A new image taken with the James Webb Space Telescope reveals a variety of unusual, distorted galaxies in the distant universe, magnified by a “gravitational lens” – a massive galaxy…
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Intuitive Machines sets Nov. 15 launch date for moon lander
A new private moon-landing mission could launch as soon as November. Intuitive Machines says its moon lander could be ready for liftoff as soon as Nov. 15, pending last-minute preparation. This…
Could puncturing a satellite’s battery help it deorbit faster?
Visual depiction of Kessler syndrome. Credit: NASA Orbital Debris Program Office A few years ago, there was a panic about lithium-ion batteries that exploded and could do things like take…
Searching for the universe’s missing teenage pictures
A line intensity image appears smeared compared to traditional galaxy survey images. Credit: Patrick Breysse Astrophysicists can use measurements of the cosmic microwave background, radiation formed 380,000 years after the…
Mars once had wet-dry climate conducive to supporting life: Study
An image taken by the Curiosity rover showing the hexagonal cracked mud in a Martian crater that was once a vast lake. NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered the first evidence…
Hundred-year storms? That’s how long they last on Saturn
In the optical, Saturn’s banded atmosphere appears to smoothly shift from color to color. But seen here in radio light — VLA data overlays a Cassini image of Saturn —…
Hubble captures lenticular galaxy NGC 6684
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully The lenticular galaxy NGC 6684 bathes this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in a pale light. Captured with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for…
A novel method uses gravity data to determine where density anomalies lie inside planetary bodies
Researchers are developing a new technique to help visualize the complex internal layering and anomalous structures inside planetary bodies, including the Moon. Credit: NGC 54/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 Getting to…
Russia is to launch its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years
In this photo released by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna 25 automatic station is transported to a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome…
