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Space.com

1. Webb as greatest breakthrough; 2. Pillars of Creation; 3. Exoplanet image; 4. Phantom Galaxy; 5. Wolf-Rayet star ripples; 6. Most distant galaxies; 7. Exoplanet atmosphere; 8. Titan’s clouds; 9. Southern Ring Nebula; 10. Brown dwarf with sand clouds; 11 …

Space.com

Astronomers have discovered new evidence that Andromeda, the galaxy next door to our own, grew by merging with another galaxy. The event triggered a mass migration of stars into the galaxy. This event …

Spaceflight Now

A Russian Soyuz rocket is ready for blastoff Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, boosting a Progress resupply ship into orbit in pursuit of the International Space Station with more than 5,500 pounds of cargo, fuel, water, and air.

Space.com

If you can’t make it outside or if cloudy skies block your view, you can still catch a glimpse of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)’s close approach to the Red Planet, thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project.

Phys.Org

When a sufficiently massive star runs out of fuel, it explodes and the remaining core collapses, leading to the formation of a stellar black hole (ranging from 3 to 100 solar masses). Supermassive black …

Phys.Org

One of the researchers has now received the Lieselotte Templeton Prize of the German Crystallographic Society for this achievement. X-rays are not only useful imaging the human body but are also valuable for examining novel materials …

NPR

Scientists have spotted 12 more moons around Jupiter, adding to an already-huge number that just seems to grow and grow. There’s so many moons around this gas giant planet that astronomer Scott Sheppard struggles to keep track. “With this new haul, …

Scientific American

The ancient air bubbles locked in these ice cores hold a crucial key to understanding how atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have affected surface temperatures throughout the past. This is about as close to time travel as scientists can get.

Reuters

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Scientists have a mystery on their hands after the discovery of 330 stone tools about 2.9 million years old at a site in Kenya, along Lake Victoria’s shores, that were used to butcher animals, including hippos, …

Harvard Gazette

As an alternative, the team proposes moondust, arguing that lunar dust launched from the moon could be a low-cost and effective shield. “It is amazing to contemplate how moondust — which took over …