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Weird 'zebra rock' on Mars is unlike anything seen before on Red Planet, NASA says
By Sascha Pare published
NASA's Perseverance rover has sent home pictures of a mysterious black-and-white striped rock, the likes of which scientists have never seen before on Mars.
A 'primordial' black hole may zoom through our solar system every decade
By Charles Q. Choi published
"If there are lots of black holes out there, some of them must surely pass through our backyard every now and then."
Mysterious, ultraheavy stars are gobbling up atmospheres like carrion, new study hints
By Paul Sutter published
Strange, ultraheavy stars that are rich in barium grow massive by cannibalizing their companions, scientists discover after finally catching these stellar leeches in the act.
Bright comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS could be visible without a telescope for the 1st time in 80,000 years. Here's how to see it this week.
By Jamie Carter published
During late September and mid-October, the much-anticipated comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could become visible to the naked-eye for skywatchers around the world.
NASA reveals images of enormous, snowman-shaped asteroid 2024 ON after its ultra-close approach to Earth
By Ben Turner published
New close-up images reveal the surprising snowman shape of "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2024 ON, which tumbled safely past our planet on Sept. 17.
'Martian dog' and dozens of other mysterious blobs found hiding under Mars' north pole in new 'gravity map'
By Harry Baker published
A new map that details gravitational anomalies on Mars has revealed 20 mysteriously dense blobs, including a dog-shaped mass, buried below the planet's north pole. And researchers have no clear idea where they came from.
James Webb Telescope goes 'extreme' and spots baby stars at the edge of the Milky Way (image)
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken things to the extreme, studying the outer edge of our own galaxy, the Milky Way and producing a stunning new image.
Space photo of the week: Entangled galaxies form cosmic smiley face in new James Webb telescope image
By Jamie Carter published
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows Arp 107, home to two merging galaxies, with two bright cores and a "bridge" of dust and gas forming a cosmic smiley face.
Could we turn the sun into a gigantic telescope?
By Paul Sutter published
Using a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, it might be possible to use the sun as a gigantic telescope to peer deep into space.
ESA's JUICE spacecraft confirmed Earth is habitable. Here's why
By Stefanie Waldek published
JUICE successfully identified water and the building blocks of life in Earth's atmosphere. In doing so, the probe headed for Jupiter's moons confirmed that its instruments are working properly.
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