A giant volcano hiding in plain sight in one of Mars’ most iconic regions. The newly…
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Webb finds ethanol and other icy ingredients for new worlds
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, W. Rocha et al (Leiden University) An international team of astronomers using…
Astronomers perform a comprehensive study of the young open cluster NGC 2345
Identification chart of NGC 2345. Credit: Belwal et al, 2024 Using the Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT)…
Commercial rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit explodes moments after liftoff in Japan
Space One’s Kairos rocket explodes after liftoff from a launch pad in Kushimoto, Wakayama prefecture, western…
NASA’s Roman team selects survey to map our galaxy’s far side
The plane of our Milky Way galaxy, as seen by ESA’s Gaia space mission. It contains…
The LIFE telescope passed its first test, detecting biosignatures on Earth
LIFE will have five separate space telescopes that fly in formation and work together to detect…
Dark Energy Camera captures remains of a massive star that exploded nearly 11,000 years ago in huge gigapixel image
With the powerful, 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), astronomers have constructed a massive…
Condor telescope reveals a new world for astrophysicists
A view created by Condor and computer technologies of extremely faint shells of ionized gas surrounding…
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A section of the fuselage recovered from Space Shuttle Challenger, left, and the flight deck windows…
Hubble sees spiral galaxy NGC 4423 edge-on
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows NGC 4423. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Sun This…