While looking at the star system Kepler-51 with the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers made a surprise exoplanet discovery. It's an unusual puffy planet.

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07.12.2024

NASA leader doubts Elon Musk will push Trump to axe moon rocket | Mashable

NASA announced another delay for the Artemis II launch, which was set for late 2025. The decision further postpones the space agency's return of astronauts to deep space.

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06.12.2024

Webb telescope exposes secrets of a famous cosmic metropolis | Mashable

Astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study what it takes to form galaxies. The Spiderweb protocluster offered surprising insights.

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05.12.2024

The planets are stunning in December 2024 — and no telescope is needed | Mashable

NASA recommends some stargazing targets in December 2024, which include the planets Venus, Jupiter, and Mars, as well as other sights like the Winter Triangle.

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04.12.2024

Venus' past is mysterious. But scientists just revealed a big clue. | Mashable

Planetary scientists concluded that Venus was likely never a hospitable world that hosted water, suggesting that even long ago, it wasn't an Earth-like planet.

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28.11.2024

NASA plane swooped over the Arctic. It detected a buried military base. | Mashable

A NASA research aircraft spotted Camp Century, home to the secretive Cold War project Iceworm, deep beneath Greenland's ice.

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27.11.2024

Webb telescope clears the haze around a stunning galactic icon | Mashable

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer at the Sombrero Galaxy, a famous cosmic object in the constellation Virgo.

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24.11.2024

NASA spotted a very young planet. It could become a super-Earth. | Mashable

Astronomers used NASA's TESS telescope to discover a young planet. The researchers suspect it could become a super-Earth exoplanet, or a mini-Neptune.

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23.11.2024

No one had seen a close-up of a star outside the Milky Way — until now | Mashable

Astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer to take the first close-up pictures of a star outside the Milky Way.

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23.11.2024

Scientists watch hardcore object blasting energy beams into space | Mashable

Astronomers used NASA telescopes to capture images of the "Guitar Nebula" in deep space, an object created by a type of rapidly spinning neutron star called a pulsar.

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22.11.2024

Space camera films footage of giant Starship rocket launching to space | Mashable

A camera attached to the International Space Station captured real-time footage of the SpaceX Starship launching its sixth test flight,

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21.11.2024

How long is a light-year? Here are some ways to think about it. | Mashable

A common misconception is that light-years measure time. But in astronomy, this unit conveys how far one space object is to another.

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21.11.2024

SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight successful despite abandoning booster catch | Mashable

SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight was largely successful, but plans to catch the first-stage Super Heavy booster were abandoned.

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21.11.2024

NASA's Curiosity rover heads to new puzzling Martian destination | Mashable

After a year of exploring a Martian valley, NASA's Curiosity rover is driving to a new location to explore an unusual "boxwork" formation, where microbes could have existed.

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17.11.2024

The space station is leaking. Why it hasn't imperiled the mission. | Mashable

The International Space Station has an ongoing leak that the agency calls a "top safety risk." Here's how the leak is being managed on the aging orbital laboratory.

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17.11.2024

Earth's mini moon could be a chunk of the big moon, scientists say | Mashable

Astronomers have scrambled to collect as much data as possible about Earth's temporary mini moon before it leaves. They've discovered it could have a lunar origin.

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16.11.2024

Rock once forgotten in a drawer plays key part in dating water on Mars | Mashable

A Martian meteorite that landed on Earth more than a century ago has helped scientists learn about the history of water on the Red Planet.

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15.11.2024

Webb telescope scientists forced to reckon with enormous galaxy outliers | Mashable

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe three early ultra-massive galaxies, formed shortly after the Big Bang.

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14.11.2024

Webb telescope sees world that could reek of burnt matches and rotten eggs | Mashable

With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an exoplanet with a sulfur-rich atmosphere, a hint of volcanic activity.

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13.11.2024

Voyager found a mystery on Uranus. Decades later, NASA solved it. | Mashable

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft detected an unexpected phenomenon in the environment around the planet Uranus in 1986. Years later, scientists found the cause.

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10.11.2024

An object struck a satellite in Earth's orbit, leaving a hole | Mashable

The satellite company NanoAvionics revealed that a chickpea-sized object hit its MP42 Satellite, and provided evidence. It's not clear if it was space debris or a micrometeoroid impact.

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10.11.2024

Giant telescope's own powerful radiation may have contributed to collapse | Mashable

A National Academies report suggests the failure of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico may have been exacerbated by the radio telescope's powerful electromagnetic radiation.

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08.11.2024

This black hole just did something theoretically impossible | Mashable

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to find that a black hole was consuming matter 40 times faster than thought possible.

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07.11.2024

Scientists just found a mind-boggling object in deep space | Mashable

Researchers using NASA's NICER X-ray telescope discovered a neutron star spinning 716 times per second, making it one of the fastest-spinning known objects in the universe.

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06.11.2024

Spacecraft watches lonely Earth and moon fade into the distance | Mashable

The European Space Agency's Hera mission captured imagery of Earth and the moon shrinking as the spacecraft was en route to the asteroid Dimorphos.

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04.11.2024

NASA's Voyager finally phoned home with a device unused since 1981 | Mashable

The Voyager 1 spacecraft went quiet in interstellar space. Then NASA it communicating on a radio transmitter it hadn't used for over 40 years.

