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The James Webb Space Telescope saw a supermassive black hole that wasn't overfeeding when time began, deepening the mystery of how black hole grew so massive so quickly.

Shortly after 4 p.m. ET, the mountain-size asteroid 2011 UL21 will come within 5 million miles of Earth, making it one of the largest space rocks to come that close to our planet for 125 years. Here's how to watch the close encounter live, or see it with a telescope.

Gordonia was about three feet long and weighed approximately 45 pounds

Study identifies 16,825 sites around the world where prioritising conservation would prevent extinction of thousands of unique species

China remains the only country to land a probe on the side of the moon that is always facing away from Earth.

It comes bearing soil and rocks from the side of the Moon facing away from Earth, a poorly understood region that scientists say holds great research promise because its rugged features are less smoothed over by ancient lava flows than the near side.

Rapidan Dam in Minnesota faces imminent failure due to heavy rains, prompting monitoring and warnings. Severe flooding in the Midwest region triggers disas...

China’s Chang’e 6 probe has returned on Earth with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first

Re-entry capsule containing precious cargo from mission has parachuted into Inner Mongolia

China's Chang'e-6 mission successfully collects moon samples from the far side, advancing lunar exploration and potential resource utilization.

China's Chang'e 6 mission has successfully returned samples from the moon's far side to Earth, notching another spaceflight first for the nation.