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Exotic Objects, Galaxies, Science

Scientists discover 12 star-gobbling black holes shining in infrared light

Music from planetary orbits, created by astronomers at the European Southern Observatory.

Exoplanets, Science, Solar System

The beautifully harmonic patterns in space, explained by an astronomer

OSIRIS-REx’s TAGSAM sample collector

Top 10 space stories of 2023

Venus and Mars in close conjunction in the dawn sky on October 5, 2017.

Sky This Month: February 2024

The first fragment of 2024 BX1 recovered by the Natural History Museum/DLR/Freie Universtaet Berlin team. Credit: Natural History Museum in Berlin.

Scientists have recovered pieces of the asteroid that burned up over Germany

This map shows the night sky at different times in December, January, and February. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly

A scientific guide to zodiac signs, history, and flaws

Human Spaceflight, Solar System

Evidence shows the Moon’s south pole is probably not the best place to land

A composite showing 19 JWST photos of spiral galaxies.

Galaxies, Science

See the 19 latest awe-inspiring spiral galaxy images from the JWST

An artist's impression of exoplanet WASP-69 b orbiting its host star. Credit: Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory

Exoplanets, Science

Exoplanet WASP-69 b is followed by a staggeringly long tail

Astronomers spy a small, cool exoplanet with a months-long year

Robert Wilson (left) and Arno Penzias unexpectedly discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation with this horn-shaped antenna. Credit: Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Cosmology, Science

Remembering Arno Penzias, who confirmed the origin of our universe

Artist's concept of the Lunar Vertext rover

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Vertex Moon mission getting closer to launch