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CNN

An artist’s illustration depicts a low-mass star that was sent on a speedy trajectory that could take it out of the Milky Way after its white dwarf companion exploded in a supernova. Adam Makarenko …

Space.com

In our solar system, scattered across one of Earth’s verdant mountains, six eggshell-white telescopes gaze into the deep universe. As one cohesive hive, the domed structures collect cosmic light to guide modern astronomers exploring space — and it is …

Space.com

Thankfully, actual black holes and stars can’t be smashed together in the lab! However, scientists can use advanced supercomputer modeling to simulate a black hole ripping apart and devouring a star in a so-called “tidal disruption event” or “TDE.” …

Space.com

NASA’s Perseverance rover, which has been exploring the ancient lakebed in Jezero crater since landing there in Feb. 2021, holds 43 sample tubes in which it continues to stash Martian material of scientific interest.

Space.com

The European Space Agency’s JUICE spacecraft — which stands for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer — has completed a historic, first-of-its-kind flyby of Earth and the moon. The craft, which launched on April 14, 2023, is now heading toward a flyby of Venus, …

Space.com

That launch will send AstroForge’s 440-pound (200 kilograms) Vestri probe to dock with a metallic near-Earth asteroid — an unprecedented leap for a commercial spacecraft. “If …

The New York Times

Rain may have been an essential ingredient for the origin of life, according to a study published on Wednesday. Life today exists as cells, which are sacs packed with DNA, RNA, proteins and other molecules. But when life arose roughly four billion …

Space.com

a detailed view of the moon with saturn passing behind it then reappearing. Lunar occultation in the early hours on Aug. 21, 2024. (Image credit: Josh …

The New York Times

When Paul Bierman, a geologist at the University of Vermont, began studying some of these samples, he made a surprising discovery. Scientists had once believed that Greenland’s ice sheet had been largely stable for the last 2.6 million years.

Scientific American

A new explanation for the Wow! signal suggests it was a chance detection of a furious flare crashing into a hydrogen cloud. But some researchers doubt that this idea has truly cracked the case. By Robin George Andrews. Printout of a narrowband radio …