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A 'new star' has exploded into the night sky — and you can see it from North America
By Harry Baker published
The never-before-seen "nova," dubbed V462 Lupi, recently appeared in the constellation Lupus, after suddenly becoming 4 million times brighter. The shining explosion is visible to the naked eye and can be seen from parts of North America.

SpaceX's Starship explodes on Texas launch pad in 'catastrophic failure' during routine test
By Ben Turner published
SpaceX's Starship 36 underwent a "catastrophic failure" on the stand at its Texas launch site, but the latest setback is unlikely to dent the company's ambitions.

Is Mars really red? A physicist explains the truth.
By David Joffe published
Mars isn't a bright, fire-engine red, but the iron oxide in its rocks makes it appear redder than other planets, especially from afar.

Satellite coated in ultra-dark 'Vantablack' paint will launch into space next year to help combat major issue
By Harry Baker published
Researchers from the U.K. plan to launch a CubeSat covered with a newly formulated "hull-darkening" Vantablack paint into space next year. If successful, the coating could help mitigate light pollution from private satellite "megaconstellations."

Mysterious deep-space radio signals reveal location of the universe's 'missing matter'
By Skyler Ware published
Much of the universe's regular "baryonic" matter is spread through intergalactic space and in diffuse halos around galaxies, researchers proposed after studying the behavior of fast radio bursts emitted from deep space.

'Artificial intelligence is not a miracle cure': Nobel laureate raises questions about AI-generated image of black hole spinning at the heart of our galaxy
By Joanna Thompson published
Researchers have used an AI model to create a new image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. But some experts are skeptical of the results.
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