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Gravitational wave detectors have "heard" the ripples in space caused by the most massive black hole merger yet. One "forbidden" by current theoretical models.

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This image tells the story of redemption for one lonely star. The young star MP Mus (PDS 66) was thought to be all alone in the Universe, surrounded by nothing but a featureless band of gas and dust called a protoplanetary disc. In most cases, the material inside a protoplanetary disc condenses to form new planets around the star, leaving large gaps where the gas and dust used to be. These features are seen in almost every disc – but not in MP Mus’s.

The private Ax-4 astronaut mission will undock from the International Space Station on Monday morning (July 14), and you can watch the action live.

Planetary construction sites around other stars are filled with pebbles, and for the first time radio telescopes have detected these tiny chunks of rock that stick together to form planets.

With the universe constantly expanding, scientists have a hard time finding where its center is.

The winners will be announced during a ceremony in September.

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers away."

SpaceX launched a mystery satellite to geostationary transfer orbit from Florida's Space Coast early Sunday morning (July 13).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts of from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Commercial GTO-1 mission, a flight for Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket early Sunday carrying the Israeli Dror 1 satellite. The mission was initially shrouded in secrecy as the satellite’s manufacturer, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), shunned any  pre-launch publicity.

Robots take on a dangerous and world-consuming fungus in Mycopunk, a new co-op shooter set in outer space. We chatted to the developers about how the fungal menace was created.

On Episode 168 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik jump into the headlines. including Sean Duffy being named interim NASA Administrator.

This B-List DC Comics character is about to shine in the limelight of James Gunn's new superhero epic.

Astrotourism is coming to Canada, thanks to an ambitious plan for a chain of six dark-sky sites along 100 miles of the spectacular Bay of Fundy coastline.

Amazon Prime Day 2025 is now over, but there are still plenty of space tech deals still available with discounts on model rockets, star projectors and drones.

The Summer Triangle is a formation of stellar bodies called an asterism, made up of the bright stars Vega, Deneb and Altair.

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the expense of the other?"

Landspace aims to debut its stainless steel Zhuque-3 rocket later this year, marking a bold step forward for China's commercial launch sector.