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Black holes snacking on small stars create particle accelerators that bombard Earth with cosmic rays
By Robert Lea published
Gamma rays detected by NASA's Fermi spacecraft indicate that microquasars are powered by small black holes slowly devouring stars. They pack quite a punch, bombarding Earth with cosmic rays.

Over 1,000 NASA employees saved from dismissal as Trump downsizes federal workforce
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
After the space community braced for a brutal shake-up at NASA this week, a last-minute decision on Tuesday (Feb. 18) spared over 1,000 agency employees on probationary status from being dismissed.

Largest-ever discovery of 'missing link' black holes revealed by dark energy camera (video)
By Robert Lea published
Using a revolutionary dark energy camera, astronomers have discovered the largest haul of "missing link" intermediate-mass black holes ever seen, but there should have been more.

Want a workout? Try walking to the top of the world's largest telescope (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson published
The world's largest telescope continues to take shape on the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert.

7 planets are aligned in the night sky right now. But what's that mean for science?
By Stefanie Waldek published
Not much, unless we're talking about spacecraft.

Japan's Resilience moon lander aces lunar flyby ahead of historic touchdown try (photo)
By Mike Wall published
Resilience, a lunar lander built by Japanese company ispace, zoomed within a mere 5,220 miles (8,400 kilometers) of the moon on Feb. 14.

Is Pluto a planet or not? Who cares! Our love for the King of the Kuiper Belt is stronger than ever 95 years later
By John Loeffler published
On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, whether you call it a planet or not.

James Webb Space Telescope finds our Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole blowing bubbles (image, video)
By Robert Lea published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have taken a detailed look at the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sgr A*, finding it endlessly blowing bubbles.
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