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'Marsquakes' reveal clues about a hidden body of water on Mars
By Victoria Corless published
A new study offers key insights into Mars' water cycle.

Vertical view of a very large telescope | Space photo of the day for May 12, 2025
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
ESO's Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones in Chile's Atacama Desert is seen from directly above while its construction continues.

James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning images of bright auroras on Jupiter (video)
By Brett Tingley published
The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its infrared eyes toward Jupiter, capturing auroras hundreds of times brighter than those on Earth glowing on the gas giant's poles.

Special relativity explained: Einstein's mind-bending theory of space, time and light
By Vicky Stein, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Einstein's paper on special relativity revolutionized light, light speed, matter and energy with a deceptively simple equation.

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.

Calling citizen scientists! Help NASA's Galaxy Zoo classify galaxies seen by James Webb Space Telescope
By Samantha Mathewson published
Through a citizen science project called Galaxy Zoo, volunteers can help astronomers analyze over 500,000 James Webb Space Telescope images and classify galaxies observed from deep space.

It's been one year since the most intense solar storm in decades created worldwide auroras. What have we learned?
By Meredith Garofalo published
It's been one year since the historic Gannon Storm lit up the night sky with auroras and piqued interest in space weather. Here's what experts say we learned from the historic event.

Doomed star circling supermassive black hole could be ripped apart in less than 6 years
By Keith Cooper published
Every time this doomed star plunges through a supermassive black hole's accretion disk, it loses orbital energy and triggers a burst of X-rays.
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