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What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Easter is coming late in 2025, astronomically speaking. Here's why
By Joe Rao Published
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The newest GOES weather satellite in NOAA's fleet is now fully operational (video)
By Meredith Garofalo Published
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Elon Musk's DOGE team given 'alarming degree' of access to NASA systems, House Democrats say
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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A gravitational war next door: The Large Magellanic Cloud is gradually destroying the Small Magellanic Cloud
By Robert Lea Published
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The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon
By Victoria Corless Published
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Watch April's Full Pink 'micromoon' rise this weekend with a free telescope livestream
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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Black holes
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NASA spacecraft spots monster black hole bursting with X-rays 'releasing a hundred times more energy than we have seen elsewhere'
By Robert Lea Published
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Could we use black holes to power future human civilizations? 'There is no limitation to extracting the enormous energy from a rotating black hole'
By Robert Lea Published
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What is dark matter made of? New study bolsters case for 'primordial' black holes
By Paul Sutter Published
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Black holes may obey the laws of physics after all, new theory suggests
By Robert Lea Published
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Hidden monster black hole in the galaxy next door fired stars at us like million mph cosmic bullets
By Robert Lea Published
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How do black holes 'leak' energy? Scientists have a new spin on the answer
By Robert Lea Published
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Black holes snacking on small stars create particle accelerators that bombard Earth with cosmic rays
By Robert Lea Published
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Largest-ever discovery of 'missing link' black holes revealed by dark energy camera (video)
By Robert Lea Published
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James Webb Space Telescope finds our Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole blowing bubbles (image, video)
By Robert Lea Published
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Exoplanets
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Nearby exoplanet could offer clues about atmospheres around hot, rocky alien worlds
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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How science gets tested on alien worlds: 'We quickly realize how much there is yet to discover'
By Victoria Corless Published
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What's the difference between a young exoplanet and an old one?
By Victoria Corless Published
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This newly found super-Earth might have blown off its own atmosphere
By Keith Cooper Published
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2 newly found exoplanets reignite an outstanding question about our solar system
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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James Webb Space Telescope could find signs of life on alien 'hycean' ocean worlds
By Keith Cooper Published
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Exoplanet 'baby pictures' reveal exomoons possibly taking shape around infant worlds
By Robert Lea Published
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Large alien planets may be born in chaos, NASA's retired exoplanet-hunter finds
By Robert Lea Published
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4 rocky exoplanets found around Barnard's Star, one of the sun's nearest neighbors
By Keith Cooper Published
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Galaxies
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Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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How do spiral galaxies get 'feathers'? All it takes is a little gravity
By Paul Sutter Published
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How did Andromeda's dwarf galaxies form? Hubble Telescope finds more questions than answers
By Keith Cooper Published
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Astronomers discover misshapen galaxy is a cosmic predator that bears 'scars' from its last meal (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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Astronomers discover 'Quipu,' the single largest structure in the known universe
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Scientists find hints of the dark universe in 3D maps of the cosmos
By Keith Cooper Published
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Dark Energy Camera captures thousands of galaxies in stunning image
By Victoria Corless Published
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Rare string of 'cosmic pearls' dance together in the universe
By Robert Lea Published
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Running Chicken Nebula glows in gorgeous new image from Very Large Telescope in Chile
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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Solar System
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Reference
What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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Easter is coming late in 2025, astronomically speaking. Here's why
By Joe Rao Published
-
The newest GOES weather satellite in NOAA's fleet is now fully operational (video)
By Meredith Garofalo Published
-
Elon Musk's DOGE team given 'alarming degree' of access to NASA systems, House Democrats say
By Monisha Ravisetti Published
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The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon
By Victoria Corless Published
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Watch April's Full Pink 'micromoon' rise this weekend with a free telescope livestream
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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What to expect from the newfound Comet Swan: An observer's guide
By Joe Rao Published
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Trump administration's NOAA layoffs affected the space weather service that tracks solar storms
By Meredith Garofalo Published
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China's Chang'e 6 lunar samples suggest our moon is debris from an ancient Earth impact
By Keith Cooper Published
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Stars
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Scientists find rare double-star spiral doomed for supernova explosion
By Julian Dossett Published
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Scientists are using stellar 'quakes' to peer inside stars
By Victoria Corless Published
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Hold onto your hats! Is the 'Blaze Star' T Corona Borealis about to go boom?
By Keith Cooper Published
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New research on 'Death Star' that looks like a cosmic pinwheel reduces gamma-ray burst threat to Earth
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Some baby stars in ancient stellar nurseries were born in 'fluffy' cosmic blankets
By Robert Lea Published
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'Impossible' pair of vampire stars discovered by Einstein Probe's X-ray vision
By Keith Cooper Published
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Some planet-forming stars never 'grow up' and lose their 'Peter Pan' disks
By Nola Taylor Tillman Published
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Mysterious cosmic lights turn out to be 2 undiscovered supernova remnants
By Victoria Corless Published
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Scientists 'dust for fingerprints' around a young star as it births exoplanets
By Robert Lea Published
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More about The universe
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Watch April's Full Pink 'micromoon' rise this weekend with a free telescope livestream
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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What to expect from the newfound Comet Swan: An observer's guide
By Joe Rao Published
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NASA spacecraft spots monster black hole bursting with X-rays 'releasing a hundred times more energy than we have seen elsewhere'
By Robert Lea Published
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