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February 19, 2024

Universe's brightest object reportedly discovered, featuring black hole the size of 17 billion suns

Astronomers have reportedly discovered the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a rapidly-growing black hole that swallows the equivalent of Earth's Sun per day.

February 18, 2024

Scientists suggest our universe is merging with ‘baby universes’ as possible theory of expansion

A new theory published late last year is offering an explanation as to why our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate: Merging with "baby" universes.

February 18, 2024

Nicolaus Copernicus: The man who stopped the sun and moved the Earth

The stars were aligned over the medieval city of Torun Feb. 19, 1473, when a boy was born who later became known as the man who stopped the sun and moved the Earth.

February 9, 2024

Italian, Swedish and Turkish astronauts land on Earth after private space trip

The crew of astronauts returned to Earth on a SpaceX capsule that landed in the Atlantic Ocean after the three-week mission to the International Space Station.

February 7, 2024

NASA announces potentially habitable ‘super-Earth,’ only 137 light-years away

A new NASA discovery found a planet of similar size to Earth that could be habitable due to its close orbit to a small star. Further investigation will be done to learn more.

February 2, 2024

Asteroid larger than New York's Empire State Building to buzz Earth on Friday

An asteroid, dubbed 2008 OS7, about the size of a skyscraper, will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday. Despite its size, it poses no threat, officials say.

January 25, 2024

Powerful Webb Telescope spies spectacular star birth cluster beyond the Milky Way

The James Webb Space Telescope has released a stunning new image revealing a massive star forming region of the Milky Way galaxy known as N79.

January 16, 2024

Witness the mesmerizing conjunction of the moon and Venus in space

Explore the moon and Venus' conjunction, along with the intricacies of astronomy, astrology and the profound connection between humanity and the cosmos.

January 10, 2024

What is the mystery light NASA’s telescope just picked up around this failed star?

Astronomers found signs of auroral activity on an isolated brown dwarf after investigating the celestial objects using the James Webb Space Telescope.

January 7, 2024

On this day in history, January 7, 1610, Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system with 80 moons. Galileo was the first to discover the moons of Jupiter on this day in history, Jan. 7, 1610.