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I visited the largest collection of public telescopes in the US in Oregon's high desert, and the dark skies blew me away
Located south of Bend’s outdoor playland, I visited this Pacific Northwest gem for an enchanted winter evening of astronomical wonders
Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Jan. 5, 2026: The moon met which bright star in the night sky this week?
Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines.
Strange cosmic objects spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope may be baby 'platypus' galaxies — or something entirely new
"These nine objects are special."
Is dark matter made of mysterious 'ghost particles?' Galaxy clusters could hold the answer
"WIMPs are still the leading candidate for dark matter, but billions of dollars of experiments have been done, only getting stronger and stronger upper limits, so alternative scenarios have to be considered."
NASA X-ray spacecraft reveals the shockingly violent history of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
"Nothing in my professional training as an X-ray astronomer had prepared me for something like this."
Vera Rubin Observatory spots the fastest-spinning large asteroid ever found
The Vera Rubin Observatory has found 19 new "superfast rotator" asteroids, including the fastest-spinning big space rock ever found.
Space telescopes capture breathtaking galactic hug | Space photo of the day for Jan. 8, 2026
Both NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory caught these two galaxies in a close embrace.
'Super star' being shredded by black hole releases as much energy as 400 billion suns
"This was many times more energetic than any similar event and more than any known explosion powered by the collapse of a star."
