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First discovered in 1798 by German-English astronomer William Herschel, NGC 613 is a galaxy that lies in the southern constellation of Sculptor, 67 million light-years away....

A new study by an international team shows how the physics of a black hole's event horizon could allow us to harness limitless energy from them someday. The post A New Idea to Harness Energy From Black Holes appeared fir...

This night time shot of of Tokyo, Yokohama, and the numerous municipalities surrounding Tokyo Bay, was taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above the Sea of Japan....

The narrow galaxy elegantly curving around its spherical companion in this image is a fantastic example of a truly strange and very rare phenomenon!...

When it launches in the mid-2020s, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will explore an expansive range of infrared astrophysics topics. One eagerly anticipated survey will use a gravitational effect called microlens...

A "broad area announcement" Jan. 25 asks companies for information on emerging technologies that the Space Development Agency might be interested in funding if they meet specific needs. SpaceNews

Albedo, the latest space company to join the Y Combinator startup accelerator, plans to establish a satellite constellation offering Earth imagery with a resolution of 10 centimeters per pixel. SpaceNews

London-based Titan Comics dives back into "Blade Runner's" dystopian world with "Blade Runner: 2029," a sequel to last year's "Blade Runner: 2019" series.

The planets around a star called TOI-178 know how to keep a beat -- so smoothly, in fact, that scientists were able to discover new alien worlds by deciphering the system's music.

Rocket fuel is one of the most important components of any maneuverable spacecraft. That is also true for ion thrusters – while they don't use traditional chemical fuel, they do still need a feed source for their ion e...

Computers are known for their ability to spot patterns.  It's what they are good at, and over the last 50+ years they have continued to improve.  But they only know how to spot patterns if they know where to look for t...

A lot is known about galaxies. We know, for instance, that the stars within them are shaped from a blend of old star dust and molecules suspended in gas. What remains a mystery, however, is the process that leads to thes...

It was previously thought that collisions between galaxies would necessarily add to the activity of the massive black holes at their centers. However, researchers have performed the most accurate simulations of a range o...

Using a combination of telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO's VLT), astronomers have revealed a system consisting of six exoplanets, five of which are locked in a rare ...

ESA's exoplanet mission Cheops has revealed a unique planetary system consisting of six exoplanets, five of which are locked in a rare rhythmic dance as they orbit their central star. The sizes and masses of the planets,...

China's steady persistent efforts have allowed it to build a firm foundation from which to compete with the United States. SpaceNews

The urge for exploration and human curiosity combined with an enthusiasm for space will create a large market of public space investors, helping provide the capital fuel for an innovative and growing private space indust...

Located in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin), around 50 million light-years from Earth, the galaxy NGC 4535 is truly a stunning sight to behold. Despite the incredible quality of this image, taken from the NASA/ESA...

A powerful new antenna has been added to the NASA Space Communications and Navigation's Deep Space Network (DSN), which connects us to the space robots exploring our solar system. Called Deep Space Station 56, or DSS-56,...

Using the Suzaku satellite, astronomers have examined a very high energy (VHE) blazar known as PKS 2155'304. They found that the source exhibits an X-ray intraday variability, which could improve the understanding of its...

Astronomers can’t understand how distant galaxies grew so big so fast --

Space.com recently talked with Breakthrough Initiatives executive director Pete Worden about a signal coming from the vicinity of Proxima Centauri, and about the search for alien life more generally.