Staring off into the ancient past with a $10 billion space telescope, hoping to find extraordinarily faint signals from the earliest galaxies, might seem like a forlorn task. But it’s only forlorn if we don’t find any. Now that the James Webb Space Telescope has found those signals, the exercise has moved from forlorn to hopeful.
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SpaceX destacks Starship to prep for epic 33-engine test fire (photos)
SpaceX destacked its Starship Mars rocket on Wednesday (Jan. 25) to continue gearing up for the giant vehicle's first-ever orbital test flight.
SpaceX Starlink launch spawns gorgeous dawn clouds in Florida sky
Noctilucent clouds hovered over parts of Florida's Space Coast after SpaceX rocketed 56 Starlink satellites to orbit early Thursday morning (Jan. 26).
Perseverance Takes a Selfie to Show off Some of its Samples
One of the main jobs for the Perseverance Mars rover past few weeks has been collecting carefully selected samples of Mars rock and soil. These samples have been placed and sealed in special sample tubes and left in well-identified places so that a future sample return mission can collect them and bring the Martian samples back to Earth.
Car-sized asteroid will pass extremely close to Earth tonight
The space rock, called 2023 BU, was discovered less than a week ago.
SpaceX and astronomers come to agreement on reducing Starlink astronomy impact
The National Science Foundation and SpaceX have come to an agreement on how to mitigate the damage to ground-based astronomy that Starlink satellites present.
There's a Crater on Mars That Looks Like a Bear
Facial pareidolia is the human tendency or illusion of seeing facial structures in an everyday objects – such as seeing the “man in the Moon,” or the face of Jesus on a piece of toast. But here’s a newly found crater on Mars that might be a case of ‘bear-adoilia.’
Expansion of ESA’s 5G/6G Hub moves ahead
An ambitious new development phase of ESA’s 5G/6G Hub has begun.
Tiny Asteroid 2023 BU to Miss Earth
A recently discovered asteroid will pass exceptionally close to Earth on January 26th. Here's how to see it.
Radar images capture new Antarctic mega-iceberg
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Using radar images from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, the animation shows the A81 iceberg breaking away from the Brunt Ice Shelf on 25 January 2023. The new berg is estimated to be around 1550 sq km, which is around the size of Greater London, and is approximately 150 m thick. It calved when the crack known as Chasm-1 split northwards severing the west part of the ice shelf.
Save over $200 on the Panasonic Lumix G100 mirrorless camera
That's a 27% saving on a 4K mirrorless camera that we rate as one of the very best for beginners on the market, it won't last long though as they're currently low in stock.
Japanese rocket launches radar spy satellite
An H-IIA rocket launched a radar reconnaissance satellite to orbit for the Japanese government on Wednesday evening (Jan. 25).
Grounded spacecraft look for new space rocks to visit, including notorious asteroid Apophis
Scientists are working hard to try to salvage a pair of spacecraft that lost their launch — and the solution might include the most notorious asteroid out there, Apophis.
New Observations Reveal Galaxies Near and Far
Astronomers at this month's big winter conference explored intriguing small galaxies at various points in cosmic history.
Boeing's Starliner crew capsule channels R2-D2 ahead of astronaut test flight
NASA released images of the Boeing Starliner crew capsule resembling R2-D2 while being mated to a new service module ahead of a crewed flight test to the International Space Station.
The Sample Transfer Arm – A helping hand for Mars
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The mission to return martian samples back to Earth will see a European 2.5 metre-long robotic arm pick up tubes filled with precious soil from Mars and transfer them to a rocket for an historic interplanetary delivery.
Lego Icons Optimus Prime review
Lego and Hasbro team up to bring 1980s icon Optimus Prime into brick form.
Rubble-pile asteroids are 'giant space cushions' that live forever
New research found that the rubble-pile asteroid Itokawa can survive collisions for 10 times longer than its conventional, single-body counterparts.
China's Yutu 2 rover still going strong after 4 years on the moon's far side
China's Yutu 2 rover is still operating after four years on the moon and has returned new images from the lunar far side.
Watch live: SpaceX on track for predawn launch from Cape Canaveral
Watch our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 5-2 mission at 4:32 a.m. EST (0932 GMT) on Jan. 26 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Follow us on Twitter.
Escape the Empire in new 'Star Wars Jedi: Survivor' prequel novel
"Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars" tie-in prequel novel lands in March from Random House Worlds
