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Webb discovers ices in a dark molecular cloud
NASA's Webb discovers ices: The new space telescope has found a wide variety of frozen molecules in a dark molecular cloud 360 light-years away.
February 3, 2023
Webb observes Chariklo’s rings during occultation
NASA's Webb telescope took its 1st look at tiny asteroid Chariklo's rings, showing they contain water ice. Webb used a stellar occultation to observe the rings.
February 3, 2023
See the mysterious spiral over Hawaii observatory
Astronomers using the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, captured a mysterious spiral in the night sky. Watch the video here.
February 2, 2023
Watch exoplanets orbit their star in new video
You can watch 4 exoplanets orbit their home star in this new video from Jason Wang of Northwestern University. See the video here.
February 1, 2023
New Milky Way survey reveals billions of objects
Astronomers at NOIRLab, using the Dark Energy Camera in Chile, have released a new Milky Way survey showing billions of objects in the galactic plane.
January 27, 2023
Rubble pile asteroids are hard to destroy
Scientists discovered that rubble pile asteroids have been around since the beginning of the solar system and are very hard to destroy. Read more.
January 26, 2023
Permanently shadowed crater captured by ShadowCam
NASA's ShadowCam instrument on the Danuri lunar orbiter has sent back its 1st image. It shows details inside a permanently shadowed crater on the moon.
January 24, 2023
Life on Io? An astrobiologist says it’s possible
Could there be microbial life on Io? Jupiter's hostile volcanic moon seems an unlikely home, but astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch says it's not impossible.
January 23, 2023
On Saturday … Closest new moon in 1,337 years
The new moon of January 21, 2023 will be the closest new moon to Earth in a period of 1,337 years. Read more about the closest new moon here.
January 19, 2023
Discovery of opal on Mars boosts chances for life
NASA's Curiosity rover has found water-rich opal on Mars. Its presence indicates that there was an extensive and potentially habitable subsurface environment.
January 19, 2023
