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Supermassive black hole

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JWST has spotted the earliest black hole ever seen in the universe

The discovery of a black hole that formed just 570 million years after the big bang could help us understand the evolution of these cosmic behemoths

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Trappist-1 is a red-dwarf star, the most common variety, located some 40 light-years away in Aquarius. In 2015, astronomers discovered that Trappist-1 was host to three earth-sized planets. Then it came under the spotlight again in 2017 when NASA scientists found an additional four planets, taking the total up to seven. This is the most terrestrial planets that have ever been found to orbit a single star, including our own Solar System. Trappist-1 is only fractionally larger than Jupiter in diameter. This image shows the star and six of the planets as they would appear from the vantage point of the fifth outermost planet, Trappist-1f. All of the planets and the Sun are to scale. One of the worlds is seen transiting in front of the star.

Space

JWST finds the planet TRAPPIST-1b may not have an atmosphere

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Space

NASA unveils new spacesuit for Artemis moon mission astronauts

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JWST took a stunning picture of a star that’s about to go supernova

Space

JWST took a stunning picture of a star that’s about to go supernova

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NGC 1858 is an open star cluster in the northwest region of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way that has an abundance of star-forming regions

Physics

How are the atoms that form us forged across the universe?

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Space

How to understand wormholes and their weird quantum effects

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Satellite trails crossing an image of galaxy ARP248, captured by Hubble

Space

Hubble Space Telescope images are being spoiled by satellite trails

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Photo taken in London, United Kingdom

Space

A stargazer's guide to managing light pollution

Regulars

Rocket launch

Space

SpaceX launches Starlink V2 satellites to increase internet capacity

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The northern lights in Scotland on 26th February

Space

How to see the northern lights in the UK tonight

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, were seen as far south as Cornwall in the UK on Sunday night, and are likely to be visible again on Monday night. Here is how to spot them, says Stargazing at Home columnist Abigail Beall

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Space

Huge young galaxies seen by JWST may upend our models of the universe

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Space

Mars rover sensors may not be sensitive enough to find signs of life

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Space

We're hurtling into a new region of interstellar space. What now?

Features

Space

The First City on Mars review: How to make life on Mars a reality

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