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Kelly Kizer Whitt

Farewell to Gaia after 12 successful years

ESA has now switched off the Gaia spacecraft, sending it into retirement on March 27, 2025. Gaia measured some 2 billion Milky Way objects.

Most distant known galaxy is mature in a baby universe

Astronomers have discovered oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. So, the stars are surprisingly older than we'd expect for the early universe.

A new data release hints dark energy may be weakening

A new data release from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument hints that the universe's dark energy is not constant and may be weakening over time.

New Euclid images reveal hidden gravitational lenses

New Euclid images dive deep into our universe, unveiling millions of galaxies, along with galactic clusters, quasars and gravitational lenses.

Blue Ghost ends its pioneering mission with the sunset

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost mission has come to a successful end with the setting of the sun on the moon, as it enters 2 weeks of darkness.

NOAA expects a tornado outbreak in the Southeast on March 15

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center calls for the possibility of a tornado outbreak in the Deep South today, March 15, 2025. Read more about it here.

New Mars and Deimos pics from revealing Hera flyby

Hera is on its way to investigate the aftermath of our collision with an asteroid. But first it flew past Mars. See the new Mars and Deimos pics here.

128 new Saturn moons just announced. Incredible!

Astronomers have discovered a whopping 128 new Saturn moons. This brings Saturn's moon total to 274, by far the most of any planet in our solar system.

New record for oldest impact crater on Earth

Researchers in Australia have discovered a new record holder for the oldest impact crater on Earth yet known. The impact dates back some 3.5 billion years.

New lunar lander Athena is on the moon, but …

The lunar lander Athena - Intuitive Machines' 2nd mission to the moon - made it to the surface on March 6, 2025. Unfortunately, it appears to be tipped over.

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