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03.11.2024

Webb telescope finds hot young star Vega is actually quite lonely | Mashable

Astronomers have pointed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble at nearby star Vega. Surprisingly, they haven't found any evidence of exoplanets.

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02.11.2024

Webb and Hubble telescopes provide a preview to galactic cannibalism | Mashable

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope captured images of galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 at different light wavelengths to reveal more detail in the impending merger.

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31.10.2024

NASA rover climbs daunting slope, views its remarkable Mars adventure | Mashable

NASA's Perseverance rover is ascending the rim of the Jezero Crater, a challenging climb that has revealed an expansive vista of the robot's long journey through the Martian desert.

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31.10.2024

A NASA telescope reveals a giant black hole jet like never before | Mashable

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers studied the jets of a black hole at the center of Centaurus A, watching their speed in a new light.

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30.10.2024

NASA reveals new moon landing sites. They're dark and uncharted. | Mashable

NASA released an update of its Artemis III moon landing regions. The agency will likely explore one of these nine candidate areas this decade as it establishes a permanent presence on the moon.

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24.10.2024

One of humanity's best telescopes snapped a stunning image of deep space | Mashable

Astronomers used the Gemini North telescope to capture a vivid image of galaxies in distant space called the Perseus Cluster.

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24.10.2024

Scientists propose a bold new reason for Betelgeuse's volatile behavior | Mashable

Betelgeuse has brightened and dimmed over the years, convincing some astronomers that it's close to exploding. New research offers an alternate theory.

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23.10.2024

Webb telescope spots extremely bright objects. They shouldn't be there. | Mashable

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to view ancient quasars. But these bright objects should not form in isolated space, scientists say.

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22.10.2024

NASA captures star duo spraying plasma a quarter-trillion miles | Mashable

For years, NASA's Hubble telescope has watched R Aquarii, a spectacular double star, shoot streams of material about 248 billion miles into the cosmos.

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20.10.2024

The sun will be really stormy for the next year, NASA says | Mashable

NASA and NOAA announced that the sun has reached its solar maximum period, a time when the sun produces more solar activity that can impact our technology on Earth.

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20.10.2024

NASA just found places where microbial Martians might be able to thrive | Mashable

NASA researchers discovered an environment on Mars where photosynthesis could take place, possibly allowing microbial life to exist.

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18.10.2024

NASA's got new moon spacesuits. They must resist -334 F temperatures. | Mashable

The companies Axiom Space and Prada revealed NASA's new Artemis moon spacesuits, which astronauts will wear on the lunar surface this decade.

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Astronomers wonder if galaxies are falling into this giant black hole | Mashable

Evidence of a black hole visiting Earth may be hiding in your house | Mashable

At 2 a.m., an unexpected event led to a surprise planet discovery | Mashable

NASA leader doubts Elon Musk will push Trump to axe moon rocket | Mashable

Webb telescope exposes secrets of a famous cosmic metropolis | Mashable

The planets are stunning in December 2024 — and no telescope is needed | Mashable

Venus' past is mysterious. But scientists just revealed a big clue. | Mashable

NASA plane swooped over the Arctic. It detected a buried military base. | Mashable

Webb telescope clears the haze around a stunning galactic icon | Mashable

NASA spotted a very young planet. It could become a super-Earth. | Mashable

No one had seen a close-up of a star outside the Milky Way — until now | Mashable

Scientists watch hardcore object blasting energy beams into space | Mashable

Space camera films footage of giant Starship rocket launching to space | Mashable

How long is a light-year? Here are some ways to think about it. | Mashable

SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight successful despite abandoning booster catch | Mashable

NASA's Curiosity rover heads to new puzzling Martian destination | Mashable

The space station is leaking. Why it hasn't imperiled the mission. | Mashable

Earth's mini moon could be a chunk of the big moon, scientists say | Mashable

Rock once forgotten in a drawer plays key part in dating water on Mars | Mashable

Webb telescope scientists forced to reckon with enormous galaxy outliers | Mashable

Webb telescope sees world that could reek of burnt matches and rotten eggs | Mashable

Voyager found a mystery on Uranus. Decades later, NASA solved it. | Mashable

An object struck a satellite in Earth's orbit, leaving a hole | Mashable

Giant telescope's own powerful radiation may have contributed to collapse | Mashable

This black hole just did something theoretically impossible | Mashable

Scientists just found a mind-boggling object in deep space | Mashable

Spacecraft watches lonely Earth and moon fade into the distance | Mashable

NASA's Voyager finally phoned home with a device unused since 1981 | Mashable

Webb telescope finds hot young star Vega is actually quite lonely | Mashable

Webb and Hubble telescopes provide a preview to galactic cannibalism | Mashable

NASA rover climbs daunting slope, views its remarkable Mars adventure | Mashable

A NASA telescope reveals a giant black hole jet like never before | Mashable

NASA reveals new moon landing sites. They're dark and uncharted. | Mashable

One of humanity's best telescopes snapped a stunning image of deep space | Mashable

Scientists propose a bold new reason for Betelgeuse's volatile behavior | Mashable

Webb telescope spots extremely bright objects. They shouldn't be there. | Mashable

NASA captures star duo spraying plasma a quarter-trillion miles | Mashable

The sun will be really stormy for the next year, NASA says | Mashable

NASA just found places where microbial Martians might be able to thrive | Mashable

NASA's got new moon spacesuits. They must resist -334 F temperatures. | Mashable

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