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Fiery hourglass star seen by Webb

Astronomers said this week the Webb telescope has viewed a fiery hourglass star. Within the hourglass, they see an edge-on disk, where new planets are forming.

Editors of EarthSky

November 18, 2022

Bright, early galaxies surprise astronomers

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured two early galaxies that are much brighter than astronomers expected they would be. Read more.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

November 18, 2022

No SpaceX Starlink launches for November

SpaceX did not launch any Starlink satellites for the month of November 2022. Read more about the satellites, and how to spot them, here.

Lia De La Cruz

November 17, 2022

What is the Great Filter, and can we survive it?

A new study suggests the reason we haven't found intelligent civilizations in the galaxy is that such civilizations might not have survived their Great Filter.

Kelly Kizer Whitt

Deborah Byrd

November 17, 2022

Keck Planet Finder begins search for other Earths

The Keck Planet Finder instrument on the Keck 1 Telescope in Hawaii has achieved 1st light. It will search for habitable Earth-sized planets around other stars.

Paul Scott Anderson

November 17, 2022

Gold-rich stars as Milky Way ‘fossils’

New computer simulations show that most gold-rich stars were formed in low-mass dwarf galaxies that merged with our Milky Way galaxy some 10 billion years ago.

Deborah Byrd

November 15, 2022

Artemis 1’s journey to launching for the moon

NASA will attempt to launch Artemis 1 - the mighty SLS rocket and its attached Orion space capsule - on November 16, mission managers confirmed on Monday.

Editors of EarthSky

November 15, 2022