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This illustration provided by NOIRLab in November 2022 depicts the closest black hole to Earth and its Sun-like companion star. The binary system, about 1,600 light years from Earth, was initially identified using the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft. Astronomers followed up with the International Gemini Observatory in Hawaii to confirm their findings. (International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M.

Closest known black hole to Earth spotted by astronomers

This illustration provided by NOIRLab in November 2022 depicts the closest black hole to Earth and its Sun-like companion star. The binary system, about 1,600 light years from Earth, was initially identified using the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft. Astronomers followed up with the International Gemini Observatory in Hawaii to confirm their findings. (International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M.

November 5, 2022, 1:56pm Nation & World

Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth, just 1,600 light-years away. Read story

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39B, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA’s moon rocket returns to pad for next launch attempt

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39B, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

November 4, 2022, 8:12am Nation & World

NASA’s moon rocket is back on the pad for another launch attempt, following more repairs. Read story

FILE - A gaseous cloud rises from the crater of Mauna Loa, center, on the big island of Hawaii, April 4, 1984. The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Scientists say they don't expect that to happen right away but officials on the Big Island of Hawaii are telling residents to be prepared in case it does erupt soon.

EXPLAINER: Where will Hawaii’s biggest volcano erupt from?

FILE - A gaseous cloud rises from the crater of Mauna Loa, center, on the big island of Hawaii, April 4, 1984. The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Scientists say they don't expect that to happen right away but officials on the Big Island of Hawaii are telling residents to be prepared in case it does erupt soon.

November 3, 2022, 8:30am Life

The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Scientists say they don’t expect that to happen right away but officials on the Big Island of Hawaii are telling residents to be prepared in case it does erupt… Read story

Made Partiana uses a net to catch aquarium fish on north coast of Bali, Indonesia, on April 10, 2021. Millions of saltwater fish are caught in Indonesia and other countries every year to fill ever more elaborate aquariums in living rooms, waiting rooms and restaurants around the world with vivid, otherworldly life.

Murky methods of global aquarium trade

Made Partiana uses a net to catch aquarium fish on north coast of Bali, Indonesia, on April 10, 2021. Millions of saltwater fish are caught in Indonesia and other countries every year to fill ever more elaborate aquariums in living rooms, waiting rooms and restaurants around the world with vivid, otherworldly life.

November 2, 2022, 4:43pm Life

After diving into the warm sea off the coast of northern Bali, Indonesia, Made Partiana hovers above a bed of coral, holding his breath and scanning for flashes of color and movement. Hours later, exhausted, he returns to a rocky beach, towing plastic bags filled with his darting, exquisite quarry:… Read story

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022.

SpaceX nails booster landings after foggy military launch

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022.

November 1, 2022, 8:56am Life

SpaceX launched its mega Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in more than three years Tuesday, hoisting satellites for the military and then nailing side-by-side booster landings back near the pad. Read story

A man stands in a glacier cave at the Sardona glacier July 27 in Vaettis, Switzerland. The melting glacier has revealed a cave. Faced with increasing demand for alpine water resources at a time of accelerating glacier melt, policymakers from eight European countries are meeting in Switzerland to prevent a dispute over diminishing water resources from the highest peaks in the Alps.

Water woes loom in the Alps amid climate change

A man stands in a glacier cave at the Sardona glacier July 27 in Vaettis, Switzerland. The melting glacier has revealed a cave. Faced with increasing demand for alpine water resources at a time of accelerating glacier melt, policymakers from eight European countries are meeting in Switzerland to prevent a dispute over diminishing water resources from the highest peaks in the Alps.

November 1, 2022, 6:03am Life

A battle is brewing around Europe’s rooftop over the planet’s most precious resource. Read story

A dead chinook salmon floats in a fish trap June 8, 2021, on the lower Klamath River in Weitchpec, Calif.

Drought leaves fish high and dry

A dead chinook salmon floats in a fish trap June 8, 2021, on the lower Klamath River in Weitchpec, Calif.

November 1, 2022, 6:03am Life

As biologist Nick Vanbuskirk drew a knife along the yellowing belly of the carcass of a chinook salmon, hundreds of ripe, translucent orange eggs spilled out into the ankle-high waters of the Newaukum River. Read story

This illustration made available by NASA depicts the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission over the red planet. On Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, NASA announced two of their spacecraft, one on the surface and the other in orbit,. have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet.

Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars

This illustration made available by NASA depicts the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission over the red planet. On Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, NASA announced two of their spacecraft, one on the surface and the other in orbit,. have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet.

October 27, 2022, 1:33pm Life

Two NASA spacecraft at Mars — one on the surface and the other in orbit — have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet. Read story

A priest looks through a welding filter during a partial solar eclipse in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. People around the world gathered Tuesday to witness the last solar eclipse of the year, a phenomenon where the moon briefly casts a black shadow that blocks the sun. It was visible today across Europe, western Asia, northeastern Africa and the Middle East.

Partial solar eclipse takes a bite out of the sun

A priest looks through a welding filter during a partial solar eclipse in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. People around the world gathered Tuesday to witness the last solar eclipse of the year, a phenomenon where the moon briefly casts a black shadow that blocks the sun. It was visible today across Europe, western Asia, northeastern Africa and the Middle East.

October 25, 2022, 2:42pm Nation & World

Much of Europe and parts of Africa and Asia saw the moon take a bite out of the sun during the second and last solar eclipse of the year. Read story

Excavation of the East Smithfield plague pits in London, which were used for mass burials in 1348 and 1349.

Medieval plague may have molded our immunity

Excavation of the East Smithfield plague pits in London, which were used for mass burials in 1348 and 1349.

October 25, 2022, 6:02am Life

Our medieval ancestors left us with a biological legacy: Genes that may have helped them survive the Black Death make us more susceptible to certain diseases today. Read story