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Tag: Astronomy

Webb Detects Water Vapor Just Hanging Out in Space in a Fascinating Star’s Goldilocks Zone
Space

Webb Detects Water Vapor Just Hanging Out in Space in a Fascinating Star’s Goldilocks Zone

July 27, 2023August 1, 2023

In a fascinating star system 370 light-years from Earth, scientists studying with the James Webb Space Telescope have found…

Space

More Space Telescopes: Nancy Grace Roman to Search For Dark Matter and Exoplanets in 2027

July 26, 2022

PICTURED: A high-resolution illustration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope against a starry background. PC: NASA’s Goddard Space…

Space

Tomorrow the James Webb Telescope Will Show the World What It Can Do

July 11, 2022

In just over 24 hours, the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images will be shown to the public. On…

The Solar System May Have Had Dozens More Planets if a Young Jupiter Hadn’t Swallowed Them
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The Solar System May Have Had Dozens More Planets if a Young Jupiter Hadn’t Swallowed Them

June 22, 2022

PICTURED: NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission’s 40th close pass by the giant planet…

Here’s What the James Webb Telescope Will Look at First When Operational In Late June
Space

Here’s What the James Webb Telescope Will Look at First When Operational In Late June

May 31, 2022June 28, 2023

PICTURED: Illustration showing what exoplanet 55 Cancri e could look like, based on current understanding of the planet. PC: ILLUSTRATION:…

Pentagon Blocked Release of Data a Study Needed to Prove the First Identified Interstellar Object
Space

Pentagon Blocked Release of Data a Study Needed to Prove the First Identified Interstellar Object

April 12, 2022

In 2014, an object around 1.5 feet across came screaming into the skies above Papua New Guinea before blowing…

Inside SPHEREx, NASA’s New Space Telescope that Will Map the Whole Universe Four Times
Space

Inside SPHEREx, NASA’s New Space Telescope that Will Map the Whole Universe Four Times

April 8, 2022

PICTURED: The soon-to-launch SPHEREx space observatory. PC: Caltech. Story at a glance… A telescope that will map the entire…

Science Marks Milestone of 5,000th Exoplanet Discovered
Space

Science Marks Milestone of 5,000th Exoplanet Discovered

March 22, 2022

PICTURED: A comparison of the orbit and size of Earth to its solar system, with that of Kepler-i86f. PC:…

Are We About to Witness a Supermassive Black Hole Merger?
Space

Are We About to Witness a Supermassive Black Hole Merger?

February 4, 2022

PICTURED: Edited Hubble Space Telescope montage (created by NASA) of various galaxies with growing black holes due to collisions…

2022 Space Missions: A New Space Station, Moon Mining, A Mars Rover and Webb’s Debut
Space

2022 Space Missions: A New Space Station, Moon Mining, A Mars Rover and Webb’s Debut

January 6, 2022

Exponential growth in the public and private space sectors are increasing the number of launches yearly, and 2022 promises…

Most Powerful Space Telescope Ever Nears Launch Date: Promises to Unravel Deepest Secrets of the Universe
Space

Most Powerful Space Telescope Ever Nears Launch Date: Promises to Unravel Deepest Secrets of the Universe

October 12, 2021

PICTURED: The fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope with its sunshield and unitized pallet structures that fold up around…

What Are the Other ‘Earths’ in the Galaxy Like? Could They Ever Be a New Home?
Space

What Are the Other ‘Earths’ in the Galaxy Like? Could They Ever Be a New Home?

September 1, 2021

Story at a glance… Since 2014, multiple Earth-like planets have been discovered in our galaxy. While too far to…

Perseverance Rover Drills Up Nothing: Why?
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Perseverance Rover Drills Up Nothing: Why?

August 20, 2021

PICTURED: An image taken by the rover of the borehole made in the recent failed extraction. PC: NASA/JPL-Caltech. MARS.…

Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb Launches The Galileo Project to Search for Alien Technology Under Our Noses
Space

Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb Launches The Galileo Project to Search for Alien Technology Under Our Noses

July 29, 2021

PICTURED: The mammoth LSST Telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. PC: Rubin Obs/NSF/AURA. Story at a glance… Suggesting…

Super Telescope Captures Images of a Plasma Jet Emitting from Black Hole at 16-Times Greater Resolution
Space

Super Telescope Captures Images of a Plasma Jet Emitting from Black Hole at 16-Times Greater Resolution

July 20, 2021

PICTURED: Four observations of Centaurus A taken and rendered by the ESA. PC: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; optical: Rolf Olsen; infrared:…

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No Life in Venus’ Clouds, Maybe in Jupiter’s?

July 2, 2021

PICTURED: An image of Venus showing the clouds, taken by the ultraviolet imager of the Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki,…

Harvard Astronomer Publishes Book on Extraterrestrials After Famous 2017 Oumuamua Paper
Space

Harvard Astronomer Publishes Book on Extraterrestrials After Famous 2017 Oumuamua Paper

January 29, 2021

In 2017, our solar system was visited by a strange object whose origin lay far beyond the reach of…


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But of Course the Ukrainian Army Is Not Keeping Track of Where They’re Dropping Cluster Bombs

Andy Corbley August 22, 2023

When President Biden signaled his intention to bypass American law and send cluster munitions to Ukraine, Kyiv quickly provided…

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Biden Officials Knew Ukraine Couldn’t Fight Effectively with the Weapons and Training They Had

Andy Corbley July 24, 2023

  If any Ukrainian were under the impression that the White House and Pentagon were their allies, the last…

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Pentagon Intelligence Chief Calls Ukraine A “Stalemate”–Doubts that New Weapons Will Help

Andy Corbley July 17, 2023

In an interview at Bloomberg, Chief of Staff for the Defense Intelligence Agency described the Ukraine war as a “stalemate” before…

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But of Course the Ukrainian Army Is Not Keeping Track of Where They’re Dropping Cluster Bombs

Andy Corbley August 22, 2023
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But of Course the Ukrainian Army Is Not Keeping Track of Where They’re Dropping Cluster Bombs

Andy Corbley August 22, 2023
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