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Science history: DART, humanity’s first-ever asteroid deflection mission, punches a space rock in the face — Sept. 26, 2022

By Tia Ghose published

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, and raised hopes that a space rock could be deflected from a collision course with Earth.

Asteroids
The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission (left to right): NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch, Reid Wiseman (seated), Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

Artemis Program: NASA's plan to send humans back to the moon

By Adam Mann last updated

Basic information about the Artemis program's Space Launch System and Orion capsule.

The Moon

'Shocking': Black hole found growing at 2.4 times the theoretical limit

By Brandon Specktor published

Scientists spotted an enormous black hole in the early universe that's growing at 2.4 times the theoretical Eddington limit. Studying it further could help answer one of the biggest questions in astrophysics.

Black Holes
A concept image of a Chinese moon base

New report warns that China could overtake the US as top nation in space — and it could happen 'in 5-10 years,' expert claims

By Harry Baker published

A new report from the Commercial Space Federation warns that China could soon overtake the U.S. in the "new space race." The country's rapid progression starkly contrasts the limitations imposed on NASA by record-breaking budget cuts.

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Space Exploration
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'The sun is slowly waking up': NASA warns that there may be more extreme space weather for decades to come

By Harry Baker published

A new NASA study suggests that solar activity will remain high or rise further in the coming decades, contradicting previous assumptions that the sun was quieting down — and scientists "don't completely understand" why.

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The Sun

'New' island emerges from melting ice in Alaska

By Patrick Pester published

NASA's Earth Observatory has announced that Alaska has a "brand new island" after a retreating glacier lost contact with the Prow Knob mountain landmass in Alsek Lake.

Climate change
SpaceX's Starship lifting off from Starbase, Texas, as seen from South Padre Island on August 26, 2025.

10th time lucky! SpaceX's Starship nails successful test flight after string of explosive setbacks

By Ben Turner published

SpaceX's Starship rocket has finally reversed its fortunes.

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Space
A series of red bubble looking spheres over a dark, starry background with four white cutout squares in the front enlarging four of the bubbles to show glowing balls of red light in each of the bubbles.

James Webb Space Telescope uncovers 300 mysteriously luminous objects. Are they galaxies or something else?

By Samantha Mathewson Partner Content Created With Space. published

Deep-field images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed 300 unusually energetic early galaxy candidates, offering new insights into how the universe formed and evolved over 13 billion years ago.

A planet with red patches and cream patches against a dark background.

New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if the 'queen of the underworld' gets to fly

By Nola Taylor Tillman Partner Content Created With Space. published

A conceptual mission known as "Persephone" could explore Pluto and its moons for 50 years  — if it ever gets funded and approved.

An illustration of a black hole represented by a sphere with swirls of purple and brown light around it representing its accretion disk as it sits in the darkness of space

X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'

By Samantha Mathewson Partner Content Created With Space. published

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) telescope has detected unexpected X-ray polarization from the "heartbeat black hole," formally known as IGR J17091-3624.

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