Scientists may have narrowed down the landing site of the Soviet Union’s Luna 9, which in 1966 became the first spacecraft to touch down softly on the moon.
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The Hubble and Chandra space telescopes are hunting for rogue black holes wandering through dwarf galaxies, which could provide a fossil record of how supermassive black hole growth in the early universe.
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“This data provides us with rare insight into how galaxies were transformed in the early universe.”
If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds.
An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star.
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Elon Musk isn’t the first person to propose the use of mass drivers on the moon. He’s following in the footsteps of space visionary Gerard O’Neill, who floated the idea back in 1974.
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A massive upheaval in the Saturnian system could have also led to the moon Hyperion.
China’s Shenzhou 21 crew rang in the Year of the Horse with an impressive celebration aboard the nation’s Tiangong Space Station that included filming a music video.
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Astronomers may finally understand why planets orbiting two suns, the real-world equivalents of the “Star Wars” planet Tatooine, are so scarce in our galaxy — and it has to do with general relativity.
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