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Scientists track down fresh boulder falls on the moon
By Unnati Ashar published
By poring over thousands of satellite images, researchers geolocated 245 fresh boulder tracks, revealing signs of seismic activity or impact events within the last half-million years.

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
By Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.

Guess that alien planet: Are you an exoplanet expert?
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
This quiz invites you to embark on a journey across the galaxy, exploring the science and wonder behind exoplanet discovery.

Storms leave 120-mile scar in Alberta visible from space (images)
By Elizabeth Howell published
Hailstones drove into terrain in southern Alberta during a storm Aug. 20, creating a scar on the landscape visible in NASA satellites.

Scientists measure 'kick' that sent baby black hole flying away from its home for 1st time
By Robert Lea published
Everything about the Infinity Galaxy, recently discovered by the JWST, is strange. One odd feature could be the first evidence of a "direct collapse" black hole.

Astronomers discover rogue black hole speeding through distant dwarf galaxy
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have discovered a rogue intermediate mass black hole blasting out jets over 3,000 light-years from the heart of its home galaxy, where it would usually lurk.

Scientists say there's a 90% chance we could spot an exploding black hole in the next decade
By Robert Lea published
New research suggests that if primordial black holes exist, there is a 90% chance our telescopes could detect one exploding in the next 10 years.

Astronomers finally find elusive, dust-shrouded supermassive black holes at ‘Cosmic Dawn’
By Robert Lea published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope and the Subaru Telescope in powerful tandem, scientists have discovered the first shrouded supermassive black holes at Cosmic Dawn.

108 million degrees! Solar flares are far hotter than thought, study suggests
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
New research shows that solar flares are six times hotter than thought and calls for updated sun models that could improve space weather forecasting.

James Webb Space Telescope studies a 'failed star' named 'The Accident' to solve an old mystery of Jupiter and Saturn
By Robert Lea published
A study of the "failed star" brown dwarf known as "The Accident," conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope, may reveal a solution to an old mystery of Jupiter and Saturn.
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