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Astronomers Stunned by Ancient Galaxy With No Spin
9+ hour, 5+ min ago (762+ words) A massive galaxy from less than 2 billion years after the Big Bang is baffling astronomers because it shows no sign of rotation. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an unusual galaxy from the early universe that appears…...
Interstellar Comet 3 I/ATLAS Came From a Place Nothing Like Our Solar System
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (435+ words) A rare comet from another star system is revealing just how different alien solar systems may be from our own....
Scientists Just Discovered How the Universe Builds Monster Black Holes
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (268+ words) The biggest black holes in the Universe may be built through chains of violent mergers deep inside crowded star clusters....
Webb Space Telescope Reveals Rare Planet Pair That Shouldn't Exist
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (819+ words) A bizarre pair of planets 190 light-years away is forcing astronomers to rethink how planetary systems form. Now, researchers at MIT have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to study the atmosphere of the mini-Neptune and uncover new clues about…...
Blue Origin's New Moon Lander Passes a Crucial Test for NASA Missions
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (52+ words) Blue Origin's MK1 lander just survived a brutal dress rehearsal for the Moon....
NASA Fires Up Record-Breaking Plasma Thruster for Future Mars Missions
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (599+ words) NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars. NASA's experimental lithium-powered plasma thruster has cleared a major early test, marking another step toward future human missions to Mars. Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory…...
NASA's Webb Space Telescope Reveals a Dark Airless Super-Earth That Looks Like Mercury
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (847+ words) A nearby "super-Earth" is giving scientists a rare look at the bare surface of a distant world, and it's far from Earth-like. LHS 3844 b is a rocky planet about 30% larger than Earth. It orbits a cool red dwarf star extremely…...
This Tiny World in the Outer Solar System Should Be Airless, but It Has an Atmosphere
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (291+ words) A tiny world in our Solar System has an atmosphere it shouldn't'hinting something dramatic happened there recently. Conceptual video showing how the light from a star changes when it passes behind an object with an atmosphere. Credit: NAOJ To investigate…...
Artemis II Just Proved NASA Is Closer Than Ever to Returning to the Moon
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (227+ words) NASA's Artemis II mission has successfully wrapped up, and early analysis shows the agency's next-generation Moon systems performed remarkably well....
NASA Powers Down Voyager 1 Instrument As It Fights To Survive Deep Space
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (314+ words) Voyager 1 is losing power, and NASA just shut down a decades-old instrument to keep it going. The sacrifice could help the spacecraft continue exploring interstellar space a little longer. During a planned roll maneuver on February 27, Voyager 1 experienced an unexpected…...