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Webb Finds Deep Space Alcohol and Chemicals in Newly Forming Planetary
Since its launch in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made some amazing discoveries.…
New View Traces Magnetic Fields Around Our Galaxy’s Black Hole
Fresh imagery from the Event Horizon Telescope traces the lines of powerful magnetic fields spiraling out…
Phew, De-Icing Euclid’s Instruments Worked. It’s Seeing Better Now
From its vantage point at the Sun-Earth L2 point, the ESA’s Euclid spacecraft is measuring the…
A Single Grain of Ice Could Hold Evidence of Life on Europa and Enceladus
The Solar System’s icy ocean moons are primary targets in our search for life. Missions to…
NASA Reveals its Planetary Science Goals for Artemis III
If all goes well, NASA’s Artemis III mission will bring humans back to the Moon as…
ESA’s SMOS and Swarm observe strongest geomagnetic storm since 2017
The European Space Agency’s SMOS and Swarm satellites have, for the first time, successfully tracked a…
Dwarf Galaxies Could be the Key to Explaining Dark Matter
If you have a view of the southern celestial sky, on a clear night you might…
Brown Dwarf Pairs Drift Apart in Old Age
The only thing worse than drifting through space for an eternity is doing it alone. Observations…
Watch a Real-Time Map of Starlinks Orbiting Earth
In an effort to enhance the educational outreach of their Starlink constellation, SpaceX has an interactive…