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Artist's impression of the exoplanet K2-18b
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.
A white streak of light in the night sky with purple auroras visible in the background
'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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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation is interfering with radio telescope observations

By Stefanie Waldek Partner Content Created With Space. published

Astronomers have long voiced concerns about Starlink's satellite constellation interfering with observations of the universe, and a new survey by Curtin University confirms those fears.

Solar system, computer artwork.

Earth, Mars, Venus — and a long-lost planet — may have once 'waltzed' in perfect harmony around the sun

By Abha Jain published

New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once orbited in mathematical harmony around the infant sun.

Planets
Nine new images created by its Chandra X-ray Observatory, with help from Hubble and JWST.

NASA unveils 9 stunning snapshots of the cosmos in X-ray vision: Space photo of the week

By Jamie Carter published

Scientists have released nine dazzling images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, blending data with the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to reveal black holes, star clusters and distant galaxies like never before.

Space
Looped video footage of an animation showing a star getting ripped apart by a black hole before a bright flash

See the universe's rarest type of black hole slurp up a star in stunning animation

By Harry Baker published

Astronomers believe they have spotted an elusive intermediate-mass black hole shredding a distant star, and they have re-created the stellar murder in a stunning new animation.

Black Holes

The hunt for 'Planet Nine': Why there could still be something massive at the edge of the solar system

By Ian Whittaker published

The debate about an undiscovered Planet X or Planet Nine has been going on for more than 100 years.

Planets
An aerial photo of a rocket taking off from a landing pad surrounded by smoke

After 54-year wait, Australia's first attempt at an orbital rocket crashes 14 seconds after liftoff

By Harry Baker published

Eris-1, the first rocket fully built by an Australian company, crashed back to Earth 14 seconds after taking off from a spaceport in Queensland. It was the country's first orbital launch attempt since 1971.

Space Exploration
An illustration of the Giant Molecular Cloud

This 200-light-year-wide structure could be feeding our galaxy's center: 'No one had any idea this cloud existed'

By Robert Lea Partner Content Created With Space. published

Astronomers have discovered a 200-light-year-wide Giant Molecular Cloud dubbed the Midpoint cloud that seems to be feeding star-building material to the heart of the Milky Way.

Five planets encircle a bright star in the darkness of space.

5th planet found orbiting nearby star may lie in habitable zone

By Samantha Mathewson Partner Content Created With Space. published

A super-Earth exoplanet has been detected within the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarf star, where liquid water might exist on its surface under the right atmospheric conditions.

Scientists discover fast-spinning 'unicorn' object that defies physics

By Matthew Williams published

Astronomers have detected a puzzling 'unicorn' object that's speeding up rather than slowing down, contrary to the laws of physics.

Astronomy

NASA spacecraft snaps images of lunar transit and Earth eclipse on the same day — see the photos

By Skyler Ware published

The Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on July 25 — the first when the moon passed between it and the sun, and another when Earth did the same.

The Sun
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