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The James Webb Space Telescope gave us a glimpse of Jupiter in a photo taken during its commissioning phase. But that image pales in comparison to the fully-processed JWST Jupiter photos that have just been released. Taken by its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), the two photographs show the solar system’s largest planet in incredible detail.   Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; im

NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) is funding two high-potential concepts. New ion drives could have been ten times better in terms of ISP and power levels ten thousand times higher. Antimatter propulsion and multi-megawatt ion drives are being developed. Propulsion and Speed in Space What is the fastest spacecraft we have made? The Voyager 1 spacecraft is moving at 38,000 mph (61,

A brilliant light detected by NASA’s James Webb Telescope (JWST) in a galaxy three billion light years from Earth is believed to be the $10 billion scope’s first observation of a dying star exploding. Formally known as a supernova, it is the ‘last hurrah’ that occurs when the star runs out of fuel. This causes the pressure to drop, in which the cosmic object expands to at leas

If you had to identify Saturn out of a crowd, you’d most likely know it by its famous rings. They are our solar system’s largest and brightest rings. Extending over 280,000 kilometres from the planet and wide enough to fit six Earths in a row. Saturn won’t look like this for long now. Because its rings are vanishing. That’s correct, Saturn’s rings are disappearing! And fast. Much

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already expanded humanity's vision further into time and space than ever before, giving a breathtaking sneak peek of the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the early Universe to date. Now, NASA has just unveiled five more stunning full-color images captured by the most ambitious telescopes humanity has ever built. "You ain't seen nothing yet," G

The deepest infrared view of the Universe ever was just unveiled, and it's even better than we could have imagined. In a NASA livestream, US President Joe Biden released the first official image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), showing us an unprecedented new image of a region of space known as SMACS 0723 – a deep field into the distant Universe. It's the furthest back in time w

Breakthrough Starshot, an international scientific effort, has revealed their plans to launch a probe to Alpha Centauri, our nearest star system, and it can reach its destination in just 20 years. Breakthrough Starshot has plans to design and test a new form of spaceship propulsion system that uses a light sail and a laser beam array to achieve the enormous speeds necessary for interstellar

It's difficult not to fantasize about what it might be like if advanced aliens were tuned in to our planet right now, downloading the latest news and gossip in an effort to ascertain the state of our civilization. Hopefully, they will skip over certain aspects, such as the film "Don't Look Up," the present federal government, or the gigantic pen*s now strewn over a portion of Australia. The

Although the Moon does have an atmosphere, it is very thin and mostly made of hydrogen, neon, and argon. This is not a gaseous combination capable of supporting oxygen-dependent animals such as humans. On the Moon, there is an abundance of oxygen. It is just not in a gaseous state. Rather than that, it is trapped inside regolith — the lunar surface's covering of rock and fine dust. Would