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Voyager 1: Facts about Earth's farthest spacecraft

Voyager 1 is the first spacecraft to travel beyond the solar system and enter interstellar space. The probe is still exploring the cosmos to this day.

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Here's how to edit James Webb Space Telescope images

New to image processing? Citizen scientist Judy Schmidt guides Space.com through the basics of creating a spectacular image from raw telescope data.

What makes Newton's laws work? Here's the simple trick.

Lagrange found that the difference between an object's kinetic energy and potential energy unlocked something deeply profound about the universe.

Rare “Red Sprites” Seen From ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile

This new image taken of the skies above Chile’s Atacama Desert near the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) La Silla Observatory, shows bright red streaks in the sky known as red sprites. Red sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds, usually triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud and the ground. However, the red sprites appear high in Earth’s atmosphere, sometimes 50-90 km in altitude.

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The Latest Webb Observations Don’t Disprove The Big Bang, But They Are Interesting

Okay, so let’s start with the obvious. The big bang is not dead. Recent observations by the James Webb Space Telescope have not disproven the big bang, despite certain popular articles claiming otherwise. If that’s all you needed to hear, then have a great day. That said, the latest Webb observations do reveal some strange and unexpected things about the universe, and if you’d like to know more, keep reading.

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ESA technology leading to safer, smarter European roads

An agreement signed yesterday looks to extend the use of ESA space technology along European roads. The Agency’s Navigation Directorate has finalised a Memorandum of Intent with ERTICO, the organisation for the European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination, a public-private partnership focused on the development, promotion and connection of intelligent road systems and services.

As NASA nears return to the moon with Artemis program, lunar scientists' excitement reaches fever pitch

With NASA's return to the moon with Artemis moving ever closer, lunar scientists look forward to the possibilities for science.

NASA's Artemis 1 SLS megarocket has had a long road to its moon launch pad

The Artemis mission will soon usher in the next era of space exploration, carrying humans back to the moon and then beyond thanks to the most powerful rocket ever built, the Space Launch System.

On the trail of unidentified aerial phenomenon: the Galileo Project looks ahead

The Galileo Project is the first systematic scientific research program in a search for artifacts or remnants of extraterrestrial technological civilizations.

NASA's Orion spacecraft faces huge test for moon flights and deep space

The Orion spacecraft will carry humans further into space than they have ever journeyed before in a series of increasingly challenging missions.

Media briefing: Artemis I getting ready for launch

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The Artemis I mission is almost ready for launch: it will send an uncrewed spacecraft beyond the Moon and back.

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NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission is 'go' for Aug. 29 launch

NASA has cleared its Artemis 1 mission to launch an uncrewed test flight around the moon on Aug. 29.

Final week of Artemis 1 preps include Orion closeouts and booster servicing

A member of NASA’s Artemis ground team is seen inside the white room near the Orion spacecraft’s hatch during rollback of the Space Launch System moon rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building on July 2. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now

Ground teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will load fuel into the Space Launch System moon rocket’s steering system and finish closeouts inside the Orion capsule on top of the launcher this week, setting the stage for the start of the two-day countdown sequence Saturday and liftoff Monday.

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Webb images of Jupiter show auroras, rings, moons

This composite infrared image of Jupiter was created using data from the NIRCam instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope. The Great Red Spot is located at lower right. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Judy Schmidt.

A few weeks after officially starting science operations, the James Webb Space Telescope turned its mirrors toward Jupiter and captured stunning new infrared views of the gas giant planet, its auroras, moons, and faint rings.

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Jupiter's auroras look radiant in new James Webb Space Telescope images

Impressive infrared images of Jupiter's auroras were processed by citizen scientist Judy Schmidt.

Artemis 1 will carry a space weather cubesat to study solar wind

Scientists hope CuSP will pave the way for a network of weather stations in interplanetary space.

Live coverage: Flight readiness review underway for Artemis 1 mission

Live coverage of preparations for the maiden flight of the Space Launch System on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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Dark matter could finally reveal itself through self-interactions

One hypothesis for the nature of dark matter is that some of it could be self-interacting, meaning the individual particles interact slightly with one another.

'Solar clock' could predict rhythms of dangerous weather in the sun's cycle

For 400 years sunspots have been used to measure the sun's cycle, but a newly suggested 'circle of fifths' system could predict dangerous and violent solar events years in advance.


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