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Space.com

Three Russian cosmonauts will return to Earth Thursday (Sept. 29), and you can watch the whole thing live. Expedition 67 cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov will fly back to Earth on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from the …

Space.com

The first science-quality image revealed from NASA’s newest space telescope contained a hidden treasure in the form of a sparking distant galaxy surrounded by dense clusters that could contain some of the universe’s first stars.

Spaceflight Now

A $330 million NASA mission completed what amounts to an interplanetary game of darts Monday night with an on-target collision with a space rock nearly 7 million miles from Earth, testing a technique that scientists could use in the future to protect …

CNN

Webb’s first image shows SMACS 0723, where a massive group of galaxy clusters act as a magnifying glass for the objects behind them. Called gravitational lensing, this created Webb’s first deep field view that includes incredibly …

CNN

The Juno spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, was scheduled to make its closest approach yet to the moon Europa at 5:36 a.m. ET, flying within 222 miles (358 kilometers) of its icy surface.

CNN

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope captured images of the moment when the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft crashed into Dimorphos on Monday. The images were released on Thursday.

Astronomy Magazine

SOFIA carried a a 2.5-meter telescope aboard a modified Boeing 747SP airplane to observe the infrared universe. NASA Dryden photo by Tony Landis. Most infrared light from outer space never reaches …

Spaceflight Now

The forecast track of Hurricane Ian across Central Florida has forced SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to postpone several upcoming launches at Cape Canaveral, including the next crew flight to the International Space Station, a Starlink mission, and the …

Phys.Org

Astronomers rejoiced as NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor slammed into its pyramid-sized target 11 million kilometers (6.8 million miles) from Earth on Monday night.

CNET

White swirls of ice look like cappuccino foam with dark red and brown surroundings on the. ESA’s Mars Express captured a swirling view of Mars’ frigid south pole. ESA/DLR/FU …