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Rule-breaking black hole destroys star in puzzling way: 'This is truly extraordinary'

The so-called tidal disruption event also produced two puzzling delayed outbursts.

Space

In The Doghouse: Flying Canines Count As Cargo, EU Court Rules

The European Union's top court ruled Thursday that a dog travelling in an aeroplane's cargo hold counts as baggage, meaning airlines are not required to pay higher compensation if the animal is lost.

International Business Times

Watch Europe's upcoming PLATO exoplanet hunter spread its 'wings' (video)

PLATO powered up and extended its solar panels as the exoplanet-hunting spacecraft readies for launch as soon as December.

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New space debris shield? Satellites and astronauts could suit up in novel 'Space Armor'

Humanity has a new tool in the fight against space junk — "Space Armor," a multi-functional composite that could protect both spacecraft and astronauts.

Space

Where the ridge meets the river | Space photo of the day for Oct. 16, 2025

From above Earth, LandSat 9's keen eye captures a stunning Y-shaped meeting of ridge and river in China's Tarim Basin.

Space

Northern lights may be visible in 15 US states tonight

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Iowa as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted for tonight.

Space

'Star Wars,' 'Blade Runner,' and 'The Thing' poster artist Drew Struzan dies at 78

Struzan's signature artwork defined an entire generation of Hollywood filmmaking.

Space

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Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts spacewalk outside the International Space Station today

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy will conduct a spacewalk outside the ISS today (Oct. 16), and you can watch it live.

Space

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 130th Falcon 9 flight of the year

SpaceX launched 28 more of its Starlink broadband satellites on Thursday morning (Oct. 16), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast.

Space

Fatal Bear Attacks Hit New Record In Japan

Bears have killed a record seven people in Japan this year, the highest since 2006 when the survey started, an environment ministry official said Thursday.

International Business Times

Australian Rainforests No Longer A Carbon Sink: Study

Australia's tropical rainforests are among the first in the world to start leaking more carbon dioxide than they absorb, scientists said Thursday as they linked the worrying trend to climate change.

International Business Times

Florida man accused of starting deadly Palisades Fire indicted, faces fresh charges

If convicted, he faces up to 45 years in federal prison.

Axios

Not-so-dark matter? Mysterious substance might leave red and blue 'fingerprints' on light

A new study suggests dark matter could subtly tint or polarize light, leaving faint color clues that next-generation telescopes might detect.

Space

Watch a charred SpaceX Starship land in the ocean after acing Flight Test 11 (video)

New SpaceX footage from Starship Flight 11 shows the final moments of Oct. 13 mission, which ended with a picture-perfect splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

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US Judge 'Reluctantly' Tosses Youth Case Challenging Trump Climate Policies

A federal judge on Wednesday tossed a youth-led lawsuit accusing US President Donald Trump's fossil-fuel agenda of trampling their inalienable rights, ruling that he lacked jurisdiction to intervene.

Space

Why October is the perfect time to look for the Andromeda galaxy

October is an excellent time to observe the Andromeda spiral galaxy as it passes high overhead in the Autumn night sky.

International Business Times

Flood-hit Mexican Town Digs Out Debris, Fearing Disease Outbreaks

Mexican survivors of floods and landslides that killed at least 66 people last week have appealed for urgent aid, saying they are worried about disease outbreaks as rotting animal carcasses pile up in the mud.

Space

How scientists are using spinning dead stars to find ripples in the fabric of spacetime

Identifying the gravitational waves from black holes binaries could also make it clearer to detect primordial gravitational waves that date back to inflation at the moment of the Big Bang.

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Watch the moment a brilliant green fireball meteor turns night to day over Tennessee (video)

A fireball flared to life in the skies over southern America in the early hours of Oct. 14, briefly turning night to day before fragmenting as it neared the surface.

Space

Asteroid discovered only 2 days ago just flew by Earth closer than the moon

A small asteroid, called 2025 TP5, safely flew by our planet on Oct. 15 at about a quarter of the distance to the moon.

Space

'Predator: Badlands' is getting a prequel comic, but it's not coming out until after the movie

This official tie-in title was created in collaboration with the film's director, Dan Trachtenberg.

The Independent UK

Aliens may have stopped trying to contact humans because they simply got bored, Nasa scientist claims

Astrophysicist suggests ‘radical mundanity’ is answer to the ‘great silence’ in the galaxy

Space

A new private moon lander rises: Impulse Space throws its hat into the lunar ring

Impulse Space — which was founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX's second-ever employee — just announced that it plans to build a robotic moon lander to help open the lunar frontier.

Space

SpaceX launches 21 communications satellites for the US military (video)

SpaceX plans to launch 21 satellites for an advanced new U.S. military constellation this evening (Oct. 15), and you can watch the action live.

Space

A giant weak spot in Earth's magnetic field is getting bigger — and it could be bad news for satellites

Satellite data reveal that a weak region in Earth's magnetic field has grown by an area roughly half the size of continental Europe in the last 10 years.

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