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10 mind-blowing black hole discoveries from 2024

An artist's interpretation of a black hole surrounded by stars

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‘There was so much fear’: the battle to keep children out of Colombia’s armed gangs

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Blue Origin hot fires New Glenn rocket for first time and scores FAA license for test launch

Blue Origin fired up its new heavy-lift orbital rocket for the first time just hours after receiving federal clearance to conduct its maiden launch.

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Our favorite space stories of 2024 — from lost planets to human-caused meteor showers

From the mysterious Planet Nine to the prospect of a "human-caused meteor shower," space and physics editor Brandon Specktor lists his favorite stories of 2024.

LiveScience

5 times the James Webb telescope rewrote physics in 2024

The James Webb space telescope had several stunning findings this year that changed how we understand the universe.

LiveScience

Starship, Europa Clipper and more: The top 10 spaceflight stories of 2024

From SpaceX plucking its huge Super Heavy rocket out of the sky to the launch of NASA's $5 billion Europa Clipper mission, this year held many amazing advances.

Space

10 times space missions went very wrong in 2024

From astronauts getting stranded on a leaking ISS and faceplanting moon landers to injured Mars robots and a tumbling solar sail, here are 10 of the biggest space exploration mishaps in 2024.

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NASA Parker Solar Probe makes history with closest-ever approach to the Sun

Parker Solar Probe is operating normally after passing just 6.1 million kilometres above the Sun’s surface, NASA says.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Makes Closest Approach To Sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe achieves milestone by making closest approach to the sun, gathering valuable data for solar science.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun's scorching surface

NASA has confirmed that a spacecraft has made the closest approach to the sun

The Independent UK

NASA, Astronomical League team up for 2025 Hubble night sky challenge

The Hubble Space Telescope is nearing its 35th anniversary and skywatchers can celebrate the mighty telescope with a year-long observation challenge.

Space

NASA's Parker Solar Probe phones home after surviving historic close sun flyby. It's alive!

A NASA spacecraft has survived a historic close fly of the sun. The mission team received a beacon tone from the Parker Solar Probe, signaling it was still functioning after the record approach.

Space

The oldest rocks on Earth

The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of the most notable and important formations scientists have discovered.

LiveScience

Nasa probe successfully completes closest-ever approach to sun

Parker solar spacecraft got the closest any human-made object has ever come to the star

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Nasa’s Parker probe phones home after ‘touching Sun’ in historic mission

Spacecraft expected to send back detailed data on New Year’s Day

Space

The sun in 2025: How the solar cycle will shape our year ahead

We look ahead to 2025 as the sun ramps up its activity, driven by the peak of the current solar cycle.

Evening Standard

Nasa spacecraft ‘operating normally’ after closest-ever approach to sun

The Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface.

The Independent UK

Nasa spacecraft survives the closest-ever approach to the Sun, space agency says

Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface

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Scientists await signal from NASA's Parker Solar Probe after historic close sun flyby. Will it phone home?

The spacecraft made the closest ever flyby if the sun on Christmas Eve, but it's been silent since Dec. 20.

The Conversation

From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025

In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world.

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The best typography of the 1960s, chosen by the experts

It was an era in which geometric shapes and new technologies revolutionised lettering forever. Our experts look back on the best typefaces of the 1960s.

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Scientists' anxious wait to celebrate solar probe's moment in the sun

Nasa scientists and fellow space watchers face a tantalising wait over the Christmas period while the Parker probe continues its unprecedented circuit around the outer rim of the sun.

Space

Astronauts on ISS beam holiday cheer to Earth for Christmas (video)

Surrounded by candy canes and a makeshift snowman made out of stowage bags, the astronauts on the International Space Station gathered together to wish a Merry Christmas to everyone back on Earth.

Space

Piece of Apollo 11 spacecraft 'lands' in moon meteorite-lined wedding ring

For better or for worse, a small part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft will now be Jon Mesick's to have and to hold for all the days of his life. The tape is the centerpiece of Mesick's wedding band.

Space

What does the NASA administrator do?

NASA administrators play a vital role in deciding what NASA does and how it does it, and they also help build political support for space exploration.

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