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News of the latest adventures into space, and plans of upcoming explorations across the stars.
Webb Space Telescope Images Mars for the First Time
The Webb Space Telescope returned its first images of Mars. The data comes from the telescope’s infrared…
First Underground Radar Images from Mars Perseverance Rover Provides an…
The Mars Perseverance Rover has been probing Mars' 30-mile-wide Jezero crater. In the journal Science Advances, a…
Machine Learning Finds Martian Rock’s Original Home
Researchers have pinpointed the exact home of the oldest and most famous Martian meteorite for the first time.…
Gaia Charts the Galaxy
The Gaia space mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) is mapping our galaxy, providing unprecedented, detailed…
Gateway™: The Deep Space Launch Complex Opens at Kennedy Space Center
An F-104 Starfighter (hopefully named after the 1984 movie, the Last Starfighter or the Star Wars spacecraft)…
NASA’s Webb Ready for Instrument Commissioning
The alignment of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is finished, and it's ready to capture images with its four…
Using X-ray Polarimetry in Space Exploration
An Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) launched by NASA on 9 December 2021 is a space-based observatory.…
ASKAP Telescope Reveals ORCs in Space
Odd radio circles or ORCs, first revealed in 2020 by the ASKAP radio telescope, have now been brought into focus.…
Remarkable Simulations of the Universe—Dark Ages Through First Light
Reminiscent of fireflies flickering in the dark, lighting up the screen in chunks and clusters. A simulation of the…
Neighboring Galaxy Harbors Two Rare Structures
Just over 2,537 light-years away shines the Andromeda Galaxy. It is the closest large galaxy to us and has a bright…