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Did the James Webb telescope really discover aliens? The truth about K2-18b. A study suggesting the exoplanet K2-18b shows potential signs of alien life has been met with skepticism from the scientific community. Here’s the truth about what the James Webb Space Telescope saw.
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'White streak' appears over US as China dumps experimental fuel in space A recent launch of China's Zhuque-2E rocket triggered a giant white streak of light to appear above at least seven U.S. states after deploying six satellites into low-Earth orbit. The light show, which was visible in at least seven states, was the result of a "fuel dump," experts say.
An image of the Large Magellanic Cloud with blue, purple, and pink hues
Space photo of the week: Cotton candy clouds shine in one of Hubble's most beautiful images ever The Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, has been caught in the crosshairs of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Observation of 3I/ATLAS captured using the James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument.

James Webb telescope images reveal there's something strange with interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

By Patrick Pester published

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made its first observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing that the comet appears to be unusually rich in carbon dioxide.

Comets
a close-up image of a solar flare

Scientists unveil most detailed photo of a solar flare ever taken

By Skyler Ware published

Record-breaking images from the world's largest solar telescope, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, reveal a solar flare in unprecedented detail.

The Sun
SpaceX's Starship lifting off from Starbase, Texas, as seen from South Padre Island on August 26, 2025.

10th time lucky! SpaceX's Starship nails successful test flight after string of explosive setbacks

By Ben Turner published

SpaceX's Starship rocket has finally reversed its fortunes.

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An image of the asteroid Bennu produced by the OSIRIS-REx mission.

Bennu sample contains dust older than the solar system itself

By Elizabeth Howell published

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, three new studies of the asteroid's sample materials show.

Asteroids
A planet with red patches and cream patches against a dark background.

New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if the 'queen of the underworld' gets to fly

By Nola Taylor Tillman Partner Content Created With Space. published

A conceptual mission known as "Persephone" could explore Pluto and its moons for 50 years  — if it ever gets funded and approved.

A series of red bubble looking spheres over a dark, starry background with four white cutout squares in the front enlarging four of the bubbles to show glowing balls of red light in each of the bubbles.

James Webb Space Telescope uncovers 300 mysteriously luminous objects. Are they galaxies or something else?

By Samantha Mathewson Partner Content Created With Space. published

Deep-field images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed 300 unusually energetic early galaxy candidates, offering new insights into how the universe formed and evolved over 13 billion years ago.

NASA's Perseverance Rover captured this image of a strange rock on Aug. 5, 2025. 

NASA's Perseverance rover spies mysterious 'helmet' on Mars

By Daisy Dobrijevic Partner Content Created With Space. published

A medieval-looking "helmet" rock spotted by NASA's Perseverance rover adds to Mars' gallery of odd shapes.

The folded layers of eastern Candor Chasma on Mars.

Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets — Space photo of the week

By Jamie Carter published

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently photographed Candor Chasma in Mars' Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the entire solar system.

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An illustration of a black hole represented by a sphere with swirls of purple and brown light around it representing its accretion disk as it sits in the darkness of space

X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'

By Samantha Mathewson Partner Content Created With Space. published

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) telescope has detected unexpected X-ray polarization from the "heartbeat black hole," formally known as IGR J17091-3624.

Scientists may have found a powerful new space object: 'It doesn't fit comfortably into any known category'

By Keith Cooper Partner Content Created With Space. published

Nicknamed 'Punctum,' this puzzling phenomenon is highly energetic, but is only seen in millimeter-wavelength light and cannot be explained by any known object.

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