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On this day in space! Nov. 22, 1989: Space Shuttle Discovery launches classified military satellite on STS-33
On Nov. 22, 1989, the space shuttle Discovery launched on a classified mission: STS-33.
What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.
Scientists get 1st good look at a 'vampire star' feeding on its victim
"If you were able to stand somewhat close to the white dwarf's pole, you would see a column of gas stretching 2,000 miles into the sky, and then fanning outward."
Astronomers finally explain the strange physics of ghostly 'radio relics' in space
A new set of computer simulations may finally explain several long-standing mysteries surrounding gigantic radio "relics" that appear when galaxy clusters collide.
How did this 20-light-year-wide 'Diamond Ring' form in space? Maybe a cosmic bubble burst
"All that remained was the particular flat shape."
James Webb Space Telescope spots a gassy baby galaxy throwing a tantrum in the early universe
The astronomers estimate that this galaxy will deplete itself of gas in only a few hundred million years.
James Webb Space Telescope spots rapidly feeding supermassive black hole in the infant universe: 'This discovery is truly remarkable.'
"This challenges our understanding of black hole and galaxy formation in the early universe."
Earth and Theia smashed to birth the moon, but did they first start out as close neighbors?
"The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner solar system. Earth and Theia are likely to have been neighbors."
