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The spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 3318 are lazily draped across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This spiral galaxy lies in the constellation Vela and is roughly 115 million light-years away from Earth.

Hubble captures a beautiful galaxy with a nautical theme

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured another stunning image of deep space -- this one showing the distant galaxy NGC 3381.
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NASA's Perserverance Mars rover.

Mars Perseverance rover shakes loose troublesome pebbles

NASA has shared an update on progress of dislodging pebbles from the Perseverance rover, and the signs are looking good for its continuing mission.
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nas tess satellite begins exoplanet hunt orbits planet

NASA’s TESS has discovered 5,000 exoplanet candidates

NASA's planet-hunting satellite, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, has passed an impressive milestone, having identified 5,000 potential exoplanets.
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This selfie of NASA’s InSight lander is a mosaic made up of 14 images taken on March 15 and April 11 – the 106th and 133rd Martian days, or sols, of the mission – by the spacecraft Instrument Deployment Camera located on its robotic arm.

Mars lander InSight is awake from safe mode after dust storm

NASA's InSight lander on Mars has returned to normal operations after a break of around two weeks due to a regional dust storm.
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An artist's rendering of the Swift spacecraft with a gamma-ray burst going off in the background.

Swift Observatory in safe mode as NASA investigates issue

An issue with NASA's Swift Observatory has forced it to suspend science operations and enter safe mode while the team investigates.
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Images acquired Jan. 9, 2022, from the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter were combined to create this view showing the presence of a regional dust storm obscuring the location of Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter (white circle).

Martian dust storm delays next flight of Ingenuity helicopter

Earth isn't the only place where bad weather affects space flights. The weather on Mars can also be tricky, causing problems for the Ingenuity helicopter.
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Image of a solar flare.

See the sun flaring thanks to the Solar Dynamics Observatory

This week, the Sun erupted with a powerful solar flare, and the incident was caught in real-time by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
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James Webb Space Telescope illustration.

James Webb is ready to settle into its new home: Lagrange Point L2

Webb is set to arrive at its new home on Monday: A location almost one million miles away called L2, or the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point.
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Cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov works to configure and activate the Prichal module during a spacewalk on Jan. 19, 2022.

Cargo Dragon departure from ISS delayed until today due to weather

The departure of an uncrewed SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft from the ISS, which had been planned for this week, had to be delayed until this weekend.
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The SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station on Friday, Jan. 21, for a splashdown Saturday, Jan. 22, off the coast of Florida.

How to watch SpaceX Cargo Dragon depart from ISS this week

This week, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon craft will depart from the International Space Station (ISS) carrying supplies and scientific experiments back to Earth.
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The Flame Nebula region as seen with APEX and VISTA.

See the dramatic and beautiful Flame Nebula in Orion

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a spectacular pair of images showing the dramatic Flame Nebula as seen by a radio telescope.
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This illustration depicts a Jupiter-like exoplanet called TOI-2180 b. It was discovered in data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

Citizen scientists help discover a Jupiter-like planet 379 light-years away

Citizen scientists have helped comb through data from a NASA telescope to identify a gas giant planet located 379 light-years away.
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Artist impression of planet WASP-103b and its host star: ESA’s exoplanet mission Cheops has revealed that an exoplanet orbiting its host star within a day has a deformed shape more like that of a rugby ball than a sphere. The planet, known as WASP-103b is located in the constellation of Hercules. It has been deformed by the strong tidal forces between the planet and its host star WASP- 103, which is about 200 degrees hotter and 1.7 times larger than the Sun.

This weird exoplanet is shaped like a rugby ball

Exoplanets come in many sizes, and sometimes they also come in unusual shapes - like this planet the shape of a rugby ball.
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Pictured from left are the Soyuz MS-19 crew spacecraft and the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module with the Prichal docking module attached as the International Space Station orbited 266 miles above the Indian Ocean off the western coast of Australia.

How to watch the Russian spacewalk outside the ISS this week

This week, two Russian cosmonauts will be taking a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to prepare a Russian space station module.
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The discovery of a second exomoon candidate hints at the possibility that exomoons may be as common as exoplanets.

Astronomers might have spotted one of the first exomoons

Astronomers from Columbia University believe they may have located evidence of an exomoon, or a moon outside our solar system.
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NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard SHERLOC WATSON imager. The camera is located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm. The image was acquired on Jan. 13, 2022 (Sol 320).

How Perseverance is dealing with its pebble problem

The Perseverance rover, currently exploring Mars's Jezero Crater, has run into a challenge when collecting samples from the planet.
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This selfie of NASA’s InSight lander is a mosaic made up of 14 images taken on March 15 and April 11 – the 106th and 133rd Martian days, or sols, of the mission – by the spacecraft Instrument Deployment Camera located on its robotic arm.

