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Black Hole Eats Star

Astronomers have been poring over data from NASA satellites as they try to work out what was responsible for an extraordinary gamma-ray burst discovered on July 2 that continued for days.

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This artist’s concept depicts GRB 250702B (left of center) erupting within its host galaxy. This powerful explosion, first detected on July 2, blasted out narrow jets of particles at nearly the speed of light and exhibited repeated outbursts that lasted over 7 hours. Astronomers conducting rapid follow-up observations with multiple telescopes around the world found that the burst occurred within a large, extremely dusty galaxy.

Sprites Over Château de Beynac

A flash of lightning, and then—something else. High above a storm, a crimson figure blinks in and out of existence. If you see it, you are a lucky witness of a sprite, one of the least-understood electrical phenomena in Earth’s upper atmosphere.

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Send Your Name Around the Moon

Artemis II will test NASA’s deep space capabilities as humans fly on the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for the first time. Join the mission by launching your name around the moon alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

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From left, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch participate in a suited crew test on July 31 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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