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To birth supermassive black holes in the early universe, some galaxies may have had to be sacrificed

A new study offers an unorthodox explanation for how supermassive black hole formed in the early Universe.

The Origins of Water Ice on Mercury

Who would expect water on the nearest planet to the Sun?

NASA plans to use repellent coatings to coax liquids into flowing even when there is no "down"

Not a problem many would even think possible -- but a real one nonetheless.

NASA wants to create the coolest spot in the universe

It's cool, and it's totally out there!

Magnets anchored on Mars' orbit would make the planet a second Earth, NASA says

Shields up!

Israeli company designs anti-radiation body armor to protect astronauts in space

+3 armor +25 radiation resist.

Lego celebrates the achievements of the Women of NASA with new set

Starting with science at a young age.

Earth-born methanogen bacteria species could survive in Mars' crust, new study shows

Life can be surprisingly hardy.

Twitterers compete with suggestions for newly discovered exoplanets' names -- hilarity ensues

Anyone care to wager which name popped up instantly?

European Space Agency makes all its pictures and videos free to share and use

It's time to get your space on!

Elon Musk's SpaceX just announced it will send two tourists to the Moon

SpaceX just made a stunning announcement.

NASA establishes first Space Technology Research Institutes to make Mars a self-sufficient colony

"Producing > packing" -- NASA.

NASA cancels maneuver to get Juno closer to Jupiter due to faulty fuel valves -- but that's not bad news

Named after a capricious goddess, Juno lives up to her name.

NASA finds 7 Earth-sized planets in a star nearby. Three are in the habitable zone

What a great day for science!

How to find constellations: a starter's guide

You'll never know what's written in the stars for you if you can't read them.

NASA satellite spots mile-long iceberg breaking off from Antarctic glacier

NASA's satellites witnessed the dramatic breaking of the iceberg.

The first ever supernova-in-progress seen shows we don't quite yet understand them

A really lucky find.

Winston Churchill's lost essay about life on other planets and space travel

A man ahead of his time.

You can search for your own exoplanets -- Researchers make huge dataset available

The search for extraterrestrial life is about to get some new recruits -- us.

Tomorrow, India will launch a record-shattering 104 satellite missions

I can't even muster enough willpower to count up to 104.

New estimate pins the age of our solar system's nursery

It only lasted for as little as 3 million years before making room for something grander.

NASA's mission to search for life on Europa takes shape

If we want to look for extraterrestrial life, Europa might be one of the best guesses in the solar system.

NASA team to study Kilauea volcano from ground, air, and space

NASA's bringing out the big guns.

Astronomers discover the first "middleweight" black hole

Many more might be lurking in the galaxy.

NASA creates computers that can survive on Venus, 30 years after the last landings

They'll have to face boiling acids and extreme pressures.

Astronomers discover the first white dwarf pulsar in history, ending half a century of searching

It's small but it will rip you apart using only magnetism.

Mystery of Mars' liquid past deepens. New study finds CO2 levels were too low to keep the planet warm

Things just got a whole lot more complicated.

Martian meteorite reveals volcanic activity on the Red Planet is at least 2 billion years old

There's not much going on today but Mars must have been very volcanically active.

JAXA's mission to fish for space trash thwarted by faulty tether

Cleaning up is hard.

Federal investigators find persistent cracks in SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets

Space is tough -- and SpaceX is learning that first hand.

Amazing pictures of Saturn's rings up close and personal

Eye candy!

NASA's twin astronaut study shows living in space can change our biology

An unusual, one of a kind study reveals the strange influence living in space has on our genes.

Earth's oxygen has been emigrating to the Moon for billions of years, study finds

Who wouldn't?

Wearing NASA's new Starliner space suit is reason enough to become an astronaut

Guaranteed to maintain awesomeness even at 0 atm.

Microorganisms can survive in space and on other planets, safe behind dried-up biofilms

Worry and excitement, all in one paper.

First amazing photos of Earth and its weather beamed back by NOAA's most advanced satellite

More than just pretty pictures.

European Space Agency gets 9.5% budget increase in 2017

It's good news for space exploration.

New NASA phone app is basically 'Plant Sims in Space'

Take a trip on the ISS and grow some plants.

Earth might have had 20 moonlets before they coalesced to form *the* Moon

Our humble satellite just got a heck of a lot more interesting.

You can't see a black hole but this timelapse is the next best thing

And things are about to get even more exciting.

Hubble Telescope maps Voyager's road trip

As Voyager continues to go where no other mission has gone before, it receives a bit of help from the Hubble Telescope.

What shape is the Universe, really?

The Universe is flat, according to modern research. But what does that mean?

Rubies and sapphires rain down on huge planet

Still a hellish planet, but a beautiful hellish planet at that.

Space loops: NASA shares its GIF collection

A new reaction GIF archive, courtesy of NASA.

Cosmic dust identified on cities' rooftops for the first time in history

Space -- a pretty dusty place.

Startup gets green light to travel to the moon and explore for resources

This is the first company to travel to the Moon and explore its potential for resources.

NASA plans to build robots that explore frozen worlds from metallic glass so they don't shatter

"Cold enough to shatter robots" is pretty cold in my book.

Russian-launched Progress resupply module crashes on-route to the ISS

Nobody was hurt and no one is starving but it's never fun when this happens.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft to finally reach Saturn's rings

The Cassini spacecraft, which has already had a helluva ride, is preparing for an exciting stage: studying Saturn's rings.

What China's latest X-ray positioning satellite means for deep-space exploration

Made in China might become a stamp for innovation, not replication.

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