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Space is a seemingly infinite world of wonder and discovery, filled with mysterious black holes, stunning solar flares, elusive exoplanets and countless cosmic oddities. Our team of expert science writers and editors are ready to hold a James Webb Space Telescope-size lens beyond Earth, keeping those on this planet up to date with the latest space news, articles and features. 

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A camera shows SpaceX's Starman mannequin and Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster as they fly above a ROUND Earth after launching on the first Falcon Heavy rocket test flight on Feb. 6, 2018.
15 of the weirdest things we have launched into space From a dummy-driven Tesla, to a giant disco ball, to U.S. presidents' hair, here are some of the weirdest things humans have put into space.
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An artist's impression of the Cygnus X-1 system. A stellar-mass black hole orbits with a companion star located 7,200 light years from Earth.
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A spiral galaxy in deep space.

Watch the biggest supernova in 10 years explode tonight on this free telescope livestream

By Robert Lea published

A newly discovered supernova can be watched as it develops in real-time online and for free. The livestream will begin at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) on Friday, May 26.

A Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image of the crash site of Japan's Hakuto-R lander, marked with an X

NASA uncovers shattered remains of Japanese lunar lander that mysteriously disappeared on April 25

By Joanna Thompson published

Japan's private Hakuto-R spacecraft broke into at least four large pieces of debris, according to new images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The globular star cluster Messier 4. At its center lies the intermediate size black hole.

A rare type of black hole never proven to exist could be orbiting our galaxy right now, Hubble telescope reveals

By Ben Turner published

A potential intermediate-mass black hole may be lurking in Messier 4, the nearest globular star cluster to Earth, new Hubble data reveals.

Three images of Uranus that are blue, green and red showing a weird bright spot

Raging 'polar vortex' discovered over Uranus' north pole for 1st time

By Keith Cooper published

A polar cyclone is swirling on Uranus, further showing that the planet's atmosphere is a hive of hidden activity.

An illustration of two supermassive black holes about to collide as gravitational waves spill into space

Gravitational wave lab LIGO roars back online to detect the oldest black hole collisions ever seen

By Jonas Enander published

LIGO has been upgraded to observe gigantic black hole mergers 5 billion light-years away.

A Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxies in deep space

What's the difference between outer space and deep space?

By Briley Lewis published

Space, outer space, and deep space — which is further out, and which is the real final frontier?

Video footage of a flash lighting up the night sky above an airport runway.

Rare green fireball explodes over Australia, creating bright flash visible for hundreds of miles

By Harry Baker published

The exploding meteor, known as a bolide, also created a sonic boom that shook a nearby town.

An illustration of NASA's Cassini orbiter soaring through a giant vapor jet over the moon Enceladus

James Webb telescope discovers gargantuan geyser on Saturn's moon, blasting water hundreds of miles into space

By Isobel Whitcomb published

The James Webb Space Telescope caught Saturn's icy moon Enceladus spraying a 'huge plume' of watery vapor far into space — and that plume may contain chemical ingredients for life.

An illustration of a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy.

Strange star system may hold first evidence of an ultra-rare 'dark matter star'

By Paul Sutter published

In a distant star system, a sunlike star orbits an invisible object that may be the first example of a 'boson star' made of dark matter, new research suggests.

A camera shows SpaceX's Starman mannequin and Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster as they fly above a ROUND Earth after launching on the first Falcon Heavy rocket test flight on Feb. 6, 2018.

15 of the weirdest things we have launched into space

By Harry Baker published

From a dummy-driven Tesla, to a giant disco ball, to U.S. presidents' hair, here are some of the weirdest things humans have put into space.

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