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This artist’s concept portrays the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* (A-star). It’s surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of hot gas. The black hole’s gravity bends light from the far side of the disk, making it appear to wrap above and below the black hole.<br />Several flaring hot spots that resemble solar flares, but on a more energetic scale, are seen in the disk. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected both bright flares and fainter flickers coming from Sagittarius A*. The flickers are so rapid they must originate very close to the black hole.
NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)
Astronomers spot flares of light near the black hole at the center of our galaxy
Turtle hatchlings of the endangered loggerhead (Caretta caretta) species head to the ocean after being released by conservationists who protect them from predators in a nursery on El Puerto beach, in the fishing village of La Sabana, La Guaira State, Venezuela, on July 29, 2022. The Ministry of Popular Power for Eco-Socialism (Minec), together with volunteers and naturalists, are developing a sea turtle conservation project aimed at protecting endangered species by collecting their eggs to nest them in a hatchery and releasing them into the sea after birth. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images/FILE
Earth’s magnetic field triggers a superpower in sea turtles that makes them ‘dance’
In this screengrab from video, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore attend a NASA press conference about Boeing Starliner on September 13, 2024.
NASA
Weeks from homecoming, Boeing Starliner astronauts want to set the record straight
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready for its inaugural launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., January 10, 2025. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Joe Skipper/Reuters
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin to lay off more than 1,000 employees
This artist’s illustration shows the largest radio jet ever found in the early Universe. The jet was first identified using the international Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) Telescope, a network of radio telescopes throughout Europe. Follow-up observations in the near-infrared with the Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph (GNIRS), and in the optical with the Hobby Eberly Telescope, were obtained to paint a complete picture of the radio jet and the quasar producing it. GNIRS is mounted on the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NOIRLab. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have valuable new insights into when the first jets formed in the Universe and how they impacted the evolution of galaxies.
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick
Largest celestial object of its kind discovered in the distant universe
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KM3NeT
Scientists detect record-breaking ‘ghost particle’ in the Mediterranean Sea
NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmoreiss (June 27, 2024) --- NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore prepare orbital plumbing hardware for installation inside the International Space Station’s bathroom, also known as the waste and hygiene compartment, located in the Tranquility module.
NASA
NASA to bring Boeing astronauts home days earlier than expected after SpaceX capsule switch-up
A close-up view of the centre of the NGC 6505 galaxy, with the bright Einstein ring around its nucleus, captured by ESA’s Euclid space telescope.
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li
Space telescope reveals rare ‘Einstein ring’ phenomenon with startling clarity
A full moon rises behind the Camlica mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday, February 24, 2024.
Emrah Gurel/AP/File
See February’s full snow moon and the last of the planetary parade
TOPSHOT - The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket sits on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on September 2, 2022. NASA will make a second attempt to launch its powerful new Moon rocket on September 3, after scrubbing a test flight earlier in the week. The highly anticipated uncrewed mission will bring the US a step closer to returning astronauts to the Moon five decades after humans last walked on the lunar surface. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
NASA says Boeing-built SLS moon rocket is ‘essential’ as company warns of layoffs
The Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft atop, is seen at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in September 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 launch to the International Space Station.
SpaceX/NASA
NASA acting head asks staff to take ‘inspiration’ from DOGE efforts as lawmakers cite Musk’s conflict of interest
Artist's impression of an asteroid. This image is not intended to reflect the characteristics of any specific known asteroid.
ESA/FILE
Newly discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher risk of hitting Earth
A livestream view of Elon Musk's personal Tesla roadster featuring a mannequin named "Starman" following its launch to space on February 6, 2018.
YouTube/SpaceX
Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid. Here’s why that points to a broader problem
This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on Dec. 2 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles (24 km).
NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
View of two grand canyons on the Moon radiating from the Schrödinger impact basin near the lunar south pole on the lunar far side. View is from orbit looking obliquely across the surface, like an astronaut in an approaching spacecraft.
Ernie T. Wright./SVS/NASA
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
An artist's impression of the flying robot set to be deployed in China's Chang'e 7 moon mission in 2026.
CCTV
China plans to send a flying robot to search for water on the moon’s far side