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Is the James Webb Space Telescope finding the furthest, oldest, youngest or first galaxies? An astronomer explains.

We’ve now seen the first data from the James Webb Space Telescope. It has observed the atmospheres of distant planets, groups of nearby galaxies, galaxy light bent by unseen dark matter, and clouds of gas and dust in stellar nurseries.

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Astronaut's grandson partners on project to restore rare Apollo 15 'AstroVette'

A rare Corvette is to be restored, 51 years after its one-time owner launched with the first car to be driven on the moon. Project AstroVette Endeavour aims to return the car to its 1971 condition.

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China launches a third group of Yaogan 35 spy satellites

The launch adds to China's growing Earth observation and reconnaissance capabilities.

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Dark matter from 12 billion years ago detected for the 1st time

Using a cosmic relic from the universe's earliest moments researchers have made the earliest detection of a mysterious form of matter that makes up 85% of the universe's mass.

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Hubble Space Telescope captures trippy 'mirror image' view of distant galaxy

The Hubble Space Telescope is seeing double in a new image of a distant galaxy called SGAS J143845+145407.

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'Star Trek's' grand lady of space, Nichelle Nichols, has died at 89

"Star Trek" royalty and tireless NASA volunteer Nichelle Nichols has passed away at the age of 89.

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Best Lego space sets 2022: NASA Lego sets, spaceships, Marvel, and more

Experience the vastness of space from your own living room with the best Lego space sets.

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Debris from Chinese rocket crash found in Indonesia and Malaysia

Some pieces of the big Chinese rocket that fell to Earth over the weekend have been found on the ground in Southeast Asia.

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This Australian experiment is on the hunt for an elusive particle that could help unlock the mystery of dark matter

The ORGAN Experiment, Australia's first major dark matter detector, recently completed a search for a hypothetical particle called an axion in an attempt to try to explain dark matter.

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Watch California's largest wildfire of the year spawn a massive 'fire cloud' visible from space

Weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have revealed "explosive growth" in a massive wildfire currently burning in northern California.

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Watch Mars and Uranus meet up in night-sky webcast tonight

Mars and Uranus are night-sky neighbors at the moment, and you can get good views of their unusual meetup online tonight (Aug. 1).

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In 'A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman,' a personal story of coming to planetary science

Lindy Elkins-Tanton offers a very human view of her experiences in science and life alike in her new memoir, "A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman."

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Watch Rocket Lab launch a US spy satellite early Tuesday

Rocket Lab will launch a U.S. spy satellite in the wee hours of Tuesday morning (Aug. 2), and you can watch the action live.

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Where do electrons get energy to spin around an atom's nucleus?

Electrons were once thought to orbit a nucleus much as planets orbit the sun. That picture has since been obliterated by modern quantum mechanics.

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Astronomers image the star-birthing web of a cosmic Tarantula Nebula

New research shows how the push and pull inaction of energy and gravity shapes the cosmic web of 30 Doradus — the Tarantula Nebula — a site of rapid star formation.

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Watch the full moon dance over one year in stunning time-lapse video by photographer

A new time-lapse video from astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy shows the moon's dance, or libration, over a year of full moons.

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In photos: Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti takes Europe's historic 1st female spacewalk

Samantha Cristoforetti posted numerous photos of her historic International Space Station spacewalk July 21, when she became the first European female spacewalker.

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See China's huge uncontrolled rocket debris fall from space in fiery skywatcher videos

A huge Chinese rocket fell back to Earth this weekend in a dazzling (if fiery) display as it broke apart during reentry as it plunged from space over the Indian Ocean.

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Strange 'alien' holes discovered on the ocean floor

Explorers have discovered a series of mysterious, "perfectly aligned" holes punched into the seafloor roughly 1.6 miles (2.6 kilometers) beneath the ocean.

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Astronaut's Battlestar Galactica Starbuck cosplay in space thrills sci-fi convention fans (video)

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has once again brought cosplay to space dressed as Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica.

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James Webb Space Telescope's 1st stunning photo is now a dress

You can now add the deepest infrared image of the universe to your wardrobe.

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