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'Bull's-eye!' Hubble telescope spots record-shattering 9-ring galaxy — and the cosmic 'dart' that smashed through its centerScientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a record-smashing galaxy wrapped in 9 rings of stars — along with the dwarf galaxy that violently plunged through its center.
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Time-lapse of 1st black hole ever imaged reveals how matter swirls around itScientists used changes in the supermassive black hole M87*'s accretion disk to infer its orientation, size and turbulence
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Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes — and there may be billions or even trillions moreBlack holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time.
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Massive piece of space junk crashes into village in Kenya — and officials still have no idea where it came fromA 1,100-pound metal ring from a rocket smashed in to a Kenyan village, where it startled residents and flattened trees
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Astronomers spot an enormous explosion from the 1st black hole ever photographedA massive, energetic jet from Virgo A could help scientists understand how matter behaves around a black hole.
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James Webb telescope uncovers massive 'grand design' spiral galaxy in the early universe — and scientists can't explain how it got so big, so fastGalaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang has scientists stumped.
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Scientists spot 'L-shaped structures' and 'weird things' near monster black hole in epic new Hubble telescope imagesNew Hubble Space Telescope images of a black hole-powered quasar reveal 'weird' structures and gigantic jets of energy that scientists are just beginning to explain.
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NASA warns of potential 'catastrophic failure' on leaking ISS — but Russia doesn't want to fix itA five-year leak on a Russian module of the International Space Station has gotten worse over time. Now, NASA and Russia's Roscosmos space agency disagree just how bad it is.
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Why is Pluto not considered a planet?Pluto was demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006. So why is its status still so controversial today?
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Researchers spot rare 'triple-ring' galaxy that defies explanationA recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic taxonomy.
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How many moons does Jupiter have?How many moons does Jupiter have? Scientists have discovered dozens of them, but the answer may be more complicated than it seems.
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China's secret space plane has released another unknown object over EarthChina's mysterious Shenlong space plane has released an unidentified object in orbit — the seventh such object released in the past six months. The U.S. Space Force is monitoring the situation.
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'Puppy eyes' didn't evolve just for humans, study of wild dogs findsA new study debunks the idea that domestic dogs specifically evolved puppy dog eyes to tug on our heartstrings.
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James Webb telescope detects 1-of-a-kind atmosphere around 'Hell Planet' in distant star systemUsing the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered evidence of a carbon-rich atmosphere around the hellish world 55 Cancri e. This marks the best evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet.
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Japan captures 1st image of space debris from orbit, and it's spookily stunningA new Japanese mission to photograph space junk from orbit marks a milestone in orbital debris cleanup efforts.
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Nightmare fish may explain how our 'fight or flight' response evolvedA new study of vertebrate evolution reveals that we have more in common with spooky-looking fish called lampreys than we thought.
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10 weird things that happen during a solar eclipseEclipses can be strange. Here are some of the weird things you can expect to experience during the April 8 total eclipse.
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Boulders flung from NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission could crash into Mars, study predictsDozens of boulders dislodged by NASA's asteroid-smashing DART test could hit Mars in the future, new research suggests.
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How do lasers work?First predicted by Einstein more than a century ago, lasers have shaped our modern technological landscape. But how do they work?
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'Space headaches' are a literal pain for astronauts. Why do they happen?Headaches are a common and recurring problem in space, even for astronauts that don't experience them on Earth.
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NASA's Voyager 1 probe hasn't 'spoken' in 3 months and needs a 'miracle' to save itA communications glitch is preventing NASA's Voyager 1 probe — the farthest spacecraft from Earth in history — from sending home data, and mission scientists are growing concerned.
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Nuclear fusion reactor in UK sets new world record for energy outputThe JET nuclear fusion reactor in the UK has set a new world record for total energy output. However, the reactor's record-smashing test will be its last.
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Star-killing 'black hole wind' spotted in a distant galaxy could explain a major mystery at the Milky Way's centerFor the first time, scientists discovered a powerful 'black hole wind' that blew through a nearby galaxy for hundreds of days, crushing star formation and reshaping the galaxy. Something similar may already have happened in the Milky Way.
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NASA finds key ingredient for life gushing out of Saturn's icy moon EnceladusScientists have discovered complex molecules in the gas and vapor plumes escaping from Enceladus's icy core — and one of them, hydrogen cyanide, is a precursor for life.
