Artificial intelligence may have just given astronomers a better idea of what black holes really look like

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A comparison of two images of a black hole. The left is blurrier, with a larger orange ring around a black center. The right has a thinner ring, and was produced by AI.
A comparison of the original image (left), captured in 2019, and a new version supplemented by artificial intelligence that scientists believe is closer to what the black hole may actually look like.

Lia Medeiros via The Associated Press

Dramatic image shows a 'plasma waterfall' on the sun that's 8 times the size of Earth

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A picture of the sun shows a square prominence sticking out of the sun like a waterfall
A solar plasma "waterfall" was spotted on the sun recently. More odd solar phenomena has been seen recently as the sun nears a peak of activity.

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China could start building a moon base with lunar-soil bricks in 5 years, amid NASA fears of a moon territory dispute

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Screen shows footages of spacecraft for Chang'e-5 Mission, during an event on China’s lunar exploration program, at the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing
A screen shows footage of Chang'e-5, China's lunar sample-return mission, during an event in Beijing.

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A meteorite crashed in Maine. A museum there is offering a $25,000 prize for whoever finds it.

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A map showing where NASA believes the meteorite crashed in Maine.
NASA believes the meteorite crashed near Maine's border with Canada.

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What went wrong at Virgin Orbit? 4 red flags signaled trouble for Richard Branson's satellite launch firm.

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Richard Branson, next to Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl
Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has filed for bankruptcy protection.

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An asteroid nearly the size of a skyscraper will whiz between the Earth and the moon on Saturday in a once-in-a-decade event

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(7-19 Dec. 1972) --- The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program.
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NASA video shows a giant churning tornado on the sun as tall as 14 Earths, hurling plasma into space

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A video taken on March 17, 2023 shows a solar tornado spinning above the sun's surface.
A video taken on March 17, 2023 shows a solar tornado spinning above the sun's surface.

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When, where, and how to see the rare alignment of 5 planets in the night sky this month

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Mars, Uranus, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury on a sky background
Top to bottom: Mars, Uranus, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury will align like this in late March. This image is not to scale. Images of the planets have been overlaid on the sky to show their order.

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Relativity Space made history by launching the first 3D printed rocket into space. Here's how the company aims to beat Elon Musk to Mars by 2024.

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A photomontage shows Terran 1 ready to launch on its launchpad next to a picture of the rocket's trajectory after launch.
Terran 1 launched on March 22, 2023, but failed to reach orbit.

Trevor Mahlmann/Relativity Space

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is so powerful it discovered sand storms on a planet 235 trillion miles away

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image of red planet in distant galaxy
An illustration of the exoplanet known as VHS 1256 b.

NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

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