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From black holes and galaxies to Mars exploration and the latest announcements from NASA and other space agencies, you’ll find all the most exciting space news here.

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Lunar Eclipse
How to Watch This Friday's Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
ScienceAlert - DAVID DICKINSON
Eclipse season resumes on June 5th, with a fine penumbral lunar eclipse. Are you cursing the June Full Moon as it thwarts your dreams of deep-sky …
6 hours ago
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Neutron Stars
There's Now Strong Evidence That an Exotic Type of Matter Exists Inside Neutron Stars
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
Neutron stars are rising to the top of the list of the most delicious objects in the Universe. First, it was dense "nuclear pasta" beneath their …
1 hour ago
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Space
We Just Got Even More Evidence Mars Once Had a Ring
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
Mars - glorious, dusty, complex Mars - may once have been even more dazzling. New research provides even more evidence that a rubbly ring once …
17 hours ago
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Space
Astronomers Have Filmed a Black Hole Blasting Out Jets Close to The Speed of Light
ScienceAlert - EVAN GOUGH
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has spotted a distant black hole shooting out jets of material, at close to the speed of light. No worries, this beast …
1 day ago
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Universe
Patterns Formed by Spiral Galaxies Suggest The Universe's Structure Isn't Totally Random
ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr
The Universe is not a structureless mish-mash of space stuff, but there's still a lot we don't know about how it's put together. Although we know that …
1 day ago