NASA’s Juno orbiter has captured images of a volcanic plume on Jupiter’s moon Io during the mission’s 17th flyby of the giant planet. JunoCam acquired three images of Io prior to when it entered eclipse, all showing a volcanic plume illuminated beyond the terminator; the image shown here, reconstructed from …

New images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft — taken from as close as 17,000 miles (27,000 km) on approach — revealed Ultima Thule as a contact binary. This image taken by New Horizons’ Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) is the most detailed of Ultima Thule returned so far by the spacecraft. …

The Dodgers signed free-agent outfielder Shane Peterson to a minor-league deal with an invitation to MLB spring training . The Yankees are still pursuing Manny Machado despite the Troy Tulowitzki deal . Manny Machado flip-flops on following the Yankees television network on social media.

It’s no simple matter to reach the outer solar system, so NASA is making the most of the opportunity it has with the New Horizons probe. After successfully completing its Pluto flyby in 2015, the agency redirected the spacecraft to visit an even more distant object known as Ultima Thule. …

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) rely on the thin hull of the station to protect them from the vacuum of space. Even a small breach could spell disaster for the station and its crew, so personnel on the ground carefully monitor conditions. It’s a good thing, too. The …

Google is testing a bigger push for the messaging option within the local panel. Google launched messaging within Google My Business in July 2017. Google is now testing a way to promote messaging more to searchers in the local panel by using a larger message button. What it looks like. …

More than 3.5 years after launch, Windows 10 has finally pulled ahead of Windows 7 in terms of overall popularity. It’s been something of a process for Microsoft to get here. While Windows 10 has been vastly more popular than Windows 8 and 8.1, the long tail now associated with …

NASA’s Juno spacecraft is on a mission to study Jupiter, but that’s not the only celestial object in range of its instruments. Jupiter has plenty of moons, and Juno can take a peek at those while it loops around the gas giant. On its most recent orbit of Jupiter, Juno …

A team of archaeologists from Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) has rediscovered a large, well-preserved subterranean ice-well dating from 1780. Located just off Regent’s Park, the subterranean ice-well would have been one of the largest of its kind when first built — measuring an impressive 24.6 foot (7.5 m) wide …

NASA has released the first image from the historic Ultima Thule flyby taken with New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) camera. Ultima Thule. Image credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute. New Horizons flew past Ultima Thule at 12:33 a.m. EST (5:33 a.m. …