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Accelerated time-lapse video of AZURE mission lighting up the sky.Late Friday night, two sounding rockets launched from a small spaceport in northern Norway. The two skinny rockets soared to an altitude of 320km, and along the way each released a visible gas to fall through, and illuminate conditions inside the aurora borealis. Some of the resulting…

World stocks paused on Monday after a strong recent run, as potential flashpoints including a crucial Brexit summit and central bank meetings loomed, and investors began to look ahead to an earnings season that may be disappointing. FILE PHOTO: A pro-Brexit yellow vest protester demonstrates in London, Britain, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo Signs…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Kirstjen Nielsen has served in her role since December 2017 US President Donald Trump has announced Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving her position.In a tweet, the president thanked her for her service and said she would be temporarily replaced by Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan.Ms…

Enlarge / 19th-century etching of a telescope in use. Much of the Universe behaves as if there's more matter there than we can see. Dark matter explains this by positing that there's matter present that we can't see, and evidence has piled up in favor of this idea. In contrast, evidence for the identify of…

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday that the longer it takes to find a compromise with the opposition Labour Party to secure a parliamentary majority for a Brexit deal, the less likely it is that Britain will leave the European Union. FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Theresa May gives a…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Israel has established more than 100 Jewish settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank if he is re-elected.Israelis go to the polls on Tuesday and Mr Netanyahu is competing for votes with right-wing…

Recent reviews for Borderlands 2 now show a large asterisk indicating the presence of an off-topic review bomb. As of this morning, it wasn't hard to identify when the review bomb started for Borderlands 2. It's... not hard to find a pattern in the recent negative Steam reviews for Borderlands 2 The original Borderlands shows…

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran moved on Saturday to evacuate more towns and villages threatened by floods after continued rain in the southwest of the country, state television reported, as the nationwide toll from the flooding reached 70. FILE PHOTO: People are seen on a boat after a flooding in Golestan province, Iran, March 24, 2019.…

Image copyright EPA The government has not proposed any changes to the PM's Brexit deal during cross-party talks, says shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer. Meetings have been taking place between Tory and Labour politicians to find a proposal to put to the Commons before an emergency EU summit next week. But Sir Keir said…

Breath of the Wild in VR? I honestly have no idea how that's going to feel, if it's locked at a 30fps refresh. Nintendo This mode converts the entire game into a VR experience. Thus, the game appears to look exactly the same as in non-VR modes (though we'll have to wait for our own…