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X-ray spacecraft watches monster black hole wake up and fire cosmic bullets at starburst galaxy
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X-ray spacecraft watches monster black hole wake up and fire cosmic bullets at starburst galaxy The research could shed light on how black holes vomit out matter and how this influences their home galaxies.
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NASA’s X-59 Prepares for Second Flight
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NASA’s X-59 Prepares for Second Flight 4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
As its team prepared for second flight, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft underwent engine run testing on Thursday, March 12, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.NASA/Jim Ross
NASA’s X-59 ...
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Dune: Part Three teaser: Five talking points from Denis Villeneuve's return to Arrakis
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Dune: Part Three teaser: Five talking points from Denis Villeneuve's return to Arrakis Paul Atreides' kids, a Duncan Idaho comeback (kinda), and Robert Pattinson's creepy new role.
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Dim Delights in Cancer
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Dim Delights in Cancer 3 Min Read
Dim Delights in Cancer
Another Hubble view of the outskirts of Messier 44 shows a variety of bright stars and many background galaxies.
Credits:
NASA, ESA and C. Scarlata (University of Minnesota – Twin Cities); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic ...
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Where are all the aliens? Maybe they just don't want to talk to us
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Where are all the aliens? Maybe they just don't want to talk to us A civilization capable of interstellar travel may also be one that has moved beyond conquest, excess and ecological self-destruction — and it therefore may not want to talk to us.
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Ryugu asteroid sample contains all five key components of DNA, scientists find
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Ryugu asteroid sample contains all five key components of DNA, scientists find A sample collected by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft from the spinning top-like asteroid contained the nucleobases adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil.
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SpaceX launches 10,000th active Starlink satellite in low Earth orbit (video)
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SpaceX launches 10,000th active Starlink satellite in low Earth orbit (video) SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets on March 17, each carrying Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. The company now has more than 10,000 active satellites in its constellation.
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Solving Asteroid Bennu’s Mysteries
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Solving Asteroid Bennu’s Mysteries NASA/Scott Eckley
These X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans released on March 17, 2026, give us a glimpse inside asteroid Bennu. They show the most common types of crack networks observed in Bennu samples; these networks solved a mystery that baffled NASA ...
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Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why
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Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why 5 Min Read
Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why
These are X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans of particles from asteroid Bennu. They show the most common types of crack networks observed in Bennu samples.
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NASA/Scott Eckley
In one ...
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Hail Yeah! NASA Researchers Use Volunteer Observations for Hail Estimates
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Hail Yeah! NASA Researchers Use Volunteer Observations for Hail Estimates The bigger the hailstone, the more damage it can cause. But scientists find that predicting hailstone size can be challenging. How quickly does hail melt as it falls?
Now, you can help tackle this question by joining the SouthEast Region CoCoRaHS ...
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Hera on course for asteroid rendezvous
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Hera on course for asteroid rendezvous A successful deep-space manoeuvre has put ESA’s Hera spacecraft on course for its rendezvous with the Didymos binary asteroid system later this year.
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A stellar year for talent: more than 400 job opportunities in 2026
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A stellar year for talent: more than 400 job opportunities in 2026 With more than 400 positions to be published in 2026, the European Space Agency has launched a recruitment drive to support ESA’s programmes, missions and strategic initiatives following the 2025 Ministerial Council in Bremen. To help make these projects a reality, we ...
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Molten lava world points to new class of planet
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Molten lava world points to new class of planet An artist’s impression of lava world L 98-59 d in orbit around its parent star. The interior of the planet could possess a vast magma ocean. Credit: Mark A. Garlick.
Astronomers may have discovered a completely new kind of planet, one ...
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How does an ice satellite detect a geomagnetic storm?
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How does an ice satellite detect a geomagnetic storm? It seems improbable that a satellite designed to monitor polar ice sheets and floating sea ice could accurately measure a disturbance in Earth’s magnetic field. But that is just what ESA’s CryoSat mission did earlier this year.
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Week in images: 09-13 March 2026
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Week in images: 09-13 March 2026 Week in images: 09-13 March 2026
Discover our week through the lens
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How to see the 3 March total lunar eclipse
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How to see the 3 March total lunar eclipse By Mark Armstrong
A total lunar eclipse is centred on the mid-Pacific 3 March, visible to observers in New Zealand and sweeping eastern Australia and western USA, with a large partial eclipse extending further east and west.
Phases of the 21 January ...
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Diamond downpours in the outer Solar System
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Diamond downpours in the outer Solar System …And now the weather…
“And now the weather” appears every month in Astronomy Now magazine. Enjoy this free sampler from the February issue ahead of Valentine’s Day.
The outer Solar System planets. Not to scale. Compilation by Astronomy Now/Greg Smye-Rumsby; original images NASA/JPL
Diamond ...
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ISS On-Orbit Status Report - NASA
ISS Daily Summary Report Discontinued Beginning Monday, July 29th, the IMC Daily Summary will be discontinued.
To learn more about the groundbreaking science and engineering happening daily on the International Space Station, please visit the space station blog at https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/, or browse a variety of space station ...
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