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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope spots galaxy churning out stars in overtime
LiveScience· 2 hours agoWhy it's so special: Galaxies across the universe tend to sire newborn stars at a predictable rate,...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days ago(Image credit: ESA-M.Pedoussaut) NASA and its partners officially confirmed Dec. 24 as the launch ...
Webb solves mystery of puffy exoplanet WASP-107 b
EarthSky· 5 days agoWASP-107 b is a gas giant exoplanet, one of the lightest and least-dense ever discovered. Two research teams used new data from the James Webb Space...
NASA Awards Advance Technologies for Future Habitable Worlds Mission
The Woonsocket Call· 2 days agoNASA announced Friday it selected three industry proposals to help develop technologies for future large space telescopes and plan for the agency's Habitable Worlds Observatory mission concept ...
The future is bright for astronomy, and very expensive (op-ed)
Space via Yahoo News· 7 days agoOne such instrument, the Hubble Space Telescope has run up a total cost of $16 billion since the...
Newly Discovered 'Exo-Venus' Could Be Habitable
ExtremeTech· 5 days agoTwo international teams of astronomers report that Gliese 12 b is about the size of Venus, and early calculations suggest it could have a temperate environment that would allow for liquid water ...
'Vanishing' stars may be turning into black holes without going supernova, new study hints
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoStars that vanish from the sky may be collapsing directly into black holes without going supernova...
Network of Robotic Telescopes Finds New Earth-Sized World Orbiting an Ultra-Cool Star
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoAstronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet, SPECULOOS-3 b, orbiting an ultra-cool red dwarf star just 55 light years away. This tidally locked planet, which completes an orbit every 17 ...
Ames Stars of the Month, June 2024 - NASA
NASA· 4 days agoThe NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Amy Gresser, Mary Beth Wilhelm, Taylor Bell, and...
How TESS’s Newest Discovery Could Change Our Search for Alien Worlds
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoAstronomers using NASA's TESS and other facilities have discovered a planet between the sizes of...
