Dust is usually the product of generations of star formation. So what is all this dust doing in the early universe, just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang?
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China launches 4 commercial weather satellites to orbit (video)
A Chinese solid rocket launched a new batch of commercial satellites from the Gobi Desert on Wednesday (July 19).
Hubble telescope captures a brave star trying to outshine a huge galaxy (photo)
The Hubble Space Telescope tried to capture an image of a weirdly shaped galaxy. A bright star almost got in the way.
Amazon unveils plans for $120 million satellite processing facility for its internet constellation
A rendering of Amazon’s proposed satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The 100,000-square-foot facility will be used to prepare satellites for its Project Kuiper internet constellation for launch aboard rockets from ULA and Blue Origin.
On Friday, online retail giant amazon will join with members of Space Florida to reveal its plans for a 100,000-square-foot satellite processing facility located at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility (LLF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
GPS satellites may be able to detect earthquakes before they happen
Earthquakes may make their presence known through GPS measurements several hours before their main events.
Journey back to Earth: Aeolus' historic reentry
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ESA’s wind mission Aeolus is coming home. After five years of improving weather forecasts, the satellite will return in a first-of-its-kind assisted reentry. At ESA’s Space Operations Centre in Germany, mission control will use the satellite’s remaining fuel to steer Aeolus during its return to Earth.
'Oppenheimer' featurette offers an explosive look behind 'the most important story of our time' (video)
Universal Pictures released a new featurette for director Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" released on July 21.
Was Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, also the father of black holes?
The name Oppenheimer will always be synonymous with the power and destruction of the atomic bomb, but the physicist also played an essential role in the study of black holes.
Asteroid sample incoming: OSIRIS-REx team preps for September landing of Bennu bits
Recovery teams are gearing up for the Sept. 24 landing of OSIRIS-REx's asteroid sample in the Utah desert.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 21 – 30
Low in twilight, Mercury consorts with Venus and squeaks by Regulus. The waxing gibbous Moon does what it does every July: crosses Scorpius and Sagittarius.
Earth from Space: New York
Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights the colours of autumn over the southern part of New York state in the US.
See SpaceX launch picture-perfect nighttime Starlink mission (photos)
SpaceX launched 15 Starlink satellites into orbit overnight, steadily adding to the company's broadband megaconstellation. A few hours after liftoff, they posted these gorgeous launch photos.
Carbon-Based Molecules Seen Just a Billion Years After the Big Bang
The more astronomers look at the early Universe, the more discoveries they make. Some of those finds change what they thought they knew about the infancy of the cosmos. For example, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently found evidence of carbon-based molecules and dust existing only a billion years after the Big Bang. It looks a bit different from the dust observed later in the Universe.
The Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and has fascinated humans for millennia. Here are some interesting facts about the Moon:
Star Factories Haven’t Changed Much Over the Entire Age of the Universe
The ancient Universe is weird and secretive. Scientists have made laudable progress in uncovering more and more information on how the Universe began and what conditions were like all those billions of years ago. Powerful infrared telescopes, especially the ground-breaking James Webb Space Telescope, have let astronomers study the ancient light from the early Universe and remove some of the secrecy.
Hubble telescope spies cloud of space rocks created by DART asteroid impact (photos)
NASA's ambitious asteroid collision mission might've created a swarm of boulders filled with key scientific information.
Thin Flat Lenses Could Unleash a Revolution in Space Telescopes
Thanks to the laws of physics, there are two basic rules about telescopes. The first is that the bigger your primary lens or mirror, the higher the resolution of your telescope. The second is that lenses and mirrors have to be curved to focus light into an image. So, if you want a space telescope sensitive enough to see the atmospheres of distant exoplanets, Your telescope is going to need a large curved mirror or lens. But neither of these things is technically true, as a newly proposed telescope design demonstrates.
China to launch moon astronauts' new spacecraft for 1st time in 2027 or 2028
China is planning to launch a next-generation crewed spacecraft around 2027 that will be capable of carrying astronauts to the moon and even beyond.
San Diego Comic-Con 2023: The space fan's ultimate guide
The grandfather of pop culture conventions is a somewhat scaled-down affair this year, for a variety of reasons.
Satellite will die by fire as 1st-of-its-kind operation sends it plummeting down to Earth
Scientists will attempt a first-of-its-kind guided safe reentry to Earth's atmosphere with the European Space Agency wind satellite Aeolus as it heads home at increasing speed.
