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An Epic Collaboration Between Hubble and JWST
Hubble and Webb have come together to create one of the most detailed and revealing images of an iconic galaxy…
ESA Plans to Eliminate New Space Debris by 2030
What can we do about space junk? We know how much debris is in orbit, and we know the problem…
ESA Has a Difficult Choice: Study Mars, Earth's Magnetosphere, or Gamma-Ray Bursts
The ESA Science Programme has narrowed down the possibilities for its next M-class mission to three concepts.
The Crab Reveals Its Secrets To JWST
The Crab Nebula - otherwise known as the first object on Charles Messier’s list of non-cometary objects or M1 for…
The Solar Wind Whistles as it Passes Mercury
The Mercury , part of the BepiColombo International Mercury Exploration Project, has revealed some interesting things about Mercury's magnetosphere.
Building Roads Out of Moon Dust
Astronauts will face a host of obstacles when they visit the Moon again. There's powerful radiation, wild temperature swings, and…
Earth's Smallest Flowering Plant Can Handle 20X Earth's Gravity
Astronauts need to eat, and they need to breathe. That means, for long-duration missions, they are going to need to…
Euclid Recovers From a Navigation Problem and Finds its Guide Stars Again
After a bit of a hiccup with its navigation system, Euclid has found its navigation stars and is pointed the…
Those Impossibly Massive Early Galaxies Might Just Be Surprisingly Bright
A new series of simulations from Northwestern shows that those impossibly large galaxies were actually just very, very bright!
Spacecraft Could be Equipped With Tiny Thrusters That Use Water for Propellant
Engineers working with the European Space Agency have developed a new thruster design smaller than the tip of your finger.…