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James Webb Space Telescope reveals new origin story for the universe's 1st supermassive black holes
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Recent James Webb Space Telescope data confirms a decade-old theory that the universe's earliest supermassive black holes formed without stars.

Night sky tonight: See the celestial queen Cassiopeia shine high overhead on Jan. 29
By Jamie Carter last updated
Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

Aurora forecast Jan. 29 - Northern lights may continue tonight as fast solar winds fuel minor storm conditions
By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
The latest aurora forecast for tonight help you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.

NASA and SpaceX move up launch of Crew-12 astronauts to Feb. 11 as relief crew after ISS medical evacuation
By Josh Dinner published
NASA and SpaceX are proceeding ahead of schedule with their next astronaut launch to the International Space Station, which is currently operating with a skeleton crew.

NASA exoplanet probe tracks interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to gauge its spin
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The interstellar visitor may still have a few things to tell us before it leaves our solar system.

How Earth's atmosphere and climate come together to create a polar vortex
By Judah Cohen, Mathew Barlow published
To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of Earth, to the stratospheric polar vortex.

See the Milky Way glow with the stars of the Summer Triangle above Egypt's Black Desert
By Anthony Wood published
Deneb, Vega and Altair are among the brightest stars in the night sky.

SpaceX targeting mid-March for 1st flight of bigger, more powerful Starship 'Version 3,' Elon Musk says
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX plans to launch the 12th test flight of its Starship megarocket in six weeks, according to Elon Musk. It will be the first mission of the bigger, more powerful Starship "V3."
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