When you launch humanity’s most powerful telescope, you expect results. The JWST has delivered excellent results by detecting ancient galaxies, identifying chemicals in exoplanet atmospheres, and peering into star-forming regions with more detail and clarity than any other telescope.
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Boeing to test DARPA's upcoming 'Glide Breaker' hypersonic interceptor
DARPA has chosen Boeing to develop a prototype and conduct flight testing of its upcoming Glide Breaker hypersonic interceptor.
India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander shines in radar images from lunar orbit (photos)
India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander showed up in fresh images taken by the nation's Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter. Chandrayaan-3's lander and rover are in hibernation until the sun rises over them again.
Kombucha on Mars? It could be key for astronauts' survival off Earth
Kombucha cultures riding on the ISS' exterior for 18 months proved resilient to the dangers of outer space.
Electronics on world's largest radio telescope are more radio-quiet than a smartphone on the moon
New electronic devices designed to power antennas of the world's largest radio telescope are so quiet that they'll cause less disturbance than a mobile phone on the moon.
China launches Yaogan 40 spy satellite on Long March 6A rocket (video)
China launched a new classified Yaogan satellite on Sunday (Sept. 10), continuing the country’s recent rapid launch rate.
Exoplanet's surface may be covered in oceans, James Webb Space Telescope finds
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered that an exoplanet around twice the size of Earth that is already suspected of possessing a liquid water ocean has carbon-based molecules in its atmosphere.
Get a sneak peek at Hulu alien-invasion flick 'No One Will Save You' (video)
Check out a new trailer for Hulu's new alien invasion thriller, 'No One Will Save You.'
China wants help choosing names for its moon lander and lunar crew module
China is looking for names for two spacecraft which will deliver astronauts to the surface of the moon.
JWST Might Have Imaged a Hycean World for the First Time, With a Hydrogen-Rich Atmosphere and a Deep Planet-Wide Water Ocean
Despite its great oceans, Earth is not really an ocean world. It has less water than icy moons such as Europa and Enceladus, a relatively thin nitrogen-rich atmosphere, and vast continents that rise above sea level. A true ocean world would have no continents, a warm sea hundreds of kilometers deep, and a thick hydrogen and water-rich atmosphere. They are known as hydrogen-ocean planets or hycean worlds. While we’ve long thought they exist, the James Webb Space Telescope may now have found one.
'Star Trek's' Celia Rose Gooding reveals how she channels Lt. Uhura interview excerpt (exclusive)
Celia Rose Gooding reflects on her "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" role as a young Lt. Nyota Uhura in this exclusive excerpt from "Star Trek Explorer" magazine.
OSIRIS-Rex's Dante Lauretta shares final preparations for Sept. 24 asteroid-sample return
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will see a sample of an asteroid return to Earth on Sept. 24. Here's how the mission's head scientist feels about the chances of success.
'Artificial star' helps test satellite navigation systems (photo)
The builders of star trackers need to test their tools before launching them aboard satellites. And that's where star simulators come in handy.
Webb discovers methane and carbon dioxide in atmosphere of K2-18 b
A new investigation by an international team of astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide. The discovery adds to recent studies suggesting that K2-18 b could be a Hycean exoplanet, one which has the potential to possess a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and a water ocean-covered surface.
Hitchhiking microbes on ISS cargo ships can make astronauts sick. Scientists have a solution
A specific lubricant seems to be a promising solution to mitigate microbial biofilms onboard ISS.
Japan's SLIM moon lander is carrying this transforming ball robot (it's not BB-8)
A small, spherical robot will roll and walk across the lunar surface thanks to some children's toy technologies.
Meteosat Third Generation: painting the full picture
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In a significant leap forward for meteorology, the preliminary data obtained by Meteosat Third Generation’s two instruments, the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) and the Lightning Imager (LI), were successfully combined today for the first time – highlighting their complementary capabilities. This first set of animations gives us a preview of the system’s future impact.
Astronaut Frank Rubio breaks US record on way to spending a year in space
Frank Rubio didn't set out to break a record, but today on the International Space Station, he will do just that. Rubio, a NASA astronaut, will have flown the longest mission in U.S. history.
Mysterious moonquake traced to Apollo 17 lunar lander base
A reanalysis of Apollo 17 seismic data has revealed that the Apollo 17 lunar lander base is creating its own moonquakes.
Galileo becomes faster for every user
ESA satnav receiver vans – driving between the busy heart of Rotterdam, quiet countryside, and the Agency’s ESTEC technical centre – have confirmed that Galileo signals now provide a first position fix more rapidly, while also offering improved robustness in challenging environments and streamlined access to time information.
Kombucha: Ally for Moon and Mars
ESA is testing kombucha cultures, famous for their fermentative properties and potential health benefits, to assess their resilience in space. These cultures hold great promise for supporting humans on the Moon and Mars.
