The James Webb Space Telescope joins the hunt for newborn exoplanets
by Astronomers are looking for planets forming around baby stars using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The powerful space telescope delivered the goods quickly, albeit …
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The launch of OSIRIS-REx rare asteroid samples at Space Center Houston
Move over, moon rocks: Space Center Houston has a new type of space rock on display. The official visitor center for NASA’s Johnson Space Center …
First look at asteroid Bennu samples suggests space rock could even be ‘fragment of ancient ocean’
Scientists are now examining bits and pieces snagged, bagged and tagged from asteroid Bennu, the cosmic mother lode that delivers NASA’s Origin, Spectral Imaging, Resource …
Scientists explain why they are on the verge of record-breaking heat in 2023
The latest calculations from several scientific agencies that show global heat records that destroyed the Earth last year may seem alarming. But scientists worry that …