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Newly discovered smoking stars emit huge clouds and we don’t know why
Artist’s impression of a red giant star throwing out a cloud of smoke and dust Public…
Japan’s SLIM moon lander regains power nine days after botched landing
The SLIM lunar lander JAXA Japan’s moon lander is back in contact with Earth, nine days…
JWST has taken extraordinary images of 19 nearby spiral galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope captured 19 face-on spiral galaxies NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee…
The Ingenuity helicopter’s Mars mission is over, but it left a legacy
The Ingenuity helicopter’s flying days are over. After an astonishing 72 flights over the course of…
Galaxy smash-ups may explain strange light from early universe
Merging galaxies from the early universe imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope S. Martin-Alvarez Observations…
What we know about the stars where NASA will hunt for alien life
Could a nearby super Earth host life? Steven Hobbs/Stocktrek Images/Alamy To prepare for one of the…
Starship launch: Next SpaceX flight test is expected this month
Starship first launched on 20 April 2023 Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images SpaceX is…
Matthias Maurer: How to become a lunar astronaut
Matthias Maurer is a European Space Agency astronaut who spent six months aboard the International Space…
Asteroid sampled by NASA may once have been part of an ocean world
A sample from the asteroid Bennu, brought back by the OSIRIS-REx mission, contains hints that it…