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How far can the most powerful telescope see into space?
By Taylor Mitchell Brown published
Telescopes have come a long way since the first one was invented in 1608. So what's the most powerful telescope operating today, and how far can it see?

Earth, Mars, Venus — and a long-lost planet — may have once 'waltzed' in perfect harmony around the sun
By Abha Jain published
New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once orbited in mathematical harmony around the infant sun.

NASA unveils 9 stunning snapshots of the cosmos in X-ray vision: Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter published
Scientists have released nine dazzling images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, blending data with the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to reveal black holes, star clusters and distant galaxies like never before.

See the universe's rarest type of black hole slurp up a star in stunning animation
By Harry Baker published
Astronomers believe they have spotted an elusive intermediate-mass black hole shredding a distant star, and they have re-created the stellar murder in a stunning new animation.

The hunt for 'Planet Nine': Why there could still be something massive at the edge of the solar system
By Ian Whittaker published
The debate about an undiscovered Planet X or Planet Nine has been going on for more than 100 years.

After 54-year wait, Australia's first attempt at an orbital rocket crashes 14 seconds after liftoff
By Harry Baker published
Eris-1, the first rocket fully built by an Australian company, crashed back to Earth 14 seconds after taking off from a spaceport in Queensland. It was the country's first orbital launch attempt since 1971.
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