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NASA's 'AstrOlympics' Puts Athletes' Feats into Cosmic Perspective

By Elizabeth Howell published

Just in time for the Olympic Games in Rio, NASA has unveiled a new project called "AstrOlympics" that compares the feats of the athletes to amazing things found in space.

Entertainment
Supermassive Black Hole Seed

Mystery Solved? Supermassive Black Holes Likely Born Big

By Mike Wall published

Black Holes
Solar Storms Ignite X-ray "Northern Lights" on Jupiter

Solar Storms Supercharge Jupiter's Dramatic Auroras (Photo)

By Mike Wall published

Jupiter
Japan's Astro-H X-Ray Observatory Launch

Japan Launches X-Ray Observatory to Study Black Holes, Star Explosions

By Mike Wall published

Astronomy
Don't Worry, Be Happy Now

Don't Worry, Be Happy Now | Space Wallpaper

By Space.com Staff published

This cosmic grinning emoji consists of multiple galaxies in the background with the galaxies in the foreground creating a lensing effect.

Galaxies
ASTRO-H Science Instruments

Japan to Launch High-Tech X-Ray Observatory Friday: Watch Live

By Elizabeth Howell published

Astronomy
Galaxy SDSS J1126+2944

A 'Crash' Diet: Merger May Have Slimmed Down Monster Black Hole

By Nola Taylor Tillman published

A surprisingly light supermassive black hole may have shed pounds thanks to a galaxy-merger crash diet, astronomers say.

Black Holes
Supermassive Black Hole in Sagittarius A*

Milky Way's Monster Black Hole Belches Big, But Why?

By Calla Cofield published

Black Holes
Abell 1033

Colliding Galaxies Shock Particle Cloud Back to Life

By Kasandra Brabaw published

A once-bright cloud of electrons is being shocked back to life by a collision between two galaxy clusters.

Galaxies
RGG 118 Supermassive Black Hole

Tiniest Monster Black Hole Discovered

By Nola Taylor Tillman published

Black Holes
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