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How to watch Europe launch its alien-hunting JUICE satellite live on Thursday By Briley Lewis published 12 April 23 The European Space Agency is sending a probe called JUICE to Jupiter's moons — and we've got all the info you need to watch the launch.
NASA discovers ultra-rare 'double quasar' about to collide into an unbelievably massive black hole By Joanna Thompson published 12 April 23 A rare double quasar system 10 billion light-years away could help astronomers uncover the secrets of the early universe.
'Green Monster' supernova is the youngest in the Milky Way, James Webb telescope reveals By Stephanie Pappas published 12 April 23 New James Webb Space Telescope images reveal the grisly past of Cassiopeia A, the youngest known supernova remnant in the Milky Way.
Bizarre object 10 million times brighter than the sun defies physics, NASA says By Briley Lewis published 11 April 23 A bizarre 'ultraluminous X-ray source' shines millions of times brighter than the sun, breaking a physical law called the Eddington limit, a new study finds.
Einstein was right about invisible dark matter, massive new map of the universe suggests By Ben Turner published 11 April 23 Light produced just 380,000 years after the Big Bang was warped by the universe's dark matter exactly the way Einstein predicted it would be.
'Hidden' rings of Uranus revealed in dazzling new James Webb telescope images By Brandon Specktor published 10 April 23 Astronomers zoomed in on the dusty rings around Uranus in a new series of stunning James Webb Space Telescope images.
'Runaway' black hole the size of 20 million suns caught speeding through space with a trail of newborn stars behind it By Robert Lea last updated 10 April 23 Astronomers have discovered a "runaway" black hole, potentially the first observational evidence that supermassive black holes can be ejected from their host galaxies.
Are aliens real? By Stephanie Pappas published 8 April 23 Are aliens real? While there is no current evidence for extraterrestrial life anywhere in the universe, scientists are still optimistic.
Students set to land first US rover on the moon — before NASA By Joanna Thompson published 7 April 23 Students at Carnegie Mellon University are sending America's first lunar rover to the moon this May, beating NASA to the punch by about a year.
Strange radio bursts that outshine entire galaxies may come from colliding neutron stars, new study suggests By Robert Lea published 6 April 23 Powerful bursts of radiation called fast radio bursts could be launched when neutron stars collide and merge, gravitational wave detections indicate.
