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The Very Large Telescope's interferometer targeted four lasers toward the Tarantula Nebula to create an artificial star.

Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed an actively growing supermassive black hole within a galaxy just 570 million years after the Big Bang. Part of a class of small, very distant galaxies that have mystified astronomers, CANUCS-LRD-z8.6 represents a vital piece of this puzzle and challenges existing theories about the formation of galaxies and black holes in the early Universe. The discovery connects early black holes with the luminous quasars we observe today.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has identified a never-before-seen crater on the moon's surface.

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites in a nighttime liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday (Nov. 18).

The data is starting to reveal how galaxies and their black holes evolve.

"It sounds like science fiction or the stuff of Hollywood movies."

"His planet's dying, too. We're here for the same reason."

"We really needed the sensitivity of JWST. We also needed the 100 times magnification from gravitational lensing from a galaxy cluster between us and LAP1-B."

A supernova is a powerful and luminous stellar explosion. This transient astronomical event occurs during the last evolutionary stages of a massive star or when a white dwarf is triggered into runaway nuclear fusion. The explosion marks the ultimate demise of the star and briefly outshines an entire galaxy, radiating as much energy as the Sun is expected to emit over its entire lifespan.

Regular stars collapse and die once they run out of fuel for their nuclear reactions, but the white dwarfs just sit there, hanging out, for eternity.

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, reflected in the waters of the Kennedy Space Center Turnbasin. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now.

SpaceX launched of a batch of Starlink satellites on Tuesday, its first early-evening flight since the FAA lifted restrictions on commercial launches prompted by the government shutdown.

"Throwing a close companion into the mix could possibly wreak further havoc on the already complicated processes surrounding these stars."

NASA budget cuts proposed by President Donald Trump will cause a significant funding shortfall to Europe's space science missions. But the European Space Agency hopes it can save them.

Watch an Oort Cloud comet disintegrate before your eyes. Meanwhile, interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS is brighter than expected.

Dive into the dazzling depths of the universe with this galaxy-themed trivia quiz that spans cosmic facts, mysterious phenomena, and the wild wonders of deep space.

These are the Lego sets you're looking for — The UCS Lego Star Wars sets, the best of the best, ranked in a definitive round-up.

This image shows Euclid's capability to explore both our cosmic neighborhood and the deep universe beyond.

Albert Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, may not be the best recipe to describe black holes.

The big reveal will come Wednesday (Nov. 19) at 3 p.m. ET.

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