James Webb Space Telescope wraps tests on instrument to study the universe's chemistry | Jupiter and its moons will be a 'proving ground' for the James Webb Space Telescope | Dramatic sampling shows asteroid Bennu is nothing like scientists expected
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NASA's next-generation space telescope has completed tests of another science instrument, bringing it another step closer to starting formal operations.
(NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab/Jonathan North)
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission unleashed an unexpected explosion when it touched down on asteroid Bennu in October 2020 to collect a precious sample to carry home to Earth.
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Look up at the waxing gibbous with a pair of binoculars or a small telescope on Saturday (July 9) and enjoy the surface light effect known as the "Golden Handle".
Join us at The British Library, Saturday 16 July! The countdown is on for a fantastic line-up of children's authors to come together at The British Library, live on stage, Hear from Sharna Jackson, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Emma Carroll, Rob Biddulph, Phil Earle and more. Book now.
There is a layer of Earth's atmosphere that scientists know very little about. Dubbed the "ignorosphere," this layer at the edge of space plays a huge role in determining the intensity of space weather events.
Beginning with the launch of the first satellite and culminating with a joint mission between the two superpowers, the space race was a unique period in space exploration.
Recent Google Earth images reveal construction at what appears to be a sophisticated laser system at a Russian space facility designed to blind adversary satellites.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is digging into the surface of the Red Planet on the hunt for evidence of running water in the planet's past - and signs of ancient Mars life, if it ever existed.
