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![Each bright spot in this image, the first all-sky image by eRosita, is black hole or a neutron star.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T4wRCmn4FrHFLoGbbqnqmD-320-80.jpeg)
5 space discoveries that scientists are struggling to explain
By Brandon Specktor published
From "runaway" black holes shooting across the cosmos to secret planets in our own backyard, space is overrun with mysterious objects that scientists are clamoring to explain. Here are five of the strangest sights in the universe, as well as their possible origins.
![A photo of galaxy NGC 4449, with red and orange sparkling clouds](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Jv8qzPd9uiQqPDDiLq6V6e-320-80.jpg)
Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope spots galaxy churning out stars in overtime
By Jamie Carter published
The James Webb Space Telescope peers into NGC 4449, a small galaxy showing explosive star formation that astronomers can't quite explain.
![Comet C/2023 A3 Tsunchinshan-ATLAS](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bYF6X8E9YmtHkbf9E2KeXH-320-80.jpg)
Bright comet headed toward Earth could be visible with the naked eye
By Joe Rao published
The incoming comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS might become as brilliant as Venus during its close approach to Earth this fall, potentially making it visible to the naked eye.
![Europa](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/reowe5ut6rLzhpiZDesahm-320-80.jpg)
Space photo of the week: NASA sees a 'Platypus' move on Jupiter's moon Europa
By Jamie Carter published
The Juno spacecraft, which orbits Jupiter, has been imaging the giant planet's moon Europa and spotted apparent movement in its icy crust.
![Close-up of a gas giant is striped with tans, browns, and some faint orange. A white arrow points to a small dark dot, the shadow of a moon.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kM76SLV3QXxBe7sqkk9ZDF-320-80.jpg)
Jupiter's elusive 5th moon caught crossing the Great Red Spot in new NASA images
By Keith Cooper published
NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the elusive fifth moon of Jupiter transiting the giant planet's Great Red Spot, giving astronomers a rare view of this small but intriguing natural satellite.
![This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The black region in the center represents the black hole’s event horizon, where no light can escape the massive object’s gravitational grip. The black hole’s powerful gravity distorts space around it like a funhouse mirror. Light from background stars is stretched and smeared as the stars skim by the black hole.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GjruzeoQ2bgwSpf8pDEjk8-320-80.jpg)
32 strange places scientists are looking for aliens
By Isobel Whitcomb published
From planets and moons in our solar system to dying stars and parallel universes, here are some of the far-out places scientists are searching for alien life.
![An image of the God's Hand cometary globule. The image features pink and blue clouds against a starry background. One of the clouds is in the shape of a claw or hand.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T9JRcEvxkY8YpFCpotukrU-320-80.jpg)
Space photo of the week: 'God's Hand' leaves astronomers scratching their heads
By Jamie Carter published
A new space photo captures "God's Hand", a cometary globule in the Gum Nebula, where stars are being born.
![Visualization of the trajectory and impact of asteroid 2024 BX1.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DwuJvrdvSDgkaME9nsGE6V-320-80.gif)
Asteroid that exploded over Berlin was fastest-spinning space rock ever recorded
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists have calculated the rotational speed of asteroid 2024 BX1, which exploded over Berlin earlier this year, by letting it trail in images of the sky. It turns out, 2024 BX1 was spinning faster than any other near-Earth object ever seen.
![The Cat's Paw Nebula, photographed here by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fWCzbgKPfKtgKcYfMbsUAi-320-80.jpg)
Dusty 'Cat's Paw Nebula' contains a type of molecule never seen in space — and it's one of the largest ever found
By Victoria Atkinson published
Scientists have detected a new, unusually large molecule never seen in space before. The 13-atom molecule, called 2-methoxyethanol, was detected in the Cat's Paw Nebula.
![Hubble Telescope observations of the glorious galaxy M82, bursting with white starlight and red gas clouds. Stars are forming 10 times faster here than in our Milky Way, according to NASA.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/43L2Fg4CZLoQtP6Rpsw2rL-320-80.jpg)
Enormous explosion in 'Cigar Galaxy' reveals rare type of star never seen beyond the Milky Way
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
An incredibly brief, ultrabright explosion has led astronomers to a newfound magnetic star outside the Milky Way, which could be the first of many extragalactic magnetars, according to new research.
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