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Space.com

This could explain why some black holes are able to grow to millions or billions of times the mass of our sun. Comments (0). An illustration of a purple and gray disk of gas and dust. In the center. An artist’s impression of the spiraling magnetic wind …

CNN

But astronomers have debated just how old the vortex really is, as well as when and how it formed. Some experts believed it was centuries old and first observed by Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini in the 17th century, while others thought the …

Spaceflight Now

NASA and Boeing managers have again decided to extend the Starliner crew capsule’s stay at the International Space Station, passing up a June 26 re-entry to allow more time for analysis and testing to make sure helium leaks and thruster failures are …

CNN

Experts reconstructed the fossil skull bones of Lokiceratops, which are on display at the Museum of Evolution in Maribo, Denmark. Museum of Evolution. Editor’s note: A …

Space.com

Starliner had been scheduled to come home on June 26, but it will now stay aloft until at least July 2. Comments (0). Boeing’s white and blue Starliner spacecraft docked at the International Space Station in June 2024.

Space.com

In the upper left part of the photo are several “protostellar outflows,” or jets of gas erupting out of newborn stars. While we’ve seen such outflows before, we’ve never seen them line up in the same direction as in the JWST image; NASA likens them to ” …

Space.com

‘If we listen to the marsquakes that are moving through the subsurface, if they pass through water, they’ll create these wonderful, unique signals.’ Comments (0). View of the Mars horizon with parts of the Insight lander in the foreground.

Phys.Org

What did scientists do this week? Exactly four things, all of which are summarized below. ‘This sweet baby can hold 4.3 million suns’. Supermassive black holes: How do they get so huge? This simple question is way more complicated than it sounds.

Space.com

“This result breaks new ground in the hunt for planets in our galaxy and promises us glimpses of new distant worlds.” Comments (0). A glowing orange and brown sphere next to a brighter orange sphere. A brown dwarf orbits a bright star in this …

The Washington Post

Summer nights are the shortest but also the warmest — making them particularly appealing for skywatching. The upcoming months feature the year’s best meteor shower in August, the return of multiple planets and a partial lunar eclipse before the season …