Space exploration

Space exploration

An observation of a planetary nebula from the NIRCam instrument of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe and released July 12, 2022. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

2022 milestones in space exploration

Astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu attend a see-off ceremony before the Shenzhou-15 spaceflight mission to build China's space station, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China September 29, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS

China sends astronauts to 'Celestial Palace' in historic space mission

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New potentially hazardous asteroid discovered

US adopts new space junk rules to reduce exploration risks

US adopts new space junk rules to reduce exploration risks

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China discovers stunning crystal on the moon, nuclear fusion fuel for limitless energy

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Scientist says astronauts should take psychedelic mushrooms in space

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Why does NASA want to send people to the moon again?

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UFOs are no longer the domain of conspiracy theorists

Adam Minter. Sketch: TBS

Who needs the government to go to Venus?

This image (left) shows the spiral galaxy NGC 1309 before the explosion of a white dwarf star called Supernova 2012Z. Right: Clockwise from top right: the position of the supernova pre-explosion; Supernova 2012Z pictured in 2013; the difference between the pre-explosion images and 2016 observations; the location of the supernova in the latest observations in 2016. ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Jha, McCully, et al. 2022, ApJ, 925, 138/Handout via REUTERS

Meet the 'zombie star' that survived a supernova blast

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James Webb Telescope exceeds expectations

The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashes down in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule off the coast of Kennedy Space Center, Florida, U.S. September 18, 2021. SpaceX/Handout via REUTERS

SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew splashes down off Florida

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NASA to test rocket engines that could eventually send humans to the moon