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Astronomers say that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may have spotted the universe's first "dark stars" that are fuelled by dark matter.

James Webb Appears to Have Spotted “Dark Star” Powered by Dark Matter, Paper Claims

By Victor Tangermann

Despite data suggesting interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is simply a comet, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb still thinks something is off.

Astronomer: 30+ Percent Probability Interstellar Object Is Alien Craft Disguised as Comet

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has seemingly managed to snap images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it made its flyby of the Red Planet.

NASA Rover Appears to Catch Photo of Mysterious Interstellar Object From Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have found that Saturn's moon, Enceladus, is spewing out copious amounts of complex organic molecules, signs of habitability.

Saturn’s Moon Shows Major Signs of Life

By Victor Tangermann

Galaxies "blazing with technosignatures" could suggest the existence of a "large number" of "different metasocieties."

Scientist Says Galaxies Shining With Radio Signals Could Indicate Numerous Advanced Civilizations

By Victor Tangermann

Canadian Moon astronaut Jeremy Hansen told Ars Technica that he's hoping to "take a very short nap on the pad."

Astronaut Traveling to Moon Next Year Says He’s Hoping to Take a “Short Nap” on the Launch Pad

By Victor Tangermann

The White House's Office of Management and Budget is looking into tearing NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery into pieces to move it to Texas.

White House Investigates Whether to Chop Space Shuttle Discovery Into Pieces

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows an "extreme abundance ratio" of nickel and iron in its gas plume.

The Mysterious Object Cruising Through Solar System Is Releasing Strange Metals, Paper Finds

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astornomer Avi Loeb suggests interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could've sent off the Wow! Signal back in 1977.

Mysterious Object Cruising Through Solar System May Have Emitted a Signal, Scientist Says

By Victor Tangermann

NASA whistleblowers claim that President Donald Trump has been making drastic cuts to its budget that may result in an astronaut's death.

Whistleblowers Say NASA Is Poised to Kill an Astronaut

By Sharon Adarlo

Wormhole researchers suggest that LIGO and Virgo instead picked up the signals of a black hole collision in a different universe than ours.

Scientists Say They May Have Just Detected a Wormhole From Another Universe

By Victor Tangermann

Earlier this week, the Sun unleashed a flurry of plasma and magnetic fields, or coronal mass ejection, at interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.

Sun Fires Energy Blast Straight at Mysterious Interstellar Object Cruising Through Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb suggests interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be far more massive than previously thought.

Mysterious Object Screaming Toward Mars Is Huge and Far More Massive Than Scientists Thought, According to New Paper

By Victor Tangermann

A Russian satellite came back to Earth while carrying organisms, as part of a mission to test the theory that life was seeded from space.

Russia Tests Whether Life Could Spread Between Planets With Spacecraft Filled With Critters

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA revealed that its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon could launch as soon as February 5, roughly two months earlier than anticipated.

NASA Says It’s Hitting the Gas, Speedrunning Next Moon Mission

By Victor Tangermann

In a new paper, scientists argued that our best option is to blow up asteroid 2024 YR4 as part of a "kinetic disruption mission."

Scientists Say We Should Blow Up This Dangerous Asteroid Before It Gets Here

By Victor Tangermann