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James Webb Space Telescope spots a potential new exoplanet just 4 light-years away from Earth

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet — one orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sun-like star to Earth.

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Meet the space maestro venturing where no woman has gone before

The new astronomer royal’s job really is rocket science, writes India Block

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China wants to return samples from Mars. Will there be any international cooperation?

International oversight would reduce risks, but could be "a politically sensitive and contentious matter."

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James Webb Space Telescope revisits a classic Hubble image of over 2,500 galaxies

The image reveals over 2,500 galaxies, many of which are seen as they were during the first billion years of cosmic history.

Space

2 spacecraft flew exactly in line to imitate a solar eclipse, capture a stunning image and test new tech

During a solar eclipse, astronomers who study heliophysics are able to study the Sun’s corona – its outer atmosphere – in ways they are unable to do at any other time.

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Scientists scan famous 'Earthrise' crater on mission to find alien life in our solar system

A large lunar crater featured in the iconic 'Earthrise' photo has just helped the European JUICE spacecraft hone its alien-hunting instruments during a once-in-a-lifetime flyby.

Space

Satellites reveal a hidden lake burst through Greenland Ice Sheet in 2014, causing major flooding and a deep crater

A hidden lake beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet unexpectedly drained more than a decade ago, fracturing the ice surface and forming a large crater — an event only recently uncovered by Earth-observing satellites.

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See the universe's rarest type of black hole slurp up a star in stunning animation

Astronomers believe they have spotted an elusive intermediate-mass black hole shredding a distant star, and they have re-created the stellar murder in a stunning new animation.

LiveScience

JWST sees beauty in the death of a star, offers a preview of what's in store for our sun

The James Webb Space Telescope's investigations of the planetary nebula NGC 6072 suggest a second star played a hand in sculpting the death of the primary star.

Space

Collaboration or collapse: Why Earth observation must be a global mission

Satellites don't stop at borders and neither should science.

Space

Mona Luna takes off: Europe’s all-new lunar rover set to land by 2030

Unveiled at this year’s Paris Air Show, Mona Luna is a fully European lunar rover developed by Venturi Space across France, Monaco, and Switzerland, and is set to land on the Moon around 2030.

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You can't make a MoonSwatch with Swatch's AI tool – but you can do this…

I tried Swatch’s AI-DADA tool, and it needs some work

Scientists scan famous 'Earthrise' crater on mission to find alien life in our solar system

A large lunar crater featured in the iconic 'Earthrise' photo has just helped the European JUICE spacecraft hone its alien-hunting instruments during a once-in-a-lifetime flyby.

LiveScience

Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is packed with water ice that could be older than Earth

Scientists have examined the interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS, finding evidence that it is packed with water that could be older than the solar system.

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Europe tests largest-ever Mars parachute in the stratosphere above the Arctic (video)

A giant parachute built for the beleaguered European ExoMars mission has aced a drop test in the Arctic stratosphere.

Space

ESA selects 5 rocket companies for European Launcher Challenge

Germany's Isar and RFA, France's Maiaspace, Spain's PLD Space, and UK-based Orbex have been pre-selected for ESA's €169 million launcher initiative.

Space

NASA workers plan 'Moon Day' protest on July 20 to oppose mass layoffs, budget cuts. 'This year has been an utter nightmare that has not stopped.'

Workers from within NASA will protest the space agency leadership's "preemptive over-compliance" of the White House's proposed budget, gutting science and eliminating jobs.

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A doomed exoplanet is caught in a 'death spiral' around its star. Can it survive?

A massive doomed exoplanet on a death spiral toward its parent star has three possible catastrophic fates.

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Bad news for alien life? Earth-size planets may be less common than we thought

Up to 200 worlds investigated by NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite could be bigger than predicted, a finding that could impact our search for alien life.

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Giant space 'boulders' unleashed by NASA's DART mission aren't behaving as expected, revealing hidden risks of deflecting asteroids

Debris released from the asteroid Dimorphos during NASA's DART mission has a higher momentum and less random distribution than expected, which "changes the physics we need to consider when planning these types of missions," researchers say.

Space

Ravenous 'vampire' stars may use cosmic accomplices to help devour stellar victims

Astronomers have discovered that vampire white dwarfs that feast on victim companion stars have assistance in acquiring prey in the form of lurking third stars.

Space

Astronomers discover monster exoplanet hiding in 'stellar fog' around young star

A monster exoplanet as big as 10 times the size of Jupiter has emerged from the stellar gas and dust surrounding a young star, thanks to the telescope tag team of Gaia and ALMA.

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Keeping wastewater flowing into tomorrow's coffee | On the ISS this week July 7 - 11, 2025

The Expedition 73 and Axiom Mission 4 crews spent their second of two weeks together conducting science aboard the International Space Station.

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As NASA's budget shrinks, Europe doubles down on Earth science: 'Climate change is the defining challenge of our generation'

If NASA must pull back, Europe is ready to step up — and do so with open arms.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope celebrates 3 years of science with dazzling 'toe beans' image of Cat's Paw Nebula

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is celebrating three years of transformational science with a striking new image of the Cat's Paw Nebula.

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