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Year in Science: Revisit a black hole and other sights that weren’t seen before 2019

What will people remember about the year 2019 in the year 3019? Just as they're likely to recall 1969 as the year humans first walked on the moon, they might well hold up the first portrait of a black hole as this year's most memorable achievement. By that measure, there's little question that the Event Horizon Telescope's radio view of M87's supermassive black hole, 55 million...

NASA’s Christina Koch adds onto the world endurance record for women in space

Every day for the next six weeks, NASA astronaut Christina Koch will be setting a new women's record for continuous time in space. Koch's extended stint on the International Space Station follows up on astronaut Scott Kelly's "Year in Space" mission in 2015-2016, and is similarly aimed at studying the health effects of long-duration spaceflight. She arrived in March, and...