The James Webb Space Telescope's early-release image of the Cosmic Cliffs is revealing growth spurts in young stars.
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Why a low-cost telescope is perfect this holiday season 2022
Five bright planets visible in the evening during Christmas week and beyond make an affordable telescope a well-timed gift.
The Ursid meteor shower, last 'shooting stars' of 2022, peaks tonight
The Ursid meteor shower peaks tonight (Dec. 22 into the morning of Dec. 23), offering the last shooting stars of the year.
James Webb Space Telescope meets the 7 intriguing exoplanets of TRAPPIST-1
A non-descript star, TRAPPIST-1, is host to seven Earth-size planets and the James Webb Space Telescope is giving astronomers a thrilling new view of these worlds.
Christmas craterscape
This beautifully crisp icy scene with a swirling ribbon of rusty red and white striped terrain connecting two large craters wraps up the year on Mars.
15 gift ideas for every stargazer this holiday season 2022
The best space gifts for budding astronomers ahead of the holidays: Observing the night sky demands some out-of-this-world gear, but it doesn’t have to come at astronomical prices.
How Hera asteroid mission will phone home
Image: How Hera asteroid mission will phone home
NASA Just Tested a new Engine That Will Launch Artemis V and Beyond
On November 16th, NASA launched the first mission of the Artemis Program (Artemis I), which splashed down three and a half weeks later. This uncrewed mission saw the Space Launch System (SLS) send an Orion spacecraft far beyond the orbit of the Moon, establishing a new record for distance traveled by a mission and the amount of time spent beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Powering the core stage of the SLS were four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25s, the same engines used by the Space Shuttle – known as the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME).
This Will Probably Be InSight’s Last Picture Before it Runs Out of Power Forever
The InSight lander might have transmitted its last picture from the surface of Mars. It looks like the lander is succumbing to Mars’ dusty conditions, as its ability to generate energy from its solar panels has been declining in recent weeks.
NASA’s InSight lander bows out after ground-shaking Mars mission
NASA’s InSight lander used its robotic arm to capture this final “selfie” of the mission in April 2022. Dust is visible on the lander’s two solar panels. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Dust-laden solar panels and darker Martian skies have finally sealed the fate of NASA’s InSight mission, the agency announced Wednesday, after the intrepid lander delivered its final message from Mars at the end of its history-making mission to reveal the secrets of the Red Planet’s interior.
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover just dropped its 1st sample on the Martian surface
NASA's Perseverance rover collected this tube's sample from a Mars region rich in organics. Scientists soon will scrutinize tubes like this for signatures of life.
Webb Stares Deeply Into the Universe, Showing How Galaxies Assemble
The James Webb Space Telescope is delivering a deluge of images and data to eager scientists and other hungry-minded people. So far, the telescope has shown us the iconic Pillars of Creation like we’ve never seen them before, the details of very young stars as they grow inside their dense cloaks of gas, and a Deep Field that’s taken over from the Hubble’s ground-breaking Deep Field and Ultra Deep Field images. And it’s only getting started.
James Webb Space Telescope back to science operations after glitch
The newest, most powerful space telescope out there is back to work after a glitch blocked several days' worth of science observations.
We could build space cities in asteroids like in sci-fi with this wild concept
A futuristic study suggests that a spinning, rubbly asteroid could support a massive space settlement the size of Manhattan.
Astronomers Scanned 12 Planets for Alien Signals While They Were in Front of Their Stars
The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT), part of the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, is the world’s premiere single-dish radio telescope. Between its 100-meter dish (328-foot), unblocked aperture, and excellent surface accuracy, the GBT provides unprecedented sensitivity in the millimeter to meter wavelengths – very high to extremely high frequency (VHF to EHF). Since 2017, it also became one of the main instruments used by Breakthrough Listen and other institutes engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
Baby stars 'burp' in Orion Nebula after frantic feeding sessions
Astronomers have observed elusive outbursts from baby stars cloaked within the thick clouds of gas and dust of the Orion Nebula.
What Kind of an Impact did DART Have on Dimorphos? The Science Results are Here
On September 26th, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft collided with Dimorphos, the small moonlet that orbits the larger Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) Didymos. The purpose was to test a planetary defense technique known as the kinetic impact method, where a spacecraft intentionally collides with a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHAs) to alter its course. Based on a post-collision analysis, NASA determined that DART’s impact altered Dimorphos’ orbital period by 33 minutes and caused tons of rock to be ejected from its surface.
Ingenuity Mars helicopter tests new software on 37th Red Planet flight (video)
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the 37th time on Saturday (Dec. 17), acing a hop designed in part to test the capabilities of its new software.
Blue Origin offers new bobbleheads of 1st New Shepard female fliers
The first women to fly on Blue Origin's New Shepard have been honored with their own bobbleheads. The figurines feature Wally Funk, Audrey Powers and Laura Shepard Churchley.
NASA's Mars InSight lander ends mission after losing power
The Red Planet's harsh dust has claimed another spacecraft.
All Eight Planets Line Up ... Again!
Echoing summer's great arc of planets at dawn, winter presents the full octet again, this time splayed across the evening sky.
