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JWST Reveals a Newly-Forming Double Protostar
As our newest, most perceptive eye on the ongoing unfolding of the cosmos, the James Webb Space Telescope is revealing…
Webb’s Infrared Eye Reveals the Heart of the Milky Way
The JWST is taking a break from studying the distant Universe and has trained its infrared eye on the heart…
Juno Completes its Closest Flyby of Io Yet
Jupiter's ocean moons capture most of our attention because of their potential habitability. But Io, Jupiter's bad-boy volcanic moon, is…
Feast Your Eyes on this Star-Forming Region, Thanks to the JWST
Nature is stingy with its secrets. That's why humans developed the scientific method. Without it, we'd still be ignorant and…
A Last-Minute Addition to the Solar Orbiter Allows it to See More Deeply into the Sun’s Atmosphere
Spacecraft instruments are highly specialized and can take years to design, build, and test. But a last-minute hack to one…
The Sun Gets Meteor Showers Too, But They’re Very Different
The Sun dominates the Solar System in almost every way imaginable, yet much of its inner workings have been hidden…
Juno Shares Stunning New Images of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io
The Juno made its closest pass to Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon, and snapped some stunning images of an eruption on…
Not All Craters are Circular. Sometimes They Look Like This
Impact craters are nature's signature from a more chaotic time in our Solar System's history. A quick glance at the…
The Latest JWST Image Pierces Through a Shrouded Star-Forming Galaxy
Sometimes an image is so engrossing that we can ignore what it's telling us about its subject and just enjoy…
The Dark Energy Camera Captures the Remains of an Ancient Supernova
The first written record of a supernova comes from Chinese astrologers in the year 185. Those records say a 'guest…