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What happens when a galaxy's supermassive black hole turns off? These dying radio galaxies could show us

Astronomers have discovered a hitherto unseen population of galaxies with fading radio lobes, revealing what happens to these vast outflows when their black hole engines stall.

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Trump signs new national space policy to enable 1,000 US rocket launches per year

The United States is updating its approach to managing spaceflights and reentries, with the goal of expanding the nation's capabilities to support more than 1,000 rocket launches per year by 2030.

Space

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' cast talks losing sleep, living up to their character's legacy, and learning to ride a horse for season 4 (interview)

"We lose so much sleep, we have crazy hours, we say crazy things, we even look crazy."

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Trump to award NASA's Artemis II astronauts the Congressional Space Medal of Honor

The NASA astronauts who flew around the moon on the Artemis II mission will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor next Friday (Aug. 28).

Space

Japan unveils Mars moon sample-return spacecraft ahead of Oct. 19 launch (photos)

Japan recently gave the world a look at the spacecraft of its MMX mission, which will launch on Oct. 19 to grab pieces of the Mars moon Phobos and haul them back to Earth.

Space

SpaceX fires up Starship ahead of megarocket’s 1st orbital flight (video)

SpaceX completed a single-engine test-firing of its next Starship spacecraft to prepare for its coming test flight, which will be the first to reach orbit.

Space

'Dark stars' could be the seeds of supermassive black holes, scientists say

A mysterious hum of gravitational waves that fills the cosmos may be the echo of long-dead "dark stars" that served as the seeds of the first supermassive black holes.

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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea (video, photos)

SpaceX launched yet another Starlink mission today (Aug. 21), sending 29 more of the broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast.

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Ancient stars dazzle in a celestial chandelier | Space photo of the day for Aug. 21, 2026

Stars scattered across the cosmos sparkle in the appropriately named Chandelier Cluster.

Space

Could 'dark photons' explain dark matter?

New research suggests that if dark matter is composed of "dark photons," it would not have heated the early cosmos like scientists thought.

Space

Chinese stem cell therapy reverses heart failure in 90% of patients, landmark trial finds

Patients who received treatment performed better on a six-minute walking test

The Independent UK

Newly discovered New Guinea snake species named after Guns N’Roses guitarist Slash

Snake is already under threat from industries like coffee farming and mining, researchers say

The Independent UK

China's Chang'e 7 moon probe will launch this weekend on the most ambitious lunar mission in history

China aims to launch its Chang'e 7 moon mission on Aug. 24 to send a lander, a rover, a hopper and a wide range of science experiments to the lunar south pole.

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SpaceX will try for 1st Starship tower catch 'in a few months,' Elon Musk says

SpaceX will likely try to make the first-ever catch of its Starship upper stage a few months from now, according to Elon Musk. He had earlier flagged late August as a potential date for the milestone.

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Microbes from Earth may survive on the moon, scientists find

"Even a bootprint or a rover's tread may create a habitable area."

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'Wet Hot American Summer': The raunchy 2000s comedy that was actually about a space station falling to Earth

Reminiscing about the summer camp Skylab disaster movie on its 25th anniversary.

Space

A weather satellite 22,000 miles above Earth saved my 2026 total solar eclipse cruise on the Mediterranean Sea

Joe Rao took to sea aboard the cruise ship Le Boréal to watch the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026. Here's what it was like.

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Ludicrous, nonsensical, an affront to canon — 'Strange New Worlds'' puppet episode is an instant classic

It could have been a disaster, but "Star Trek"'s collaboration with the Jim Henson Company is a hilarious masterpiece

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Mars Express orbiter captures detailed new video of the crater where Mark Watney was stranded in 'The Martian'

Europe's Mars Express orbiter has captured stunning telemetry to create a new flyover visualization of the Red Planet's Southern Highlands and Schiaparelli Crater in magnificent detail.

Space

Try not to be hypnotized by the 'Eye of Africa' | Space photo of the day for Aug. 20, 2026

This geologic feature has been mesmerizing astronauts since 1965.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope finds 'hidden stars' making the universe's 1st galaxies much bigger than we knew

James Webb Space Telescope is finding that between the brightest stars, the cosmic skyscrapers, there are much fainter stars, meaning early galaxies are more massive than we believed.

The Independent UK

Arabian oases were centres selling branded products 3,200 years ago, archaeologists find

Study offers way to understand how ancient objects mediated producer-consumer relationships

Space

A 96% partial lunar eclipse is just 1 week away: Here's what you need to know

Earth's curved inner shadow will darken the moon's disk during the Aug. 27-28 partial lunar eclipse.

The Independent UK

Scientists reveals some trees are actually worsening urban air quality as climate warms

Trees found to emit more of potentially toxic rubber compound as city temperatures rise

The Independent UK

Special immune cells in centenarians could be killing cancers before they grow

Researchers say special cells clone themselves when immune system comes under attack

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