What to know about the Perseids and when to view the 2025 meteor shower
The Perseids meteor shower begins this week and is expected to offer one of the best astronomy shows of 2025.
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Massive black hole merger forms one 225 times the mass of the sun
Two black holes merged into one massive one, scientists from an international collaborative group said.
Privately funded crew returns to Earth after space station visit
It was the fourth private astronaut mission funded by Houston-based Axiom Space and the second commanded by veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson.
Largest piece of Mars on Earth sells for nearly $5.3 million at auction
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars sold for more than $5 million when it went up for auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's.
Webb telescope captures images of new stars forming in Cat's Paw Nebula
The Cat's Paw Nebula is about 4,000 light-years from Earth, near the constellation Scorpius.
First close-up of "cotton candy" nebula captured by world's largest telescope
A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest telescope in the world.
Blue Origin rockets 6 astrotourists on sub-orbital flight to space
Running a week late because of weather, it was clear sailing Sunday for Blue Origin's 13th passenger flight.
Fireball seen as meteorite streaks through sky over Georgia and South Carolina
The American Meteor Society said it received more than 160 reports of a fireball sighting from observers in Georgia and South Carolina.
James Webb telescope captures images of possible newly discovered exoplanet
The exoplanet, a planet beyond our solar system, has been dubbed TWA 7b after NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured evidence of it.
Crew docks at space station for 2-week commercial mission
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Grace brought a privately-financed crew of researchers to the space station for a two-week stay.
First close-up images of Mars ridges show "dramatic evidence" of water
The new images by the Curiosity rover on Mars show "dramatic evidence" of ancient groundwater in crisscrossing low ridges, NASA said.
SpaceX launches commercial crew to space station, led by veteran astronaut
Retired astronaut Peggy Whitson, America's most experienced space flier, and rookie crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off on a privately-financed flight to the space station.
World's largest telescope unveils first images of galaxies in stunning detail
The debut images from a powerful telescope at Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory show distant galaxies and star-forming regions in spectacular detail.
Video shows SpaceX Starship explosion at Texas launch site
A SpaceX Starship exploded at a launch site in Texas Wednesday night, bursting into a massive fireball.
SpaceX Starship upper stage explodes during countdown to engine test firing
A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded during ramp-up to an expected engine test firing at the company's Starbase facility on the Texas Gulf Coast. It's an apparent major setback for the program.
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