The space telescope has successfully completed a series of crucial steps to achieve full deployment, and…
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James Webb Space Telescope is carrying out its most critical manoeuvre
The massive space telescope, which launched on Christmas Day, is in the process of deploying its…
New images show our galaxy’s black hole more clearly than ever before
Astronomers have observed Sagittarius A* – the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy…
Find the most distant galaxy visible to the naked eye
New year, new moon, dark skies – the perfect chance to see Triangulum, the furthest celestial…
2022 preview: A round-up of the year's most exciting space missions
Around a dozen missions to the moon are scheduled in 2022, along with a rover landing…
The James Webb Space Telescope is finally on its way into orbit
After numerous delays, the biggest space telescope ever has blasted off on Christmas Day, and will…
At least 70 'rogue' planets spotted drifting in space without a star
Free-floating planets are hard to spot, but astronomers have bagged a large haul by looking for…
Sample of asteroid Ryugu brought to Earth is a strange dark colour
Last year, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid explorer returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu, and now the…
Super-fast impacts may have made Venus an uninhabitable hellhole
Collisions with high-speed space rocks in Venus’s early history could have melted most of the planet’s…
Large deposits of water found on Mars below the surface at the equator
Previous discoveries of water on Mars were limited to the poles or deep underground, but water…