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A routine scan of the Moon has revealed a fresh scar around the length of two football pitches laid end to end - as NASA continues with its Artemis 2 mission to return humans there10:16, 24 Mar 2026Updated 11:59, 24 Mar 2026The moon has…

Citizen scientists from NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project have identified an object traveling at an incredible 1 million miles per hour, fast enough to escape the Milky Way’s gravity. This discovery, detailed in a study…

QUICK FACTSWhat it is: A young cluster of galaxies, JADES-ID1Where it is: 12.7 billion light-years from EarthWhen it was shared: Jan. 28, 2026This stunning image showcases what astronomers think is the most distant galaxy protocluster…

A tremendously large cloud that blocked the light from a distant star has been found to consist of swirling winds of vaporized metal. Even more curious, the cloud appears to be strangely bound to a mystery body that could be a massive…

Astronomers may have discovered a previously unknown type of astronomical object, nicknamed “Cloud-9,” that could shed light on dark matter, one of the biggest mysteries in the universe.…

A team using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object — a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud considered a “relic” or remnant of early galaxy formation. Nicknamed “Cloud-9,” this is the first…

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to make its closest pass of the Earth just under a month from now, coming within around 170 million miles of us.Three months later, it’s expected to get even closer to Jupiter as it continues on…

In a single decade, we have gone from the first-ever gravitational wave detection to several hundred of them. Every time there is a new possible detection, an alert is sent out, so observatories around the world can try to catch a…

In a single decade, we have gone from the first-ever gravitational wave detection to several hundred of them. Every time there is a new possible detection, an alert is sent out, so observatories around the world can try to catch a…

An object that struck an Australian man's Tesla as he was traveling along a highway may have been a meteorite.Andrew Melville-Smith, a veterinarian from Whyalla in South Australia, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)…