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Perseverance rover spots a shark fin and crab claw on Mars
By Robert Lea published
Is something fishy happening on the Red Planet, or is it all in our minds again?

Astronomers discover new class of cosmic explosion brighter than 100 billion suns
By Brandon Specktor published
Dubbed 'Luminous Fast Coolers,' this new class of extreme cosmic explosion is incredibly rare — and unbelievably bright.

SpaceX launches record-breaking 62nd orbital mission of the year
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX just set a new mark for most orbital launches in a single year, breaking the company's record from 2022

Enormous fireball meteor turns the sky over Turkey green in eerie viral video
By Ben Turner published
A stunning bright-green fireball was captured by a phone camera in a playground in Turkey.

NASA may have unknowingly found and killed alien life on Mars 50 years ago, scientist claims
By Harry Baker published
One researcher hypothesizes that experiments carried out by NASA's Viking landers in 1976 could have inadvertently killed microbes living in Martian rocks. Other experts are skeptical.

Best telescopes 2023: beginner and advanced scopes for viewing the stars
By Jase Parnell-Brookes last updated
Unearth the stars at home with the best telescopes: reflectors, refractors, & cassegrains to suit every astronomer's budget.

Brightest supernova of past 420 years revealed in stunning new James Webb telescope images
By Keith Cooper published
This supernova signaled the explosive death of a supergiant star in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud.

Will the sun ever become a black hole?
By Robert Lea published
Black hole sun, won't you come? It all depends on a star's mass before it dies.

Black holes keep 'burping up' stars they destroyed years earlier, and astronomers don't know why
By Robert Lea published
Years after ripping stars to shreds, 24 black holes suddenly flared up with radio waves in inexplicable 'burping' bouts. Half of all star-killing black holes may experience the same.
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