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April 23, 2019

There are toxic fungi in space and no one knows if they're dangerous

Potentially dangerous fungi are living on space stations and spacecraft right now — but we have no idea if they're harmful for astronauts and scientists need to do much more research to figure that out.

April 23, 2019

Saturn's moon Titan has polar vortexes that can last 22 years

According to a new study, the polar vortex on Saturn's moon, Titan, can last "three-quarters of a Titan year, or about 22 Earth years."

April 23, 2019

It rains on the Sun (just not the way you think)

Astronomers have detected "plasma rain" pouring down over the solar surface, which may explain why the sun's outer atmosphere is so much hotter than the star's surface.

April 22, 2019

Lyrid meteor shower peaks this week: How to watch the starry spectacle

Stargazers are going to appreciate these April showers.

April 22, 2019

The Hubble just took a gorgeous new image of the Southern Crab Nebula's wonky gas bubbles

Twenty years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope revealed a giant crab in the sky.

April 22, 2019

NASA spots mysterious galactic 'jellyfish' in space

The government space agency said it had found a "jellyfish"-like galaxy, known as ESO 137-001, with a tail made up of long gas stretching 260,000 light-years across space.

April 19, 2019

NASA wants to send astronauts to the Moon’s mysterious South Pole

As President Trump continues to push America's space exploration program forward and have astronauts return to the Moon by 2024, NASA is attempting to do its part – it wants to send astronauts to the Moon's South Pole, a mysterious region that has never been explored by man.

April 19, 2019

China to explore asteroids and comets in upcoming mission

Following the successful landing of its Chang'e 4 spacecraft on the far side of the Moon, China is looking to expand its space program by exploring an asteroid and a comet within the next three years.

April 19, 2019

There's a tiny, bright magnetar photobombing our galaxy's supermassive black hole

There's a bright magnetar photobombing the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, frustrating astronomers' efforts to study the black hole — called Sagittarius A* — using X-ray telescopes.

April 18, 2019

America’s first woman astronaut candidate dead at 88

America’s first female astronaut candidate, pilot Jerrie Cobb, who pushed for equality in space but never reached its heights, has died.