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New mission could create artificial solar eclipses in space
A team of researchers is working on a spacecraft mission that would use the moon to create artificial solar eclipses, aiding space weather monitoring.
January 30, 2026
Dorado and Mensa house the Large Magellanic Cloud
The constellations Dorado and Mensa are deep in southern skies. Between them, stretching across the border, lies the Large Magellanic Cloud.
January 30, 2026
Event Horizon Telescope probes source of 3,000-light-year-long black hole jet
New observations with the Event Horizon Telescope trace the M87 black hole jet back to its likely source, linking to the famous ring of light at the jet’s base.
January 30, 2026
AI combed Hubble’s archive, saw hundreds of cosmic anomalies
Guided by astronomers, AI combed Hubble's archive - some 100 million Hubble image cutouts - and identified more than 1,300 unusual objects.
January 29, 2026
Oldest known rock art in the world found in Indonesian cave
Scientists discovered the oldest known rock art in a cave on an island off Sulawesi, Indonesia, dated to 67,800 years old.
January 29, 2026
Messier objects are fuzzy patches in the night sky
What are Messier objects? They're a list of 110 star clusters, nebulae and galaxies, compiled by comet-hunter Charles Messier in the 1700s.
January 29, 2026
Life in Europa’s ocean still possible, new research suggests
New research shows that life in Europa's ocean could be maintained by chemical nutrients sinking into the ocean from the icy crust above.
January 28, 2026
How to photograph snowflakes from Michael Peres
An expert photographer of nature’s beauty on a minuscule scale, Michael Peres offers you tips on how to photograph snowflakes.
January 28, 2026
Challenger disaster: 40 years ago today
January 28, 1986. On today's date 40 years ago, the Space Shuttle Challenger (mission STS-51-L) exploded and broke apart 73 seconds into its flight.
January 28, 2026
Elnath is a bright star close to the galactic anticenter
The galactic anticenter is opposite the Milky Way's center from our viewpoint on Earth. The closest bright star to the anticenter is Taurus the Bull's Elnath.
January 28, 2026
