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JWST Takes Its First Image of an Exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first direct image of an exoplanet, a planet outside our Solar System. The exoplanet, HIP 65425 b is a gas giant that orbits an A-type star, has a mass of about nine times that of Jupiter and is about 355 light-years from Earth. While the planet has virtually no chance of being habitable, the data from these observations show just how powerful a tool JWST will be for studying exoplanets.
Game on at Gamescom
More than 265 000 visitors headed to Cologne in Germany for Gamescom last week – the world’s largest computer and video games fair. As well as the latest games releases, they got a chance to discover that ESA and the gaming world have a lot in common.
See Milky Way star clusters shine in Thursday night's sky
The moon sets early on Thursday (Sept. 1), making the sky extra dark for viewing clusters of stars throughout the Milky Way galaxy with a backyard telescope.
Webb takes its first exoplanet image
Image: Webb takes its first exoplanet image
Mysterious rings in new James Webb Space Telescope image puzzle astronomers
The James Webb Space Telescope captured mysterious concentric rings around a distant star that astronomers are still working to explain.
Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ telescope review
A good value, though limited, telescope for observing the moon and planets, suited toward beginner astronomers.
How many meteorites hit Earth every year?
Earth is constantly showered by space rocks, but how many of these actually land on Earth's surface?
Bright New Satellites Join a Crowded Sky — Here’s How You Can Help
The imminent launch of a BlueWalker satellite, with a giant phased array antenna, portends a brightening night sky. Amateur astronomers can help record these changes with the goal of mitigating them.
Fly over to Amazon and save up to $300 on DJI drones
Amazon is offering huge savings on top drone models including $300 off the DJI FPV combo, while stocks last.
Harvest Moon 2022: When and how to see September's full moon
The full moon of September 2022 also carries the title of the Harvest Moon for those living in the Northern Hemisphere.
Axiom Space, NASA agree to send 2nd all-private crew to space station in 2023
NASA and Axiom Space are targeting the second quarter of 2023 for the Ax-2 mission, which will send four private citizens to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule.
Latest Galileo satellites join constellation with enhanced, faster fix
Europe’s latest Galileo satellites in space have joined the operational constellation, transmitting navigation signals to three billion users across planet Earth as well as relaying distress calls to rescuers. Their entry into service follows a summer test campaign and will result in a measurable increase in positioning accuracy and improved data delivery performance of the overall Galileo system.
Lego Icons Galaxy Explorer review
Lego celebrates its 90th anniversary with a new version of a popular Lego Classic Space set – behold the Lego Icons Galaxy Explorer.
Water on the moon is present even outside of dark craters, study confirms
New observations by the flying telescope SOFIA confirmed there is water on the illuminated surface of the moon.
Jupiter's true colors pop in new images from NASA's Juno mission
A new image captured by NASA's Juno mission reveals features in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere in the same colors a human observer would see.
One small step for a robot
Image: One small step for a robot
Inflatable Moon base
Image: Inflatable Moon base
After NASA’s asteroid impact, ESA’s Hera comes next
This month NASA’s DART spacecraft will collide with the smaller of the two Didymos asteroids in deep space, attempting to shift its orbit in what will be humankind’s first test of the ‘kinetic impactor’ planetary defence technique. Meanwhile, down on the ground, ESA’s follow-on mission to Didymos has reached its own crucial milestone.
Pakistan inundated
Image: Captured from space by Copernicus Sentinel-1 on 30 August 2022, this image shows the extent of flooding that is currently devastating Pakistan. Heavy monsoon rainfall has led to more than a third of the country now being underwater.
