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NASA astronaut captures city lights streaking below ISS in stunning new photos
By Elizabeth Howell published
Microgravity makes water do weird and wonderful things. NASA astronaut Don Pettit took advantage of that fact to create a colorful ball that resembles Jupiter.
If black holes form in 'reverse Big Bang replays' they could account for dark energy
By Robert Lea published
Black hole formation could be a little Big Bang in reverse, coupling the matter of a dying star with dark energy, the mysterious force driving the accelerating expansion of the universe. Black hole formation could be a little Big Bang in reverse, coupling the matter of a dying star with dark energy, the mysterious force driving the accelerating expansion of the universe.
'Boo Deng' steals the show at NASA JPL's annual pumpkin carving contest (photos)
By Jeff Spry published
The bright minds at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory never disappoint with the clever creations at the lab's annual pumpkin carving contest.
China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts take the reins of Tiangong space station (video)
By Andrew Jones published
China's three-person Shenzhou 18 crew have passed the keys to the Tiangong space station to its new occupants.
'Alien signal' sent from Mars decoded by father-daughter team
By Brett Tingley published
A signal beamed at Earth from Mars in 2023 has finally been decoded by a father and daughter team in the United States.
Watch Jude Law lead lost kids across the galaxy in new 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' trailer
By Jeff Spry published
A new trailer has arrived for Disney+'s "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew," a new family-oriented live-action series starring Jude Law.
Hubble watches neutron stars collide and explode to create black hole and 'birth atoms'
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision that created the smallest black hole ever seen.
Satellites watch devastating floods in Spain from space (photos)
By Elizabeth Howell published
Valencia was particularly hard-hit.
X-class Halloween solar flare erupts from sun, causes radio blackouts (video)
By Meredith Garofalo published
The sun erupted with an X-class solar flare on Halloween, and solar activity is expected to remain high through Nov. 3.
Can we solve the satellite air pollution problem? Here are 4 possible fixes
By Tereza Pultarova published
New technologies including recoverable satellites and in-orbit space debris recycling could help solve the satellite air pollution problem and prevent a new ecological crisis in the future.
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