Social media users shared a cosmic claim about an alleged secret NASA document named "Project Anchor" leaking online in 2024.

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The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular new image of the largest and most unusual protoplanetary disk ever ...

Scientists discover asteroid spinning once every 1.88 minutes—the fastest rotation ever found for a large space rock. Five ...

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The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.

Given the current state of practice and visions for the future (including AI), certain practices should be reevaluated. This ...

JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing ...

The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about ...

NASA has a long history of spending big on bold ideas, only to see some of them stall, crash, or get quietly shelved. The ...

Astronomers discovered an extremely hot galaxy cluster in the region that was far hotter and older than current theories ...

A new study led by Harvard & Smithsonian’s Center for Astrophysics has uncovered direct evidence of a long-suspected ...