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X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'

3h ago 3m read

Whose moon is it anyway? A matching space quiz

6h ago 1m read

Meet 'lite intermediate black holes,' the supermassive black hole's smaller, much more mysterious cousin

7h ago 7m read

James Webb Space Telescope uncovers 300 mysteriously luminous objects. Are they galaxies or something else?

8h ago 3m read

This baby star's big explosion fired back: 'Nature is far more complex than humans think'

8h ago 3m read

Milky Way and zodiacal light glow above telescopes in Chile | Space photo of the day for Aug. 15, 2025

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What if we've been thinking about dark matter all wrong, scientist wonders

11h ago 8m read

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon — a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say

Thu 6m read

NASA's new sun-studying mission 'PUNCH' attains its final form in Earth orbit

Thu 4m read

TRAPPIST-1d isn't the Earth-like planet scientists had hoped it to be, according to JWST data

Thu 5m read

Discovery of 250 'mini galaxies' could help scientists pin down the nature of dark matter

Thu 5m read

Blue Origin pitches new ‘Mars Telecommunications Orbiter’ for Red Planet missions (video)

Thu 3m read

Hidden fault beneath Canada could trigger massive earthquake after 12,000 years of silence

Thu 4m read

NASA's Perseverance rover spies mysterious 'helmet' on Mars (photo)

Wed 2m read

Red supergiant star expels mysteriously large cloud of gas

Wed 6m read

Satellites watch Tropical Storm Erin take shape over the Atlantic Ocean (video)

Wed 3m read

New lunar surface simulator in Colorado puts moon machinery to the test

Wed 4m read

China's moon lander passes key test | Space photo of the day for Aug. 13, 2025

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This real 'Eye of Sauron' spits out ghost particles in space. Here's what it looks like

Wed 4m read

We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones

Tue 8m read

New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if the 'queen of the underworld' gets to fly

Tue 10m read

Hubble spots stars forming in the Tarantula nebula | Space photo of the day for Aug. 12, 2025

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Scientists may have found a powerful new space object: 'It doesn't fit comfortably into any known category'

Tue 5m read

First Views of the Perseid Meteor Shower

Tue 1m read

Stargazers prepare for meteor shower of the year as the Perseids peak

Tue

Can you name all the planets in order in the solar system? Try our new quiz to find out!

Mon 1m read

James Webb telescope reveals 'Sleeping Beauty' galaxies in the early universe — snoozing where they weren't supposed to exist

Mon 5m read

Mars orbiter looks deep into chasms and valleys on the Martian surface

Mon 2m read

Astronomers find bizarre 'Cosmic Grapes' galaxy in the early universe. Here's why that's a big deal (photo)

Mon 3m read

Is astronomy safe from organized scientific fraud?

Mon 6m read

Starwatch: Look out for the Perseids, the best meteor shower of the year

Mon

Astronomers Uncover Possibly the Largest Black Hole: It ‘Bends Light into a Giant Einstein Ring’

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Mon 4m read

Light pollution is encroaching on observatories around the globe – making it harder for astronomers to study the cosmos

Sun 7m read

'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion

Sun 4m read

Spying the Medusa Slayer’s Meteor Shower

Sun 2m read

How the Red Planet craze started 120 years ago: Interview with 'The Martians' author David Baron

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Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satellite tech can map smoke plumes in 3D for better air quality alerts at neighborhood scale

Sat 5m read

Scientists capture bridge of stray stars being sucked from one galaxy to another

Fri 3m read

Can you name the 12 Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon?

Fri 1m read

Spacecraft headed to DART asteroid crash site images 2 faint space rocks to boost planetary defense tactics

Fri 5m read

Scientists find oldest-known black hole in the universe: 'This is about as far back as you can practically go'

Fri 3m read

Hubble Telescope gives us our best look yet at the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (video, photo)

Fri 6m read

A mysterious substance on Mars might be an undiscovered mineral

Fri 3m read

The biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find one with mass of 36 billion suns

Thu 7m read

A laser-propelled mini spacecraft could travel to a nearby black hole, astrophysicist says

Aug 7 4m read

China's lunar lander aces touchdown and takeoff tests ahead of planned 2030 crewed moon mission (video)

Aug 7 3m read

Astronomers use starlight to measure greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere

Aug 7 3m read

James Webb Space Telescope spots a potential new exoplanet just 4 light-years away from Earth

Aug 7 4m read

Planetarium celebrates 1st images from Vera Rubin Observatory | Space photo of the day for Aug. 7, 2025

Aug 7 2m read

'We want to get there first and claim that for America': NASA chief explains push for nuclear reactor on the moon (video)

Aug 6 3m read

Exotic 'lava worlds' are a hot new frontier in exoplanet science

Aug 6 5m read

China wants to return samples from Mars. Will there be any international cooperation?

