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February 19, 2016

Space station astronauts give huge trash can the boot

The International Space Station just got a whole lot tidier.

February 18, 2016

Astronomers find supermassive black hole in giant galaxy 300 million light years away

Astronomers have found one of the largest-ever black holes in giant galaxy NGC 4889, some 300 million light years away.

February 17, 2016

Japan launches mission to study monster black holes, galaxy clusters

A space observatory that allows scientists to peer into monster-sized black holes and the remains of titanic explosions of stars was successfully launched by Japan on Wednesday.

February 17, 2016

Asteroid blaster: Russia wants to nuke meteorites

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February 17, 2016

NASA releases stunning image from Cassini's final close Enceladus flyby

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft may be retreating from Enceladus, an icy moon near the planet Saturn, but scientists shouldn't help but feel a bittersweet “mission accomplished.”

February 17, 2016

NASA offers up stunning view of Dione divided by Saturn's rings

First, NASA captured what looked like one of Saturn’s moon almost on top of the other in a bulls-eye formation. Now, it’s released a stunning image that appears to show one of its moon’s almost crashing into the planet’s rings.

February 16, 2016

Mapping Mars: Digital landscape shows contours, legend

Ordnance Survey, which is the U.K.’s national mapping agency, has created an impressive digital map of the Mars landscape.

February 12, 2016

Fears grow that Philae comet lander may never wake up

Time is running out to save the Philae space probe, which made history when it became the first to touch down on a comet more than a year ago.

February 11, 2016

Meteorite probably didn't kill man in India, NASA says

NASA has questioned whether a man was killed by a meteorite in India on Saturday, following multiple reports that the victim died after an object plunged to Earth from space.

February 11, 2016

Scientists find evidence of gravitational waves predicted by Einstein

After decades of searching, scientists announced Thursday that they have detected gravitational waves which are ripples in the fabric of space-time that Einstein predicted.