Astronomers have discovered that a young galaxy was gradually starved by its central supermassive black hole, in what was effectively a cosmic “death by a thousand cuts.”
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large…

Astronomers have discovered that a young galaxy was gradually starved by its central supermassive black hole, in what was effectively a cosmic “death by a thousand cuts.”
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large…

On Sunday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stuffed with cargo carried a brand new NASA telescope into space, where it was observed deploying in Sun-synchronous…

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low orbit of Earth. And research out today finds that bacteriophages—the viruses that prey on bacteria—can…

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — don’t necessarily behave the same way on our home planet.
To better understand how microbes may act differently in…

January 13, 2026
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The Milky Way’s Central Black Hole May Have Appeared Shockingly Different Just a Few Hundred Years Ago
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