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'Modest, humble, and uncommonly smart': How a Soviet mathematician quietly solved the mystery of planet formation "For years, he had the field of planetary formation, which he had created, virtually to himself. Most Soviet colleagues were skeptical and uninterested; his research appeared so speculative, so far removed from any evidence."
Check out our best binoculars for stargazing. In this image, a man is standing behind his car using a pair of binoculars to look at the stars.
Best binoculars for stargazing 2023: Spot stars and galaxies View our top picks of for the best binoculars for stargazing and astronomy, and peer into the cosmos whilst staying grounded.
JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata during his second spacewalk.
15 jaw-dropping spacewalk images Fearless astronauts push the limits in these epic spacewalk photos.

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(Left) a shark fin shaped rock on Mars (Right) an accompanying crab claw shaped boulder (Insert) NASA's Perseverance Rover.

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?

Space Exploration
Artists impression of a black hole destroying a nearby star. The researchers believe such a collision may be responsible for this new type of explosion.

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.

Astronomy
SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 3, 2023. It was SpaceX's 62 launch of the year, breaking the company's previous record of 61, set in 2022.

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

Space Exploration
A green fireball streaks across the sky over Alberta, Canada

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.

Meteoroids
Part of Mars being orbited by its moons

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.

Mars
Man and child using telescope at night (best telescopes)

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.

Space
The JWST’s NIRCam image of the expanding remnant of supernova 1987A.

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.

Astronomy
An illustration of a bright black hole called a quasar at the center of a bustling galaxy

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.

Astronomy
An illustration shows a tidal disruption event, a black hole ripping apart a star and devouring it.

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.

Black Holes
JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata during his second spacewalk.

15 jaw-dropping spacewalk images

By Annie Corinne Shaink published

Fearless astronauts push the limits in these epic spacewalk photos.

Space Exploration
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