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Astronomers have witnessed one of the most dramatic "switching on" events ever seen as a distant supermassive black hole began greedily feasting on its surrounding matter.

Europe's Ariane 5 heavy-lift vehicle is now officially retired, and the rocket's final launch on July 5 was picture-perfect.

Hum from onboard electronics that power SpaceX's internet-beaming Starlink satellites may disturb radio astronomy observations, a new study has found.

Over the 14 years since its launch, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has produced images and data proven that have transformed our understanding of the moon. But how much longer can the orbiter last?

A group founded by European air traffic controllers has signed a deal to bring improved airspace-tracking capabilities from Viasat's constellation to market next year. The post Viasat signs deal to commercialize European...

The lengthy process of putting the retired space shuttle Endeavour on display in the vertical launch position will begin this month in Los Angeles.

Mars may be a cold, dry, dead world, but it’s still part of nature. As part of nature, it displays a sort of haunted beauty as only non-living forces shape its surface over long periods of time. It’s like a rocky-pla...

The find is well-preserved and reveals evolutionary details about tunicates, possibly human origins.

Chinese commercial launch firm Landspace is set for a second attempt to reach orbit with its Zhuque-2 rocket July 12. The post China's Landspace set for second methalox rocket launch appeared first on SpaceNews.

Astronomers have witnessed one of the most dramatic "switching on" events ever seen as a distant supermassive black hole began greedily feasting on its surrounding matter.

Last week, members of ESA's astronaut support teams participated in a helicopter underwater escape training. This training is mandatory for people involved in astronaut landing operations, including flight surgeons and p...

When the RIME antenna on ESA's Juice mission failed to deploy a few days after launch, the engineering teams faced the mighty challenge of understanding the fault and rectifying it. At stake was a chance to see inside Ju...

Non-invasive imaging of packed fossils from Tanzania's Tendaguru formation helps researchers study their colonial context.

Valerie Weiss chats about her acclaimed 'Strange New Worlds' episode for Season 2.

Astronomers have known about the planet's apparent retrograde motion for centuries. Is there any truth to the astrological phenomenon?

Astronomers have known about the planet's apparent retrograde motion for centuries. Is there any truth to the astrological phenomenon?

New research, in the wake of the gravitational wave discoveries, sheds light on the environments that could lead to black hole merger events. The work is presented this week at the 2023 National Astronomy Meeting by Ph.D...

Observations of a star forming region on the outskirts of the Milky Way galaxy, where conditions from the early universe are still preserved, found that the distribution of stellar masses is not radically different from ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the most distant active supermassive black hole to date, and researchers aren't sure how it could have formed so early in the universe's history.

July's full Buck Moon -- the first of four consecutive supermoons -- rose on July 3, and an astronaut aboard the ISS snapped a stunning view of the celestial sight.

Exponential growth in Starlink orbital collision avoidance maneuvers in the past six months is sparking concerns over the long-term sustainability of satellite operations.

A research team from the University of California, Santa Cruz, have used the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility's Summit supercomputer to run one of the most complete cosmological models yet to probe the properties ...