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The black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is behaving strangely, according to astronomers. In May, scientists observing Sagittarius A, as the black hole is known, saw something unique …

Dark matter most likely makes up an incredible 80 percent of the universe’s mass. But this single fact is the extent of our knowledge about this mysterious, all pervasive substance, with scientists …

The Perseid meteor shower peaks on Mondays and Tuesdays at night With up to 50 shooting stars every hour in the warm weather, the Perseids are considered the best meteor shower of …

Perseid meteor shower: how and when to see one of the best astronomical events of the year AccuWeather.com The Perseid meteor shower should be shocking despite the full moon of August. Here …

SEM image of corroded nickel at the surface. Credit: Mengying Liu Nickel is one of the most abundant elements on earth. It is hard, yet malleable, magnetic at room temperature, and a …

Two meteor showers, the Delta Aquarids and the Alpha Capricornids, are peaking tonight and until Tuesday morning. And with a moon that will be only 6% full, the dark skies could be …

French paleontologists found the thigh bone of a giant sauropod, a herbivorous dinosaur dating from the late Jurassic era, at an excavation site in southwest France this week. The thigh bone of …

Starhopper with its Raptor engine running. File: SpaceX SpaceX has completed its first untapped jump from Starhopper, a prototype for its planned Starhip vehicle. The brief but important test now sets the …

Elon Musk from SpaceX can imagine a nuclear device that acts like an artificial sun on Mars for its long-term terraforming plans, but NASA finally disagrees with its proposals and those of …