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NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory spotted the Dec. 4 total solar eclipse from space.

See rare total solar eclipse from nearly 1 million miles away

By Elizabeth Howell published 8 December 21

The only total solar eclipse of 2021 was one few could see and this new photo from a spacecraft nearly 1 million miles from Earth shows why.

The galaxy AGC 114905 seems to be devoid of dark matter. In this image, the stellar emission is shown in blue; and green clouds show the neutral hydrogen gas.

This faraway galaxy may be completely devoid of dark matter

By Mara Johnson-Groh published 8 December 21

On the surface, a galaxy 250 million light-years from Earth seems like any other, but a deeper look reveals a puzzling quirk: It seems to have no dark matter.

The 'mysterious hut' appears as a cube-shaped protuberance above the horizon of the lunar surface.

China is investigating a 'mysterious hut' on the far side of the moon

By Ben Turner published 7 December 21

The rover has been on the moon since January 2019

There are many ways Einstein changed the world.

7 ways Einstein changed the world

By Andrew May, Daisy Dobrijevic published 7 December 21

We take a look at the ways Einstein changed the world and shaped how we see and interact with the universe, from lasers to understanding space and time.

During totality, which lasted about 1 minute and 54 seconds, moon's shadow blocked the sun's rays.

Dazzling photos of the solar eclipse from Antarctica

By Laura Geggel published 6 December 21

Photos from the solar eclipse on Dec. 4, 2021 as seen from Antarctica.

An illustration of the Lucy mission spacecraft

Lucy mission: NASA's asteroid explorer

By Mike Jennings published 6 December 21

Reference The NASA Lucy mission will explore ancient asteroids in the farthest reaches of the solar system. Here’s how the NASA Lucy spacecraft will get the job done.

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Buzz Aldrin: Facts about the second man on the moon

By David Crookes published 6 December 21

Reference Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin was one of the first to set foot on another planetary body. Since that famous day in 1969, he has continued to show a desire to explore. This is his life story.

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The Fermi Paradox asks where are the aliens?

What is the Fermi Paradox?

By Jonathan O'Callaghan published 5 December 21

Reference The Fermi Paradox describes the contradiction that despite an abundance of planets in our galaxy, we have yet to detect alien life. Are we actually alone in the universe?

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The Leo I dwarf galaxy has an enormous black hole at its center.

Giant black hole inside a tiny satellite galaxy defies explanation

By Tereza Pultarova published 5 December 21

A tiny galaxy orbiting at the outskirts of the Milky Way appears to have a giant black hole at its center, comparable to that of the much larger Milky Way itself, and scientists don't know why.

Do you think any penguins looked up from Snow Hill Island on the Antarctic Peninsula to catch the total solar eclipse?

Rare total solar eclipse over Antarctica dazzles ... the penguins

By Jeanna Bryner published 4 December 21

Did any of the southern continent's waddling birds look up to catch the sky show?

The FASERu experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.

'Ghost particles' detected inside the Large Hadron Collider for the first time

By Ben Turner published 3 December 21

The breakthrough will allow scientists to research long sought-after high energy neutrinos.

An artist's drawing of a distant asteroid approaching Earth.

'Potentially hazardous' asteroid worth nearly $5 billion will skim past Earth this week, NASA says

By Ben Turner published 3 December 21

The mineral-rich asteroid has an estimated worth of $4.71 billion.

A close-up of three SpaceX Raptor engines clustered together for the company's Starship SN8 prototype.

Starship engine 'crisis' poses possible bankruptcy risk for SpaceX, Elon Musk says: report

By Mike Wall published 1 December 21

Elon Musk thinks that problems with SpaceX's Raptor engine production pose potentially dire consequences for the company, according to media reports.

An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on track for Dec. 22 launch

By Elizabeth Howell published 1 December 21

The generational observatory is nearly ready for space after years of delays.

Close-up view of the two bright galactic nuclei, each housing a supermassive black hole, in NGC 7727, a galaxy located 89 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius.

This pair of merging black holes is the closest to Earth we've ever found

By Tereza Pultarova published 1 December 21

A pair of supermassive black holes that will soon become one has been discovered hiding in a nearby galaxy.

The simulation showed 8 stars veering past a hungry black hole. This lucky one made it past alive.

Watch a black hole rip 4 stars to shreds in epic new NASA simulation

By Brandon Specktor published 30 November 21

NASA astronomers flung 8 stars into a black hole's path in a new simulation that tests the limits of stellar survival in the face of space's most destructive objects

An artist's depiction of a hot Jupiter orbiting its star.

This doomed alien planet has a year that lasts just 16 hours — and it's getting faster

By Meghan Bartels published 30 November 21

Astronomers spotted a new gas giant with the shortest known orbit. The world takes just 16 hours to circle its star — but someday, the dance may come to an abrupt end.

The interaction between the solar wind and the surface of asteroids may have created Earth's water

Earth's earliest water may have come from solar wind and space rocks

By Tereza Pultarova published 30 November 21

Samples from asteroid Itokawa collected by a Japanese space probe suggest that Earth's water may have come from the sun.

A view of the gas in the Magellanic System as it would appear in the night sky.

This hot 'stream' of star gas will collide with our galaxy sooner than we thought

By Brandon Specktor published 29 November 21

Researchers rewound the history of the Magellanic Stream, and found it is 5 times closer to Earth that previously thought

Illustration of a permanent lunar base by the European Space Agency

NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon by 2030 — and you can help

By Brandon Specktor published 29 November 21

NASA and the Department of Energy hope to put a nuclear fission reactor on the moon by 2030, and they need your help.