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An artist’s conception shows the orbits of both the star (in blue) and the black hole (in red), dubbed Gaia BH3, around their common center of mass. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/Space Engine (spaceengine.org)

Exotic Objects, Milky Way, Science

Astronomers uncover ‘sleeping giant’ black hole Gaia BH3, the largest ever found in the Milky Way

An meteorite in the Antarctic. Credit: University of Manchester.

A ‘shocking’ number of meteorites — and their secrets — are sinking into Antarctic ice due to global warming

An artist's conception of astronauts at work on the Moon.

Science, The Moon

What time is it on the Moon? We might soon know

An external pallet packed with old nickel-hydrogen batteries is pictured shortly after mission controllers in Houston commanded the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release it into space.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

A metal chunk that burst through a Florida home came from the ISS

NASA's EELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor) moves across snow somewhat like a snake.

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration

NASA’s snake-like EELS robot impresses in early testssssssss

Astronomers estimate 50,000 sources of near-infrared light are represented in this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. A foreground star in our own galaxy, to the right of the image center, displays Webb’s distinctive diffraction spikes. Bright white sources surrounded by a hazy glow are the galaxies of Pandora’s Cluster, a conglomeration of already-massive clusters of galaxies coming together to form a megacluster. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ivo Labbe (Swinburne), Rachel Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh), Alyssa Pagan (STScI).

Cosmology, Galaxies, Science

Dwarf galaxies turned on the lights near the dawn of time, JWST reveals

The Orion nebula as seen by the JWST, appears like a pillowy, colorful, massive cloud of gas and dust.

Exoplanets, Stars

JWST spots oceans’ worth of water evaporating from a star’s planet-forming disk

A simulation shows a plume of debris shooting off of Dimorphos.

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Solar System

NASA’s DART mission may have changed the shape of asteroid Dimorphos, new study reveals

artist's concept of the HD 63433 system

Nearest young Earth-sized planet could shed light on how terrestrial worlds evolve

Alien Life, Solar System

Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be more habitable than thought

Alien Life, Exoplanets, Planets

Exoplanets’ magnetic poles likely wander and flip like Earth’s do

The Sun’s sizzling corona is so hot thanks to tiny nanoflares, new evidence suggests