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CBS News

A robotic Japanese moon lander touched down on the lunar surface Friday, but it immediately suffered a power glitch of some sort that prevented its solar cells from generating the electricity needed to keep it alive in the harsh lunar environment.

Space.com

The second image of the supermassive black hole in M87 was taken by the Event Horizon Telescope shows it still has a shadow just as Einstein predicted. Comments (0). A second image of M87* the first black hole seen by humanity as it appeared in April …

CNN

The failed mission is a setback for Astrobotic and NASA, whose overall goal is to create a stable of commercially developed, relatively cheap lunar landers capable of completing robotic missions to the moon as the space agency works toward a crewed lunar …

Space.com

Astrobotic remains upbeat about its Peregrine lunar lander, despite the failure of the probe’s debut mission. Peregine launched Jan. 8 on the first flight of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket. While the launch went smoothly, …

Space.com

A Japanese lander touched down on the moon this morning (Jan. 19), but it wasn’t immediately clear if the probe survived the historic maneuver. The robotic SLIM spacecraft hit the gray dirt on schedule today at 10:20 a.m. EST, but that’s about all we …

Space.com

“Uncovering the true nature of the companion will be a turning point in our understanding of neutron stars, black holes, and whatever else might be lurking in the black hole mass gap.” Comments (0). a dark black orb in space and a white star with …

CBS News

(CNN/KDKA) — After soaring hundreds of thousands of miles through space and battling a propellant issue that dashed its plans, Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander has likely met its fiery end. The spacecraft was expected to conclude …

The New York Times

The next spacecraft that will try to reach lunar soil in one piece is from JAXA, the Japanese space agency, and is known as Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM. It is aiming for a site near the Shioli crater on the lunar near side.

CNN

Japan is on the verge of a historic attempt to land its robotic “Moon Sniper” explorer on the moon, which could make it the third country this century — and the fifth ever — to put a spacecraft safely on the lunar surface.

Space.com

A new cosmic crime scene reconstruction tells the full story of a star ripped apart by a ravenous black hole, revealing a previously unknown aspect of these tidal disruption events. Comments (1). a green swirl of gas in space.