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'Shocking': Black hole found growing at 2.4 times the theoretical limitScientists 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.
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New report warns that China could overtake the US as top nation in space — and it could happen 'in 5-10 years,' expert claimsA 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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'The sun is slowly waking up': NASA warns that there may be more extreme space weather for decades to comeA 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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'New' island emerges from melting ice in AlaskaNASA'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.
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10th time lucky! SpaceX's Starship nails successful test flight after string of explosive setbacksSpaceX's Starship rocket has finally reversed its fortunes.
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James Webb Space Telescope uncovers 300 mysteriously luminous objects. Are they galaxies or something else?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.
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New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if the 'queen of the underworld' gets to flyA conceptual mission known as "Persephone" could explore Pluto and its moons for 50 years — if it ever gets funded and approved.
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X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'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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IBM and NASA create first-of-its-kind AI that can accurately predict violent solar flaresThe new open-source AI model, Surya, is trained on nine years of satellite imagery data and can accurately predict the sun's activity up to two hours into the future. It's 16% more effective than any other tool currently available.
