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Sun unleashes 2 colossal X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the Americas and Pacific
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
The back-to-back eruptions caused radio blackouts across two hemispheres as the active sunspots turn to face Earth.

How AI fixed the James Webb Space Telescope's blurry vision
By Tereza Pultarova published
An ultra-high-resolution instrument on board NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has been suffering from blurry vision. AI helped fix the problem.

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
By Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.

James Webb Space telescope spots 'big red dot' in the ancient universe: A ravenous supermassive black hole named 'BiRD'
By Robert Lea published
"The James Webb Space Telescope has opened a new frontier in extragalactic astrophysics, revealing objects we didn't even suspect existed, and we're only at the beginning of this adventure."

Scientists find twisting magnetic waves on the sun. Could this help solve a huge solar mystery?
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
"This discovery ends a protracted search for these waves that has its origins in the 1940s."

Dark matter obeys gravity after all — could that rule out a 5th fundamental force in the universe?
By Robert Lea published
"If such a fifth force exists, it cannot exceed 7% of the strength of gravity."

These 5 Venus missions could launch in the next decade to study Earth's 'evil twin'
By Elizabeth Howell published
Several new missions to Venus are expected in the late 2020s and early 2030s, but some of them depend on funding that may not materialize.

The hunt for dark matter: a trivia quiz
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
This quiz dives into the mysterious world of dark matter — what we know, what we don't, and how scientists are chasing shadows across the cosmos.

Hubble sees spiral galaxy in Lion's heart | Space photo of the day for Nov. 4, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The European Space Agency and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently visited the spiral galaxy NGC 3370

Scientists detect biggest black hole flare ever seen — with the power of 10 trillion suns
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have detected the most distant and biggest black hole flare ever seen, the result of a black hole ripping apart and devouring a star 30 times as massive as the sun.
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