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NASA X-ray spacecraft discovers supernova wreckage at the heart of the Milky Way
By Robert Lea Published
NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft has detected the supernova wreckage of a dead star that erupted 1,700 years ago and ejected debris at 2 million miles per hour.

Live from the moon! How lasers connected us all to NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts on their epic lunar trip
By Keith Cooper Published
A laser system, previously tested on board the International Space Station, helped to stream video directly from the Artemis 2 mission on its way around the moon.

Hubble spies a swarm of stars in a strange, irregular galaxy | Space photo of the day for June 15, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd Published
This faint galaxy is hard to look away from.

Scientists find strange changes on sun hours before a powerful X9 solar flare: 'I was not expecting what I found'
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
These results could benefit space weather forecasts.

We have 4 fundamental forces of nature. 'Quantum gravity' could help lead us to a mysterious 5th
By Robert Lea Published
Scientists think a new framework for quantum gravity could offer clues about a mysterious 5th fundamental force of nature.

'We were astonished': Millions of exoplanets could be born near active supermassive black holes
By Robert Lea Published
"We were totally amazed when we noticed this mass and size range of planet formation."

How Japanese scientists sent a real-life Transformer to the moon
By Keith Cooper Published
An autonomous rolling rover that was able to transform from a sphere into a robot successfully explored a small part of the moon in 2024.

Could the secret to black hole formation be locked away in this record-breaking ancient quasar?
By Keith Cooper Published
The quasar existed 12.9 billion years ago and shows that supermassive black holes were able to age rapidly in the early universe.
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