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Merging black holes

When black holes merge, is the diameter of the new black hole bigger?

Human Spaceflight

William Anders, NASA Astronaut and US Air Force Major General, dies at 90

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Program, and Public Engagement after Apollo

Exotic Objects, Science, Stars

A weird, repeating radio signal from space stumps astronomers

An artist’s portrayal of a warm Jupiter gas-giant planet (right) in orbit around its parent star, along with smaller companion planets. Credit: Detlev Van Ravenswaay/Science Photo Library

Exoplanets, Observing

Amateur astronomers help ID a ‘warm Jupiter’ exoplanet

Painted in 1690 by Thomas Murray, this portrait features young Edmond Halley holding a paper with a diagram of an elliptical orbit.

Science, Solar System

Edmond Halley: The man behind the comet

Starship lifts off June 6 on its fourth test flight from SpaceX’s launch facility at Boca Chica, Texas. Credit: SpaceX.

Space Exploration

SpaceX’s Starship hangs on to make first successful reentry from space

Exoplanets, Science

The most common planets in the universe might be rich in carbon

This view of Earth rising over the Moon's horizon was taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Science

Why do pictures of Earth taken from the Moon show a black sky with no stars?

JWST's infrared image from its NIRCam captured JADES-GS-z14-0, the most distant known galaxy. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), B. Johnson (CfA), S. Tacchella (Cambridge), P. Cargile (CfA)

Galaxies, Science

Webb discovers the earliest known galaxy — for now

Robotic Spaceflight, Science

The aging Hubble Space Telescope is not finished quite yet

Oleg Kononenko floats through the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station in 2008. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Oleg Kononenko reaches a record-setting 1,000 days in space