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NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)

By Brett Tingley published

NASA and Lockheed Martin recently released photos of the X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet conducting tests of its afterburner, blasting out a column of fire while in the hangar.

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Maj. David Reifenberg, combat rescue officer drop zone controller, 308th Rescue Squadron, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, free falls from a Joint Base Charleston C-17 Globemaster III, as Senior Master Sgt. George Reed, pararescueman, 308 RQS prepares to jump, during a Human Space Flight Support airdrop search and rescue exercise Jan 15, 2025, near Patrick SFB, Fla.

US military practices rescuing astronauts from the sea (photos)

By Julian Dossett published

A U.S. military joint task force did some training recently off the Florida coast, preparing to help rescue astronauts from the ocean if need be.

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An illustration of the JWST investigating some hypothetical exoplanets witha graph in th ebackground showing its exoplanet discoveries thus far

3 years of James Webb Space Telescope data on alien worlds now available online

By Robert Lea published

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the study of exoplanets, worlds beyond the solar system.

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A panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light-years away, requiring over 600 Hubble overlapping snapshots to stitch together. This mosaic captures the glow of 200 million stars - a fraction of Andromeda’s population - spread across about 2.5 billion pixels.

Hubble Space Telescope reveals richest view of Andromeda galaxy to date (image)

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

The most detailed panorama of the entire Andromeda galaxy is packed with science that could revolutionize our understanding of how spiral galaxies across the universe form and evolve.

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Artist's illustration of Europe's ExoMars rover, named Rosalind Franklin, on the surface of the Red Planet.

Europe plans to launch advanced Mars lander in 2035

By Andrew Jones published

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.

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Graphic showing the the artemis accords logo above white text reading "the artemis accords", the surface of the moon is seen in the lower portion of the image and a distant Mars peeks out from the surface of the moon.

Artemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?

By Robert Lea last updated

Reference As the Artemis program aims to return humanity to the moon and beyond, the Artemis Accords lay out a framework for nations collaborating in this effort.

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galaxies scattered across the vast abyss of space.

Hubble tension is now in our cosmic backyard, sending cosmology into crisis

By Keith Cooper published

Measurements of the distance to the Coma Cluster of galaxies find that it is millions of light years closer than the standard model predicts.

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The Hubble Space Telescope captured two young stars named HOPS 150, which glows a bright golden red in the upper-right corner of the image, and HOPS 153, which lies on the left side of the image, represented by a narrow, colourful jet, in the Orion Nebula.

Hubble Telescope spies newborn stars in famous Orion Nebula (photo)

By Samantha Mathewson published

A recent photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures two protostars called HOPS 150 and HOPS 153, which are located in the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula.

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Step inside a virtual reality art piece inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope

By Stefanie Waldek published

Ashley Zelinskie's VR artwork Twin Quasar was inspired by the iconic deep-space image from the James Webb Space Telescope that introduced a new audience to gravitational lensing.

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Steven E. Vera, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard non-commissioned officer in charge of technical training, trains 45 augmentees on marching in preparation for the Jan. 20 Presidential Inauguration at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8, 2025. This marks the first time the Space Force will participate in a presidential inauguration, a significant milestone for the youngest branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Space Force to march in Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, a 1st for the new military branch

By Julian Dossett published

On Jan. 20, the U.S. Space Force will participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, a first for the nation's newest military branch.

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