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How do the biggest black holes in the universe form? Ripples in spacetime provide a clue
By Robert Lea published
Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics.

Artemis 2 moon launch brought nearly 350,000 people to Florida's Space Coast
By Elizabeth Howell published
About 346,000 U.S. visitors — roughly the equivalent of the population of Honolulu, Hawaii — came to Florida's Space Coast during the Artemis 2 launch campaign.

Should Saturn's huge moon Titan be humanity's next destination, after the moon and Mars?
By Leonard David published
Next month, a first-of-its-kind gathering will blueprint an eventual crewed trek to tantalizing Titan, the largest of Saturn's many moons.

Aurora forecast May 7 - Northern lights could return tonight as speedy solar wind hits
By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
The latest aurora forecast for tonight helps you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.

How an exoplanet odd couple survived by traveling in from the cold together
By Keith Cooper published
The TOI-1130 system features a rare example of a hot Jupiter exoplanet joined by another world rather than being on its own.

Europe's 1st reusable spacecraft 'Space Rider' clears key hurdles on the road to launch
By Josh Dinner published
Space Rider, a novel spacecraft concept from the European Space Agency, is passing key milestones in its tests and qualifications to bring the vehicle to flight readiness.

'Whatever Russia is testing, it's sophisticated': 2 Russian satellites get within 10 feet of each other in orbit
By Mike Wall published
Two Russian satellites got within 10 feet (3 meters) of each other recently, demonstrating a sophisticated set of orbital maneuvering skills.

3 puzzles of our universe could be solved with this new dark matter theory
By Robert Lea published
A new recipe of dark matter that interacts with itself could be the solution to three separate and vastly different cosmic puzzles.
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