NASA’s InSight put into safe mode during Martian dust storm

A dust storm on Mars has required that the NASA InSight lander be placed into safe mode in order to preserve its battery power.
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James Webb Space Telescope illustration.

James Webb begins careful, slow process of aligning mirrors

With deployment complete, the James Webb Space Telescope team is now embarking on their next challenge: Aligning the telescope's mirror segments.
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Artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope unfolds its primary mirror; is now fully deployed

The James Webb Space Telescope has been fully deployed, marking an important milestone in preparing the observatory for science operations.
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The Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble Space Telescope hits a milestone in its 31-year operation

The Hubble Space Telescope has passed a remarkable milestone, as it has now been operating for more than one billion seconds.
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The SAINT-EX telescope

Exoplanet with eccentric orbit discovered in the habitable zone of a red dwarf

Astronomers have found a planet in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star, but its orbit is so elongated that it likely couldn't support life.
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an artist’s impression of a red supergiant star in the final year of its life emitting a tumultuous cloud of gas. this suggests at least some of these stars undergo significant internal changes before going supernova.

Astronomers catch the destruction of a red supergiant star in real time

Astronomers have observed a red supergiant star going supernova for the first time, catching a glimpse of the massive star's final moments of life.
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James Webb Space Telescope illustration.

Why there aren’t cameras to capture the unfolding of James Webb Space Telescope

With the final deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope today, you might be disappointed there won't be videos of the telescope unfolding. Here's why.
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When the James Webb Space Telescope’s primary mirror wings unfold and lock into place in space, the observatory will have completed all major spacecraft deployments.

How to watch the final stage of James Webb Space Telescope’s deployment today

NASA will shortly be broadcasting live coverage of the final stages of deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope. Here's how you can watch along at home.
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Like a sprinkle of powdered sugar on a rich red velvet cake, this scene from the ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captures the contrasting colours of bright white water-ice against the rusty red martian soil.

See a gorgeous icy crater on Mars captured by the Trace Gas Orbiter

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a stunning new image of an icy crater on Mars, taken by the Trace Gas Orbiter.
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Centaurus A is a giant elliptical active galaxy 12 million light-years away. At its heart lies a black hole with a mass of 55 million suns. This image shows the galaxy at radio wavelengths, revealing vast lobes of plasma that reach far beyond the visible galaxy, which occupies only a small patch at the centre of the image. The dots in the background are not stars, but radio galaxies much like Centaurus A, at far greater distances.

Monster black hole gives off epic radio emissions as it chows down on gas

Astronomers have captured incredible emissions from a monster black hole with a mass equivalent to 55 million suns.
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A finder chart depicting the location of the radiant of the Quadrantids meteor shower, from Astronomy Now magazine.

How to watch the spectacular Quadrantids meteor shower this week

This week will see the peak of the Quadrantids meteor shower, which could be the most spectacular meteor shower of 2022.
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The Tianwen-1 orbiter is seen above Mars.

See images of Mars captured by China’s Tianwen-1 mission

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released pictures from its Tianwen-1 mission, including the spacecraft in orbit around Mars.
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james webb completed telescope sunshield

How to watch the James Webb Space Telescope deploy its sunshield this week

The James Webb Space Telescope is still unfolding, and today will see the tensioning of its sunshield. Here's how to watch live coverage of the event.
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NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Serena Auñón-Chancellor during operations for the MICS experiment, which examined solidification of cement in microgravity.

Here are some of the scientific highlights from the ISS in 2021

NASA has released a round-up of some of the biggest scientific discoveries made on the International Space Station in 2021.
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The International Space Station.

ISS operations extended through 2030

Discussion continues about what will replace the International Space Station, but the iconic orbiting station won't be going anywhere any time soon.
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James Webb Space Telescope illustration.

James Webb’s sunshield extended to its full 47-foot width

The James Webb Space Telescope is deploying its tennis court-sized sunshield -- a complex operation of many steps which began earlier this week.
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In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a side-on view of NGC 3568, a barred spiral galaxy roughly 57 million light-years from the Milky Way in the constellation Centaurus. In 2014 the light from a supernova explosion in NGC 3568 reached Earth – a sudden flare of light caused by the titanic explosion accompanying the death of a massive star.

Hubble captures the site of an epic supernova, spotted by amateur astronomers

This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a galaxy which was the site of an epic supernova spotted in 2014.
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The International Space Station pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly-around of the orbiting lab.

See the best photos from the International Space Station this year

NASA has shared some of the best pictures from the International Space Station (ISS) this year, showing the research and other work being done there.
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