Aug 6 8m read

Solar eruption from Earth-facing sunspot could bring auroras this week

Aug 6 3m read

An icy supervolcano eruption on Pluto may have left a massive crater on the frozen world

Aug 6 6m read

Earth's 'oldest' impact crater is much younger than previously thought, new study finds

Aug 5 6m read

NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $177 million for 1st multi-rover mission to moon's south pole

Aug 5 5m read

NASA aiming to build nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030

Aug 5 2m read

Extremely Large Telescope gets a roof | Space photo of the day for August 5, 2025

Aug 5 2m read

Solar farms could help find dangerous asteroids, scientist says

Aug 5 5m read

James Webb Space Telescope revisits a classic Hubble image of over 2,500 galaxies

Aug 4 4m read

You can design the wheels for NASA's next moon vehicle with the 'Rock and Roll Challenge

Aug 4 4m read

Moonquakes could pose threat to future lunar bases, scientists say

Aug 4 5m read

3 powerful solar flares erupt in less than 24 hours, ending weeks of calm on the sun (video)

Aug 4 4m read

Binary star systems are complex astronomical objects − a new AI approach could pin down their properties quickly

Aug 4 8m read

Space hurricanes are real — and they wreak more havoc than we thought

Aug 4 4m read

Mysterious boost to Earth's spin will make Aug. 5 one of the shortest days on record

Aug 4 3m read

Starwatch: Prepare for a pre-dawn Venus at its peak

Aug 4

Scientists scan famous 'Earthrise' crater on mission to find alien life in our solar system

Aug 2 4m read

Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: why it needs to be protected

Aug 2 5m read

Satellites are helping protect critically endangered desert elephants. Here's how

Aug 1 5m read

Exotic 'blazar' is part of most extreme double black hole system ever found, crooked jet suggests

Aug 1 6m read

Big lake in Quebec suddenly disappears, satellite finds | Space photo of the day for August 1, 2025

Aug 1 3m read

Stunning 'sun dogs' could sparkle in alien skies, James Webb Space Telescope suggests

Aug 1 4m read

Royal Society right to keep Elon Musk as member, says new astronomer royal

Aug 1

Did 'primordial' black holes born right after the Big Bang help our universe's 1st stars form?

Aug 1 7m read

Telescopes Pop-Up on City Sidewalks to Engage Passersby in Free Astronomy Viewing Worldwide

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Jul 27 3m read

Largest Black Hole Merger Ever Observed Detected by LIGO–a Universe-Shaking Event

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Jul 16 3m read

Scientists detect biggest ever merger of two massive black holes

Sun

2 Billion-Year-Old Moon Rock Found in Africa Plugs a Huge Gap in Lunar History

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Sun 4m read

Astronomers Spot Interstellar Visitor: a Comet Blazing Through Our Solar System, Just the Third Ever Seen

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Thu 3m read

LOOK at All the Dark Matter in This New Image from the James Webb Telescope

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Jul 4 3m read

James Webb Telescope Debuts New Trick: Blocking Out Stars and Photographing Their Planets

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Jul 2 3m read

Vera Rubin Observatory Debuts Stunning Celestial Photos to Rival the James Webb Space Telescope–LOOK

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Jun 24 4m read

Thousands of Previously Unseen Colors Captured in the Sculptor Galaxy by ESO’s VLT – Very Large Telescope

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Jun 20 2m read

A Cosmic Glitch in Gravity

May 15 2024 5m read

Astronomers Detect Oldest Black Hole Ever Observed Dating ‘From the Dawn of the Universe’

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Jan 18 2024 4m read

Incredible Pictures Show Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io in Stunning Detail

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Jan 4 2024 2m read

The Echoes of Light

Dec 29 2023 9m read

NASA Turns Light into Sound Frequency Creating a Milky Way Symphony (LISTEN)

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Dec 1 2023 3m read