NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations on Dec. 6. NASA said this week that it was working fine before it went behind the red planet. When it reappeared, there was only silence. | CBS News

NASA has released a groundbreaking simulation that visualizes a plunge into Sagittarius A* — the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Using the Discover supercomputer, scientists recreated the physics of what you’d see as you cross the event horizon, where space and time begin to warp beyond recognition. This video shows the closest humanity has ever come to seeing inside a black hole — a beautiful, terrifying, and scientifically accurate look into the most extreme environment in

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