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NASA Observes Jellyfish Galaxy In Beautiful Hubble Photo

The Hubble Space Telescope captures the clearest photo yet of JO206, known aptly as the jellyfish galaxy.

1 year ago

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Tatooine Planet Discovered Orbiting Twin Suns

Scientists found a planet that, like the iconic Star Wars planet Tatooine, is orbiting twin suns.

1 year ago

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Golden Asteroid Worth More Than Earth’s Entire Economy Is Being Visited By NASA

NASA is sending a spacecraft to a golden asteroid that might be a rogue planetary core.

1 year ago

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Brightest Cosmic Burst Since The Big Bang Observed And There’s Something Strange Going On

A gamma-ray burst from 2.4 billion light years away is the new brightest object of all time.

1 year ago

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Betelgeuse Is Much Brighter Than It Should Be And Scientists Are Stumped

The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is shining 50 percent brighter than usual.

1 year ago

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Milky Way Signals From Galactic Center Are Aliens Saying Hello?

Scientists are looking somewhere new for potential alien signals: our galaxy’s center.

1 year ago

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Scientists Find Structures In Space That Are Light-Years In Length

Scientists discover hundreds of one-dimensional filaments in space.

1 year ago

Faintest Galaxy In The Universe Discovered

The faintest galaxy in our universe, JD1, dates back to the cosmic dark ages.

1 year ago

The Tractor Beam Is No Longer A Sci-Fi Fantasy

Researchers have found a way to build a system for real-life tractor beams to haul objects in space.

1 year ago

NASA Is At War With China Over Moon Water

NASA worries China may annex the Moon as it has islands in the South China Sea.

1 year ago

Saturn’s Moon Surprises Scientists With Potential For Life

Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, was found to contain water vapor.

1 year ago

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North Korea Satellite Launch Ends In Complete Failure

North Korea’s attempts to launch a spy satellite into orbit has failed.

1 year ago

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The Soot Line Is A New Area Where Habitable Planets Can Exist

A scientific study of the soot line suggests we should explore this region of space for possible habitable planets.

1 year ago

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Scientists Discover Earth Has A Hidden Moon That’s Been Around For Centuries

Scientists have discovered a second moon of Earth, an asteroid designated 2023 FW13.

1 year ago

A Star Went Supernova And It’s So Bright Anyone Can View It

A star went supernova in a galaxy close enough, anyone with a telescope can watch it explode for months.

1 year ago

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Space Tourists Have A Problem Using Toilets In Zero-G

Private astronauts on the International Space Station are having difficulty adjusting to zero-gravity toilets.

1 year ago

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NASA Is In Trouble For Spending An Obscene Amount To Reach The Moon

NASA is billions of dollars overbudget, and years behind schedule, for the Artemis Moon program.

1 year ago

Virgin Galactic Finishes Final Test Before Offering Tickets For Space Travel

Virgin Galactic conducted a milestone spaceflight on May 25, marking one of its final hurdles before offering commercial spaceflight services.

1 year ago

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Black Hole Missing Link Found In Our Galaxy

An intermediate-sized black hole shows researchers how the strange obejcts grow and develop.

1 year ago

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Monster Stars That Make Our Sun Look Puny Discovered

Evidence of monster stars 10,000 times the mass of our Sun have been located in deep space.

1 year ago

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Asteroid Belt Reveals Water Vapor For First Time In History, Is There Life?

Water vapor was discovered on a massive comet in our solar system’s asteroid belt.

2 years ago

Scientists Want To Launch A Wooden Satellite Into Space, Will It Work?

A satellite made of wood will launch into space next year to be more sustainable, without leaving metal parts in Earth’s atmosphere.

2 years ago

Researchers Now Know The Shape Of Our Galaxy And It’s Totally Different Than Originally Thought

It was long thought that the shape of the Milky Way Galaxy branched into four arms, but scientists now believe it’s made only of two armed spirals.

2 years ago

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Astronomers Discover Super Earth But There’s One Strange Thing About It

A Super Earth discovered by scientists has more mass than Earth but a shockingly low density for unexplained reasons.

2 years ago

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Space Rock Worth $25K If You Can Find It On Earth

A space rock that landed in Maine is worth $25k to anyone that can find it.

2 years ago

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Comet With Water In Asteroid Belt Discovered, And There’s Another Mystery

A comet was found to contain water, but it has no CO2, baffling scientists.

2 years ago

NASA Shares First Images Of A River On Mars

NASA found evidence on Mars of rivers.

2 years ago

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Saturn Just Shocked Everyone By Revealing A Ton Of New Moons

Scientists have discovered over 60 more moons orbiting Saturn than previously spotted.

2 years ago

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Largest Cosmic Explosion Ever Observed And It’s Baffling Scientists

Scientists observed a massive cosmic explosion 100 times the size of our solar system.

2 years ago

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A Meteorite Struck The Earth And Landed In The Strangest Place

An object believed to be a meteorite blasted through the roof of a New Jersey house.

2 years ago