragon Safely Returns Astronauts NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico.

SpaceX Crew Dragon As It Approached the Space Station Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken of NASA's Commercial Crew Program are aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon as it approaches the International Space Station.

Liftoff to the Red Planet!A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Thursday, July 30, 2020.

A Different View of the Mars Perseverance Launch The engines fired as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover onboard launched from Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, July 30, 2020.

Mars Perseverance: Prepared for Launch to the Red Planet A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41.

Four Quotes by Actual Humans that Blew My Mind And the lessons I learned from them.

The 50/50 Rule (How to Retain And Remember 90% of Everything You Learn)We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in rational inquiries, but many other intellectual pleasures.

How to Fall Asleep in 120 Seconds Trouble sleeping? Here's a military-tested trick for guaranteed slumber

5 Simple Habits of Extremely Productive People #2 They know how to chill.

Countdown to Mars A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41.

Jezero Crater, Landing Site for the Mars Perseverance Rover This image of Jezero Crater, the landing site for the Mars Perseverance Rover, was taken by instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Carrying a Telescope Aloft Carried by a balloon the size of a football stadium, ASTHROS will use a telescope to observe wavelengths of light that aren't visible from the ground.

Scientists finally figured out what makes the coronavirus so dangerous Scientists have a new treatment idea for the novel coronavirus that came about after they figured out what makes the virus so dangerous to our bodies: The pathogen camouflages itself after infectin…

Apollo 11 Aboard the USS Hornet This image, taken on July 24, 1969, shows the Apollo 11 command codule and the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) are photographed aboard the USS Hornet

Opinion | Too Interconnected to Fail The next systemic crisis may start not in a bank or other financial institution but in the cloud.

Comet NEOWISE Streaks Across the Sky Above Lone Pine Lak Comet NEOWISE streaked across the sky above the tree line of Lone Pine Lake, located on the Mount Whitney Trail in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.