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That's no moon. It's a spinning supermassive 'Death Star' black hole shooting powerful beams across the Universe
Death Star black holes are so-called because rotate and firing their beams at different targets, like the Star Wars space station
NASA has just released a jaw-dropping video of a spacecraft's view as it zoomed past Mars. You've got to see this
Views of Mars captured by NASA's Psyche mission
Perseids 2024 | How to see this month's meteor shower
The Perseid meteor shower begins late July and peaks every August. Find out how you can spot a Perseid in the night sky this month.
This ancient star cluster should be filled with black holes from exploding stars. Astronomers just found the first one
oMEGACat BH-2 is a black hole and star binary system located with globular cluster Omega Centauri. This is the story of its discovery.
This is the faintest alien world ever photographed from Earth – and it proves exoplanet science is getting ridiculous
The team say the presence of Beta Pictoris d also helps clear up a mystery surrounding the star system.
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A 4-billion-year-old weather report. NASA rover discovers asteroid impact on Mars rivalling the one that killed the dinosaurs
Perseverance Mars rover finds evidence a 245-foot-thick pile of rock was formed by asteroids smashing into Mars during its early history.
How to see the Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower
Enjoy a moonless sky for this week's peak of the Southern Delta Aquariids.
If dark matter is everywhere, why do some galaxies seem to contain none at all?
What does it mean to find a galaxy without dark matter, or with very little of it?
Not one eclipse this summer – but two! Get ready for a solar eclipse, a Blood Moon and shooting stars all in the same month
A lunar eclipse will be visible at the end of August 2026 in North America, Europe, the UK and Africa. Here's how to see it.
Debunked! Critics say glass of water proves China faked space station video. Science says otherwise
A video released by the Chinese space agency in 2021 showed a glass of water at rest on the space station, here's why the video is real.
Space and astronomy news in brief
Brief, 1-minute reads giving you the latest, quick news in astronomy, space science and spaceflight
Saturn’s moon Titan may hold the building blocks of alien life in its methane lakes and rivers
Study suggests that life’s chemical precursors could arise in non-water environments
The cosmic explosion that wouldn't quit. Strange signal from deep space baffles astronomers
A real-life Tatooine? Astronomers discover trio of planets in rare double-sun system
Get the key facts on this story with our quick, 1-minute read Star system: astronomers have discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting a binary star system known as TOI-2267 Close proximity: the system is located 190 lightyears from Earth, which is considered relatively nearby in astronomical terms Binary nature: the two stars in the system are cool and orbit each other at a distance just eight times the distance between Earth and the Sun Record breakers: this discovery represents the coldest and most compact pair of stars known to host planets Transit first: the study marks the first time planets have
