Space

Astronomers have spotted the biggest flare ever seen erupting around a black hole, which also happens to be the most distant flare of this type ever detected. Discovered using the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), the flare erupted from the supermassive black hole at the heart of an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) designated J2245+3743 and located in the center of a galaxy 10 billion light-years away…

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NASA’s flagship center for space science is under attack from within, and some of the biggest losses appear to be happening behind the curtain of the government shutdown. Throughout the summer of 2025, Space.com interviewed nearly a dozen current and former NASA workers and reviewed several internal agency communications in an investigation into allegations of unlawful activity by NASA…

Out in the cosmic landscape, planetary nebulas would offer the perfect Halloween doors to knock on. They’re spooky tricksters in their names, as they have nothing to do with planets at all and are rather the gory scenes of stars dying. The term “planetary nebula” actually comes from an accident. Long ago, astronomers using early-iteration telescopes thought these objects looked…