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What are fast radio bursts?

Fast radio bursts — fleeting blasts of energy that are brighter than entire galaxies — remain mysterious. Here’s what we know (and don’t know) about FRBs. Comments (0). animation showing several flashes of white light bursts from around the Milky Way.

Why there’s a rush to explore the Moon’s enigmatic South Pole

India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission is already revealing new insights about the Moon’s enigmatic South Pole. Future missions to this region are planned by the US, China and Russia, so what makes it so fascinating? I. It’s a place where no human-made object …

Watch SpaceX launch 13 satellites for the US Space Force today

Update for 10:13 am ET: SpaceX is targeting a new, later launch time for today’s Falcon 9 launch of 13 military satellites on its second Tranche-0 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency. Liftoff is now set for 11:25 a.m. EDT (1525 …

Clues to spotting life on Mars are right here on Earth

As NASA’s Perseverance rover inches along on Mars while searching for hints of ancient life, scientists on Earth are honing their skills of identifying such signs in the first place — by studying fossils of some of the oldest lifeforms on our planet.

Annular solar eclipse 2023: How to watch Oct. 14 ‘ring of fire’ in person and online

hero image for how to watch october solar elcipse please don’t use as hero. An annular solar eclipse will be visible across the Americas on Oct. 14, 2023.

NASA conducts crucial drop test ahead of Sept. 24 arrival of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample

That’s where OSIRIS-REx’s real sample capsule, containing about 8.8 ounces (250 grams) of material from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, will touch down on Sept. 24.

James Webb Space Telescope snaps stunning view of supernova’s expanding remains (photos)

This supernova, the brightest in the past 420 years, signaled the explosive death of a supergiant star in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Comments (0). A sort of hazy, blurred ring of light is seen against the backdrop of space.

Get ready for the epic ‘ring of fire’ annular solar eclipse of October 2023 with this epic NASA trailer (video)

Skywatchers outside the path of the annular eclipse can watch this spectacular event thanks to NASA.

This gamma-ray space mystery may finally be solved with new black hole simulations

A gamma-ray burst (GRB), typically associated with an exploding massive star, may have in fact come from the merger of a neutron star and a black hole. The existence of this burst, designated GRB 211211A, suggests that many GRBs attributed to exploding …

Last Super Blue Moon until 2037 lights up skies around the world (photos)

full moon shines behind the Statue of Liberty’s head, looking like a halo. Full moon and Statue of Liberty, New York, U.S. (Image credit: Fatih Aktas …