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The universe's water is billions of years older than scientists thought — and may be nearly as old as the Big Bang itself A new study suggests that water first appeared in the universe just a couple hundred million years after the Big Bang — meaning life could have evolved billions of years earlier than previously thought.
A photo of the W-2 space capsule where it landed in Australia.
Saucer-like 'Winnebago' space capsule lands in Australia — marking 1st for commercial space industry Varda Space Industries' W-2 space capsule reentered Earth's atmosphere and touched down in the Australian outback last month, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to land Down Under.
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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope shocks scientists with image of ancient galaxy roaring back to life The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on Leo P, a tiny galaxy with some big things to say about star formation.

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A Russian Angara 1.2 rocket launches the Kosmos 2560 classified satellite, thought to be called EMKA-3, into orbit from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia on Oct. 15, 2022.

Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit

By Andrew Jones published

The classified Kosmos satellite trio has sparked intrigue in space-tracking circles.

Space Exploration
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One of our favorite beginner's telescopes — now under $300 with a 20% saving at Amazon

By Paul Brett published

Deal The AstroMaster 102AZ is one of Amazon's best selling beginner telescopes and rated for its ease of use and versatile performance.

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An irregularly shaped chunk of mineral on a black fabric.

How a 'mudball' meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America

By Keith Cooper published

"The fall of Aguas Zarcas was huge news in the country. No other fireball was as widely reported and then recovered as stones on the ground in Costa Rica in the past 150 years."

Meteoroids
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket crashed and exploded during its first-ever flight, on March 30, 2025.

Watch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video)

By Mike Wall published

A dramatic video shows Isar Aerospace's first orbital launch attempt, which ended with a fiery crash into the frigid sea about 30 seconds after liftoff.

Space Exploration
An image of the Milky Way captured by the MeerKAT radio telescope. At the center of the MeerKAT image the region surrounding the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole blazes bright. Huge vertical filamentary structures echo those captured on a smaller scale by Webb in Sagittarius C’s blue-green hydrogen cloud.

Space photo of the week: The chaotic heart of the Milky Way like you've never seen it before

By Jamie Carter published

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields affect star formation at the chaotic center of the Milky Way.

Astronomy
A bright red arc of light seen against greyish red clouds in space. hundreds of stars dot the background

Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space

By Samantha Mathewson published

A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

Black Holes
Colorful wisps of gas are visible against swirling green auroras in the night sky.

NASA launches rockets into auroras, creating breathtaking lights in Alaskan skies (photos)

By Samantha Mathewson published

The sounding rockets released vapor tracers and pressure sensors at different altitudes across central and northern Alaska during a sudden auroral substorm.

Astronomy
Global color view of Mars. A large, round, rusty-red planet. There are numerous craters all over on the planet. There is a small white circle at the top (ice cap). In the top-right quadrant of the planet there is a very large darker patch. On the bottom half there is what appears to be a long canyon that is in the shape of a smile.

Mars: Facts about the Red Planet, its moons, and possibilities for life

By Adam Mann, Brandon Specktor last updated

Discover interesting facts about Mars, its moons, its atmosphere, and the possibilities of life.

Mars
Photo of starship flying through the sky with a plume of fire and smoke

NASA signs new contract to use SpaceX's Starship — even though it keeps blowing up

By Harry Baker published

SpaceX's Starship has been awarded a NASA contract that will allow it to be considered for future missions. However, recent explosive tests have shown the supersized spacecraft is still far from mission-ready.

Space Exploration
An image of a rainbow-colored round nebula

Jaw-dropping NASA image reveals a dying star at the heart of the Helix Nebula — and it may have just murdered a planet

By Stephanie Pappas published

A new view of the Helix Nebula reveals a dying white dwarf star at the nebula's center. This star's violent eating habits could be responsible for strange X-ray emissions in the region.

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