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‘Death by a thousand cuts’: James Webb Space Telescope figures out how black hole murdered Pablo’s Galaxy
Astronomers have discovered that a young galaxy was gradually starved by its central supermassive black hole, in what…
NASA Deploys Orbital Telescope Designed to Do Something Incredible
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab On Sunday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stuffed with cargo carried…
A Meteorite From Alaska May Hold the Truth About Where Earth’s Water Came From
A rare meteorite recovered from Alaska is prompting scientists to rethink how Earth got its water. New findings…
NASA Just Parked a Spacecraft 1 Million Miles from Earth, and Almost No One’s Talking About It
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has officially reached the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L1) after a…
This stunning Orion Nebula photo will make you want to grab a telescope this week
Astrophotographer Joel Martin captured a gorgeous view of the Orion Nebula (M42) shining 1,500 light-years from Earth, revealing…
‘Backward and upward and tilted’: Spaceflight causes astronauts’ brains to shift inside their skulls
Spaceflight doesn’t just change your perspective — it shifts the actual position of your brain inside your skull,…
Voyager 1 spacecraft on verge of passing major milestone after nearly 50 years
Nasa’s Voyager 1 is about to hit a remarkable milestone that puts the vastness of space into perspective…
Mars Had an Arctic-Sized Ocean, and We’re Just Now Finding Out, Say Scientists
Long thought of as a dry, barren world, Mars may once have shimmered with shades of blue. A…
Scientists stumble upon fastest-spinning asteroid moving at dizzying speed
Scientists discovered 76 asteroids, of which 16 are super-fast rotators, taking 13 minutes to 2.2 hours to complete…
“No Urgency” to Upgrade Vega C Booster, Says ESA
Credit: ESA / CNES / Optique video du CSG / S. Martin A shared solid-fuel booster upgrade that…
Europe backs transformative polar satellite constellation
About EUMETSAT EUMETSAT, Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, monitors the weather and climate from space. Based in Darmstadt, Germany,…