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March 7, 2018

Passing through a black hole could open up a whole new future, but it would erase your past

It’s a controversial idea. But an enticing one. A new study has once again tackled the implications of a black hole’s event horizon — the point beyond which not even light can escape its gravitational pull.

March 7, 2018

A 'living dead' star that could shed light on the early universe

Adam Hadhazy, writer and editor for The Kavli Foundation, contributed this article to Space.com's

March 6, 2018

Stephen Hawking says he knows what happened before the dawn of time

It's the biggest question in the universe. What happened before the Big Bang? Now world-famous physicist Steven Hawking says he has an answer.

March 6, 2018

SpaceX launches Spanish communications satellite on landmark 50th Falcon 9 flight

SpaceX successfully launched a Spanish communications satellite early today (March 6) on the landmark 50th flight of the company's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.

March 6, 2018

China's big space lab may fall to Earth this month

The European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a new re-entry forecast for China's Tiangong-1 space lab.

March 5, 2018

'Elusive' Mercury makes an appearance this month

If there is one thing that has bothered me over my 50-some years as an amateur astronomer, it is the way that most astronomy books give the impression that the planet Mercury is very difficult, if not almost impossible to see.

March 2, 2018

The Curiosity rover just drilled into a rock on Mars for 1st time since 2016

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity just drilled into a Red Planet rock for the first time in more than a year.

March 1, 2018

Cosmic dawn: Astronomers find fingerprints of universe's first stars

The cosmic dark ages lasted no more than 180 million years.

March 1, 2018

The universe's first stars may reveal a big clue about dark matter

A big clue about the nature of mysterious dark matter may have been discovered.

March 1, 2018

Superflare blasts Proxima b, the nearest exoplanet, dimming hopes of life

The rocky planet circling the closest star to the sun got hammered by a superpowerful flare last year, a new study reports.