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![An illustration shows a galaxy ensnared within a cosmic web of gas dust.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e64kebrCPiMggZAswMtVEf-320-80.jpg)
How do galaxies grow while ensnared in the universe's cosmic web?
By Robert Lea published
New simulations show how thousands of galaxies evolve by traveling through the strands of gas, dust and stars that make up the universe's "cosmic web."
![Mosaic images of the lunar surface captured by the Multiband Spectroscopic Camera (MBC) onboard Japan’s SLIM moon lander immediately after its Jan. 19 touchdown (left) and after power was restored about 10 days later (right). As the direction of the sun changed from east to west, so did the shadows cast on the lunar surface.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x7stH25VFixUyrEdQoGEoc-320-80.jpg)
Japan's SLIM moon lander may be dead for good as freezing lunar night sets in
By Andrew Jones published
Days after being revived from its initial power loss on the moon, Japan's SLIM lander will now sleep through the deep cold of lunar night — and may or may not wake up afterward.
![An illustration of the private Nova-C moon lander built by Intuitive Machines on the lunar surface.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8sj8zQQTPFtmNzqvjxyCtm-320-80.jpg)
Elon Musk's SpaceX could launch a private moon lander within weeks
By Mike Wall published
Riding aboard a SpaceX rocket, Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander is expected to lift off in mid-February, though the target window has not yet been announced.
![This illustration depicts asteroid Phaethon being heated by the Sun. The asteroid’s surface gets so hot that sodium inside Phaethon’s rock likely vaporizes and vents into space, causing it to brighten like a comet and form a tail.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8bcRhDuw2JNnAG2awSSaXK-320-80.jpg)
The Geminid meteors may be 10 times older than we thought, simulations of oddball asteroid Phaethon suggest
By Deepa Jain published
The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments toward Earth while rapidly spinning around the sun 18,000 years ago, new research suggests ― and it may fling some more soon.
![This high-exposure photo from the International Space Station shows Earth's atmospheric glow and a starry sky as the orbital complex soared 258 miles (415 kilometers) above the Pacific Ocean northeast of Papua New Guinea.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oaM7Y8Dsi4FG4PS33GAS9X-320-80.jpg)
See Earth's atmosphere glow gold in gorgeous photo taken from the International Space Station
By Samantha Mathewson published
A new photo taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station reveals a golden glow surrounding our planet in a phenomenon known as airglow.
![Proba-2 partial eclipse.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XPWbGDCSY49Vm3FrpJH7yh-320-80.jpg)
What's the longest solar eclipse in history? (And how does the April 2024 total eclipse compare?)
By Jamie Carter published
The exact same celestial geometry that will cause a total solar eclipse in North America on April 8 will produce the longest one ever, but not for another 162 years.
![An illustration of an exomoon orbiting a planet outside the solar system.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MsZQCPCLLaoZUn2wDVozDW-320-80.jpg)
Are they exomoons or not? Scientists debate existence of 1st moons seen beyond our solar system
By Robert Lea published
Team "pro-exomoon" is back to defend the discovery of the first and only exomoons potentially seen by humanity.
![An X-ray image reveals the halo of gas at the edge of a MIlky Way-like galaxy. Such haloes are thought to be hotbeds of mysterious, invisible dark matter.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A36siw3Go3e6nquzy3ZSQW-320-80.jpg)
Dark matter could be gently wobbling space-time around us — and scientists may finally know how to detect it
By Andrey Feldman published
A new paper suggests we may finally be able to uncover the identity of dark matter using the same technology that detects ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves.
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