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Space.com

The discovery further muddies the waters when it comes to the puzzle of how some black holes grew to masses equivalent to millions or even billions of suns when the universe was less than a billion years old.

CNN

Every three nights, the telescope will image the entire visible sky, producing thousands of pictures that will let astronomers see anything that moves or changes brightness. The expectation is that in this way, Vera Rubin will …

Space.com

Crew-8 has been waiting at the space station for more than two weeks due to poor weather.

Spaceflight Now

The three astronauts and cosmonaut of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission finally have a return date to Earth following more than seven months in space. Follow our live “Space Station Operations” blog for the latest on the mission from undocking to splashdown.

Space.com

On Monday (Oct. 21) night, a bright fireball could be seen streaking across the skies over Lake Erie in the U.S. and Canada. Over 550 witness reports of the meteor were submitted to the American Meteor Society’s (AMS) “Report a Fireball” webpage; …

Space.com

A rocket launch carves an orange arc into a dark night sky in this long-. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends 20 Starlink satellites to space from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California …

Phys.Org

Octopuses are fascinating. Their eight arms gracefully whip through water and can accomplish extraordinary tasks like using tools and opening jars. While humans have one spinal cord attached to their brain, in octopuses, it’s almost like each arm has …

UC Berkeley

A new type of porous material called a covalent organic framework quickly sucks up carbon dioxide from ambient air. By Robert Sanders. stacks of blue balls forming a hollow hexagonal tube with orange and blue balls floating around.

Phys.Org

Many black holes detected to date appear to be part of a pair. These binary systems comprise a black hole and a secondary object—such as a star, a much denser neutron star, or another black hole—that spiral around each other, drawn together by the …

Smithsonian

The discovery of worms and snails confirms that these still-mysterious, dark hotspots of life extend beyond what’s visible above the crust. Margherita Bassi. Daily Correspondent. October 23, 2024 2:18 p.m. …