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Kepler space telescope

This image of the spiral galaxy IC 5332, taken by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope with its MIRI instrument, has been scaled and cropped to match the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope???s view of the same galaxy.

Space

JWST has taken a picture of the gaseous ‘skeleton’ of a spiral galaxy

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken a picture of the galaxy IC 5332, peering through the dust that separates its spiral arms to reveal the gas and stars beneath

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How NASA's DART spacecraft will divert asteroids

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How NASA's DART spacecraft will divert asteroids

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Webb?s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) image of Neptune, taken on July 12, 2022, brings the planet?s rings into full focus for the first time in more than three decades. The most prominent features of Neptune?s atmosphere in this image are a series of bright patches in the planet?s southern hemisphere that represent high-altitude methane-ice clouds. More subtly, a thin line of brightness circling the planet?s equator could be a visual signature of global atmospheric circulation that powers Neptune?s winds and storms. Additionally, for the first time, Webb has teased out a continuous band of high-latitude clouds surrounding a previously-known vortex at Neptune?s southern pole.

Space

JWST has captured an astonishing view of Neptune and its rings

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Webb?s first images of Mars, captured by its NIRCam instrument Sept. 5, 2022 [Guaranteed Time Observation Program 1415]. Left: Reference map of the observed hemisphere of Mars from NASA and the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA). Top right: NIRCam image showing 2.1-micron (F212 filter) reflected sunlight, revealing surface features such as craters and dust layers. Bottom right: Simultaneous NIRCam image showing ~4.3-micron (F430M filter) emitted light that reveals temperature differences with latitude and time of day, as well as darkening of the Hellas Basin caused by atmospheric effects. The bright yellow area is just at the saturation limit of the detector

Space

James Webb Space Telescope captures its first pictures of Mars

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year photos are out of this world

Space

Astronomy Photographer of the Year photos are out of this world

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View of Moon limb with Earth rising on the horizon. Footprints as an evidence of people being there or great forgery. Collage. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.; Shutterstock ID 1454730908; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Space

Why we should go back to the moon – and this time to build a home

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A photograph of ex-NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver

Space

Lori Garver on why NASA is returning to the moon for the wrong reasons

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Electron microscope image of hexagonal diamond in a meteorite

Space

Strange hexagonal diamonds found in meteorite from another planet

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An image of the Orion nebula taken by JWST

Space

JWST has caught hot stars destroying gas and dust in the Orion Nebula

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Oak tree canopy in The Ercall woods, Shropshire, England.

Mathematics

The number that is too big for the universe

TREE(3) is a number that turns up easily from just playing a simple mathematical game. Yet, it is so colossally large that it couldn't conceivably fit in our universe, writes Antonio Padilla

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Space

Juno spacecraft prepares for close encounter with icy moon Europa

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Swarm of light-sail spacecraft could be propelled by laser on the moon

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Space

JWST's dazzling nebula image shows stars we have never seen before

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Space

JWST has spotted sandy clouds on a distant alien world

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