Black holes can accumulate planets and stars’ worth of material, but even they have their limits. Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole which has reached that limit. Excess material
Black holes can accumulate planets and stars’ worth of material, but even they have their limits. Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole which has reached that limit. Excess material
When NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope begins science operations in 2027, it will use a space-bending effect first predicted by Einstein back in 1916 in an attempt to crack
You’re probably aware that most of the matter of the Universe is “dark matter,” and astronomers still don’t know what it is. But 75% of the regular matter in the
A SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas exploded Wednesday night, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky.
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NASA satellites looked down on huge cracks forming in sea ice in Canada’s far north. What is it? The Amundsen Gulf is named after Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer who,
The next Blue Origin tourism mission is upon us, as the space company maintains a steady monthly pace of private suborbital launches. NS-33 will be Blue Origin’s 13th crewed launch
Candidate targets for the Rocky Worlds DDT programme in the context of the ‘Cosmic Shoreline’, including the two first selected targets (highlighted in orange). Credit: Néstor Espinoza & Mees Fix
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