A powerful solar eruption headed for Earth could trigger a strong geomagnetic storm by Friday and stunning aurora across Canada

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Solar flare seen on sun taken by NOAA satellites.
A large solar flare erupted from the sun earlier this week generating a powerful explosion directed toward Earth.

NOAA Satellites

The black hole at the center of the Milky Way is spinning so fast, it's squishing space-time down like a football

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A cross-section showing Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX is buying a company that makes parachutes for spacecraft for $2.2 million

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A SpaceX dragon capsule splashes down after a successful mission in 2020.

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Scientists think they've finally solved the decades-long mystery of why our Milky Way galaxy is so rare

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Illustration of what the Milky Way Galaxy may look like to a distant observer.

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A cluster of sunspots 15 times bigger than Earth could send a solar storm our way as early as Saturday

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A cluster of sunspots, 15 times the size of the Earth, seen on November 23, 2023.

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Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket is ‘ready to rumble’ following full dress rehearsal

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James Webb Telescope captures colorful, glittering image of the chaotic center of the Milky Way galaxy, revealing never-before-seen details

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured this photo of the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and S. Crowe (University of Virginia)

A supermassive black hole is actually losing energy instead of gobbling it all up, new research shows

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The first image of a black hole shows the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87.

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

All the times SpaceX's Starship has exploded into a giant fireball

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Three previous explosions of Starship prototypes.

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Mars is about to disappear for 2 weeks. Here's why.

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The Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft captured this high-definition image of Mars.

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