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NASA August 13, 2019

NASA finds evidence of 'interplanetary shock' for first time

NASA has captured a phenomenon in space that has eluded humanity for centuries — an "interplanetary shock."

Astronomy August 12, 2019

Perseid meteor shower set to peak: What you need to know

Stargazers are in for a treat on Monday and Tuesday when the annual Perseid meteor reaches its peak.

Planets August 9, 2019

Dead planets can 'broadcast' their 'zombie signals' for almost a billion years, study says

Planets that have been dead for almost a billion years may still be able to "broadcast" their signals in space, according to a new study.

Astronomy August 8, 2019

Mysterious, ancient radio signals keep pelting Earth

Sudden shrieks of radio waves from deep space keep slamming into radio telescopes on Earth, spattering those instruments' detectors with confusing data. And now, astronomers are using artificial intelligence to pinpoint the source of the shrieks, in the hope of explaining what's sending them to Earth from — researchers suspect — billions of light-years across space.

NASA August 8, 2019

NASA spots perfectly sideways galaxy that looks like a lightsaber

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted a perfectly sideways galaxy 44 million light-years from Earth, known as NGC 5866.

Astronomy August 8, 2019

Gigantic 11 billion year-old galaxies viewed for first time ever

Astronomers have spotted 39 enormous galaxies that are billions of light-years away from Earth, creating large numbers of stars the size of our Sun. They've also identified several other celestial objects previously unknown to humanity.

Astronomy August 6, 2019

Gigantic black hole with mass 40 billion times the Sun discovered by astronomers

Astronomers have potentially discovered a supermassive black hole located 700 million light years from Earth that has a mass 40 billion times that of the Sun.

Astronomy August 6, 2019

Evidence of 14B year-old 'time machine' star found 35,000 light-years from Earth

Astronomers have found evidence of one of the oldest stars in the universe, a star that lived 13.8 billion years ago, nestled inside a star that's nearly as old.

Asteroids August 2, 2019

Asteroid size of Empire State Building set to fly by Earth next week

A "potentially hazardous" asteroid that is as large as the Empire State Building will zoom past Earth next week on Aug. 10. But it's not anything to worry about, according to experts.

Planets August 2, 2019

NASA discovers 'extreme' alien planet that's shaped like a football

Using NASA's Hubble Telescope, researchers have discovered a football-shaped exoplanet 900 light-years from Earth that is being described as "hotter than hot." 

Astronomy August 1, 2019

Strange star found zooming out of our galaxy is fastest of its kind ever seen

Atronomers have discovered a new star that's the fastest of its kind in our Milky Way galaxy.