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Scientists create largest 2D map of the universe with 5.6 trillion pixels and nearly 4 billion cosmic objects
"It's part of the fabric of astronomy research now."
Scientists find 2 million active black holes, exploding stars and more, nearly doubling our view of the high-energy universe
Astronomers have nearly doubled the number of known cosmic X-ray sources.
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds': Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, & Carol Kane on season 4's big leaps and 'outside the box' episodes
"I think the producers had more time to prepare for season 4 and every episode felt incredible on the page"
Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates — 1 day to totality
Follow our live coverage of the total solar eclipse 2026 as we count down to eclipse day with the latest news, expert insight and updates before bringing you live reports from Greenland and Spain.
1-billion-year-old Mars meteorite found in Algeria is like nothing we've seen from the Red Planet
Scientists found a Martian meteorite on Earth that is finally filling in a nearly 2-billion-year-old geology-history gap on the Red Planet.
SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)
SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast today (Aug. 11).
NASA will chase the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse with balloons and a high-altitude jet
"Scientists can study the sun's corona in a way we can't from anywhere else in the solar system."
What history can teach us about the future of property rights in space (op-ed)
Without property rights in space, one of the most important economic incentives for the commercial development — and ultimately the settlement — of celestial bodies is missing.
