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Space.com

Just one year after launch, the James Webb Space Telescope is exceeding all expectations, and astronomers are thrilled. Launched on Dec. 25, 2021, the $10 billion infrared observatory was designed to learn how galaxies form and grow, to peer far back …

Florida Today

NASA’s plans to return to the moon after a 50-year absence were finally set in motion. New insights were unlocked by the James Webb Space Telescope. Commercial and private astronaut missions blasted off to the International Space Station, and a Russian war …

The Weather Channel

As a child — long before you learned anything about gravity and centrifugal force — did you ever wonder why living beings weren’t simply being thrown off Earth while spinning at crazy speeds on its axis? If you did, you’ve perhaps solved that little …

Phys.Org

This image acquired on July 22, 2022 by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows sand dunes moving across the landscape. Winter frost covers the colder, north-facing half of each dune. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona.

EarthSky

The InSight mission team has concluded that the solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years on Mars. So NASA has retired InSight. InSight falls silent after over four years on …

Phys.Org

It is no exaggeration to say the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) represents a new era for modern astronomy. Launched on December 25 last year and fully operational since July, the telescope offers glimpses of the universe that were inaccessible to us …

Los Angeles Times

In this illustration, a Triceratops prorsus munches on cycads near primitive mammals and a softshell. In this illustration, a Triceratops prorsus munches on cycads, disturbing primitive mammals in the underbrush while a softshell turtle climbs up on a log.

Reuters

Officials with NASA and Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said at a news conference on Thursday they continue to investigate how the coolant line of the capsule’s external radiator sustained a tiny puncture last week, just as two cosmonauts were preparing …

Popular Mechanics

Climate change evidence keeps raising disturbing visions of an uncertain future. Yet, our scientific curiosity and technological potential are the twin engines of innovation that will keep transforming our world into a better place to live.

Phys.Org

The instrument, called the High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper (HVM³), is one of two on Lunar Trailblazer. HVM³ will detect and map water on the moon’s surface to determine its abundance, location, form, and how it changes over time.