The launch of the much-delayed James Webb Space Telescope finally paid off in 2022, as the…
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NASA's asteroid redirection spacecraft was a smashing success in 2022
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test aimed to change the orbit of the space rock Dimorphos, and…
NASA's Perseverance rover recorded the sound of a dust devil on Mars
The Perseverance rover is the first spacecraft to carry a microphone to another world, and it…
Watch Orion capsule splash down as NASA’s Artemis I mission ends
NASA’s Artemis I mission is complete. On 11 December, the Orion capsule splashed down in the…
NASA’s Artemis I mission has ended as Orion splashed down on Earth
The Orion capsule splashed down off the coast of California on 11 December, completing the Artemis…
JWST has broken the record for most distant galaxy ever confirmed
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the most distant galaxy ever definitively confirmed, which formed…
LIGO may be able to detect alien warp drives using gravitational waves
If aliens were to make spacecraft as massive as Jupiter or ones that use warp drives,…
A weird gamma ray burst doesn't fit our understanding of the cosmos
Astronomers have spotted a strange blast of gamma radiation from space that defies categorisation, and it…
What the world’s largest liquid mirror telescope means for astronomy
The International Liquid Mirror Telescope, perched high in the Himalayas, has finally started making observations. If…
Amazing image of crescent Earth rising over the moon captured by Orion
The Orion capsule has made its closest pass above the surface of the moon and begun…