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Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the universe
Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the universe. Scientists reported Thursday that the blast came from a super-massive black hole in a cluster of galaxies 390 million light-years...
Crater on Earth offers clues to Mars' watery past
For clues as to what a watery Mars would have looked like, scientists turned to a crater on Earth, the Nordlinger Ries crater in southern Germany.
Boom! Scientists spot the biggest known explosion in the universe
A gargantuan explosion tore through the heart of a distant galaxy cluster, releasing about five times more energy than the previous record holder, a new study reports.
The solar nebula origin of (486958) Arrokoth, a primordial contact binary in the Kuiper Belt
The New Horizons spacecraft’s encounter with the cold classical Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth (provisional designation 2014 MU69) revealed a contact-binary planetesimal. We investigated how Arrokoth formed and found that...
The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth
The Cold Classical Kuiper Belt, a class of small bodies in undisturbed orbits beyond Neptune, is composed of primitive objects preserving information about Solar System formation. In January 2019, the...
Color, composition, and thermal environment of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth
The outer Solar System object (486958) Arrokoth (provisional designation 2014 MU69) has been largely undisturbed since its formation. We studied its surface composition using data collected by the New Horizons...
Astronomers detect biggest explosion in the history of the Universe
Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe since the Big Bang. The blast came from a supermassive black hole at the centre...
Watch: Netflix shares teaser for Damien Chazelle's 'The Eddy'
"The Eddy," starring André Holland, Joanna Kulig and Amandla Stenberg, will premiere May 8 on Netflix.
Earth has a new mini-moon, but don’t get too attached
Space rocks much smaller than our moon might occasionally get stuck in our cosmic backyard. (Deposit Photos/)For the last two and a half years, the Earth may have had two moons. There’s...
Naked mole rats migrate above ground with no help from the moon
A full moon conjures an image of a person transforming into a werewolf—a mythical story of moonlight explaining the unexplainable. While werewolves may only exist in the movies, unusual animal...
'Star Wars: The High Republic' revealed: New books will introduce a bygone Jedi era
"Star Wars" is starting an epic "storytelling initiative" to fill out the history of the franchise some 200 years before the events of the 1999 movie "Star Wars: The Phantom...
Astronomers detect biggest explosion in the history of the Universe
Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe since the Big Bang.
Two private satellites just docked in space in historic first for orbital servicing
In a historic first for satellite operations, one spacecraft "helper" docked with a working satellite to provide life-extension services.
Possible new 'minimoon' discovered orbiting Earth
Astronomers discovered a 'minimoon' that's been orbiting Earth for about three years, and may soon leave our planet's orbit.
Like snowflakes, soot particles are unique, affecting climate modeling
Black carbon particles—more commonly known as soot—absorb heat in the atmosphere. For years, scientists have known that these particles are affecting Earth's warming climate, but measuring their exact effect has...
How to see Venus shining with the moon tonight
Tonight (Feb. 27), as darkness is falling, be sure to look toward the west-southwest sky to spot another beautiful celestial tableau formed by a lovely crescent moon and the brilliant...
How Newborn Stars Prepare for the Birth of Planets
An international team of astronomers used two of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world to create more than three hundred images of planet-forming disks around very young stars...
Distant star and planet get new Cree language names from national contest
A giant planet 344 light-years from Earth and the star it orbits have new names in the Cree language, thanks to a national contest.
NASA selects new instrument to continue key climate record
NASA has selected a new space-based instrument as an innovative and cost-effective approach to maintaining the 40-year data record of the balance between the solar radiation entering Earth's atmosphere and...
Earth's new 'moon': What you should know
The Minor Planet Centre has just announced that the Earth has been orbited by a second moon for the past three years or so. But while excitement about the discovery...
Exoplanet twice the size of Earth could have right conditions for life
Astronomers have found a large exoplanet that could have the right conditions for life.
'Superpuff' alien worlds could be ringed giant planets just like Saturn
All four outer planets in our solar system sport at least a few rings, but so far, we haven't observed any such features around exoplanets. That's confusing.
Trump hails India's 'impressive strides' on moon exploration, pledges greater cooperation on space
India's rapid progress in lunar exploration has the attention of the president of the United States.
How astronomers are piecing together the mysterious origins of superluminous supernovae
When a massive star reaches the end of its life, it can explode as a supernova. But there's a unique type of supernova that's much brighter that we're just starting...
Earth captures new 'mini moon'
Earth has acquired a second "mini-moon" about the size of a car, according to astronomers who spotted the object circling our planet.
50 years ago, scientists were studying why the sun’s corona is so hot
An accommodating sun, Science News, February 28, 1970 – This year’s eclipse [offers] an important opportunity for observation…. The temperature of the main body of the sun is about 6,000° Celsius, but the...
Hopes for supernova are dimming as Betelgeuse brightens
It appears that the hopes of astronomers who wanted a nearby star to explode have been dashed. After weeks of unprecedented dimming, Betelgeuse — a star in the constellation Orion —...
Satellite almost on empty gets new life after space docking
A communication satellite almost out of fuel has gotten a new life after the first space docking of its kind.