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Webb could see biosignatures on distant planets
Astronomers hope to use the James Webb Space Telescope to detect biosignatures - signs of life - in the atmospheres of distant planets.
July 22, 2022
Oldest galaxy yet seen by Webb Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope imaged a galaxy that existed when the universe was just 300 million years old. It is the oldest galaxy we've ever seen.
July 21, 2022
Meet the black hole police (and hear what they just found)
A group of scientists known as the 'black hole police' have found their 1st black hole, a dormant black hole orbiting a massive star just outside our galaxy.
July 19, 2022
Launches and spaceflight updates for week of July 18, 2022
Launches and spaceflight updates for the week of July 18, 2022. Pop band goes to space. Will Artemis 1 launch on August 29? SpaceX breaks a record. Buzz Aldrin sells moon memorabilia.
July 18, 2022
Land on exoplanets a key to possible life
A new study from the University of Toronto in Canada shows how the location and amount of land on exoplanets affect both their climate and habitability.
July 18, 2022
Clouds of sand on distant worlds
Scientists in Ontario, Canada, published a new study about how clouds of sand (silicates) can form in the atmospheres of brown dwarfs and gas giant exoplanets.
July 17, 2022
July 22 Starlink launch: success!
SpaceX has five Starlink launches scheduled for the month of July 2022. Watch the fourth one that took place at 1:39 p.m. EDT on July 22.
July 15, 2022
What’s a pulsar? Why does it pulse?
A pulsar is a neutron star with its poles aimed toward Earth so that we can see the pulse of light resulting from the star's rapid spin and magnetic field.
July 15, 2022
Mars rover measures key life ingredient
For the 1st time, scientists measured the amount of organic carbon in rocks on Mars. NASA's Curiosity rover analyzed samples taken from ancient mudstones.
July 14, 2022
Today in 2015: New Horizons at Pluto
New Horizons is likely to be the only Pluto mission in the lifetimes of many of us. It changed forever the way we perceive this outermost world and its moons.
July 14, 2022
