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ReferenceWhat is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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These mysterious objects born in violent clashes between young star systems aren't stars or planets
By Robert Lea Published
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Private Intuitive Machines moon lander declared dead after falling on its side in crater at the lunar south pole
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Scientists discover Earth's oldest impact crater in Australia
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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A monster black hole may be hiding in the galaxy next door: 'It is astounding'
By Robert Lea Published
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Spectacular photo taken from ISS shows 'gigantic jet' of upward-shooting lightning towering 50 miles over New Orleans
By Harry Baker Published
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'Primordial' helium from the birth of the solar system may be stuck in Earth's core
By Stephanie Pappas Published
 
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Black holes
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A monster black hole may be hiding in the galaxy next door: 'It is astounding'
By Robert Lea Published
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How do black holes 'leak' energy? Scientists have a new spin on the answer
By Robert Lea Published
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Black holes snacking on small stars create particle accelerators that bombard Earth with cosmic rays
By Robert Lea Published
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Largest-ever discovery of 'missing link' black holes revealed by dark energy camera (video)
By Robert Lea Published
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James Webb Space Telescope finds our Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole blowing bubbles (image, video)
By Robert Lea Published
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ReferenceBlack holes: Everything you need to know
By Nola Taylor Tillman Last updated
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Black holes vibe together in a cosmic love story for Valentine's Day written in the stars
By Robert Lea Published
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Scientists detect highest-energy ghost particle ever seen — where did it come from?
By Robert Lea Published
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Black holes could 'bend it like Beckham' to reveal hidden asymmetries of the universe
By Robert Lea Published
 
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Exoplanets
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Exoplanet with iron rain has violent winds 'like something out of science fiction'
By Robert Lea Published
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Fastest exoplanet ever is dragged through space at 1.2 million mph by hypervelocity star
By Robert Lea Published
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NASA picks SpaceX to launch Pandora exoplanet mission
By Mike Wall Published
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Temperamental stars could be ruining our view of thousands of exoplanets, Hubble Telescope finds
By Robert Lea Published
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Giant planet or 'failed star?' Newfound mystery world blurs the lines
By Keith Cooper Published
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'Roasting marshmallow' exoplanet is so hot, it rains metal. How did it form?
By Robert Lea Published
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Newly discovered super-Earth orbits in and out of its star's habitable zone. Could life survive its extreme climate?
By Keith Cooper Published
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Scientists discover exoplanet with supersonic winds — the fastest in the known universe
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Strange multi-planet system proves not all hot Jupiter exoplanets are lonely giants
By Robert Lea Published
 
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Galaxies
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How did Andromeda's dwarf galaxies form? Hubble Telescope finds more questions than answers
By Keith Cooper Published
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Astronomers discover misshapen galaxy is a cosmic predator that bears 'scars' from its last meal (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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Astronomers discover 'Quipu,' the single largest structure in the known universe
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Scientists find hints of the dark universe in 3D maps of the cosmos
By Keith Cooper Published
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Dark Energy Camera captures thousands of galaxies in stunning image
By Victoria Corless Published
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Rare string of 'cosmic pearls' dance together in the universe
By Robert Lea Published
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Running Chicken Nebula glows in gorgeous new image from Very Large Telescope in Chile
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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James Webb Space Telescope witnesses Firefly Sparkle galaxy 'being assembled brick by brick' (image, video)
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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How did the universe's most monstrous giant galaxies grow? Scientists may finally know
By Robert Lea Published
 
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Solar System
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ReferenceWhat is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Private Intuitive Machines moon lander declared dead after falling on its side in crater at the lunar south pole
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Scientists discover Earth's oldest impact crater in Australia
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Spectacular photo taken from ISS shows 'gigantic jet' of upward-shooting lightning towering 50 miles over New Orleans
By Harry Baker Published
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'Primordial' helium from the birth of the solar system may be stuck in Earth's core
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Water mining on the moon may be easier than expected, India's Chandrayaan-3 lander finds
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Intuitive Machines' private Athena probe lands near lunar south pole — but it may have tipped over
By Mike Wall Published
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Private Blue Ghost lander spotted on the moon by NASA lunar orbiter (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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Mars may have a solid inner core just like Earth
By Samantha Mathewson Published
 
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Stars
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Some baby stars in ancient stellar nurseries were born in 'fluffy' cosmic blankets
By Robert Lea Published
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'Impossible' pair of vampire stars discovered by Einstein Probe's X-ray vision
By Keith Cooper Published
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Some planet-forming stars never 'grow up' and lose their 'Peter Pan' disks
By Nola Taylor Tillman Published
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Mysterious cosmic lights turn out to be 2 undiscovered supernova remnants
By Victoria Corless Published
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Scientists 'dust for fingerprints' around a young star as it births exoplanets
By Robert Lea Published
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What are boson stars — and what do they have to do with dark matter?
By Paul Sutter Published
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A young star may soon disappear: Inside the great dimming of T Tauri
By Keith Cooper Published
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3D structure of iconic Ring Nebula gives 'a brand new view of an old astronomical friend'
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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The fastest-spinning 'vampire star' we know of is shrinking. Soon, it will explode
By Robert Lea Published
 
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'Primordial' helium from the birth of the solar system may be stuck in Earth's core
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Water mining on the moon may be easier than expected, India's Chandrayaan-3 lander finds
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Intuitive Machines' private Athena probe lands near lunar south pole — but it may have tipped over
By Mike Wall Published
 
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