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pic of Jupiter's moon, Europa, with red streaks across its surface.

Search for alien life on Jupiter’s moon may be over already5 mins ago

"Ring of fire" effect from solar eclipse

April’s solar eclipse may significantly strain electrical gridsMarch 10, 2024

Asteroid 99942 Apophis in space, 3d rendering concept illustration.

‘Zero chance’ asteroid Apophis strikes Earth in 2029, astronomer declaresMarch 6, 2024

Tardigrade floating by the Moon

Life on the Moon? Tardigrades from crashed probe may have survivedMarch 3, 2024

Combination of a Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 1987A and the compact argon source. The faint blue source in the centre is the emission from the compact source detected with the JWST/NIRSpec instrument. Outside this is the stellar debris, containing most of the mass, expanding at thousands of km/second. The inner bright “string of pearls” is the gas from the outer layers of the star that was expelled about 20,000 years before the final explosion. The is the fast debris are now colliding with the ring, explaining the bright spots. Outside of the inner ring are two outer rings, presumably produced by the same process as formed the inner ring. The bright stars to the left and right of the inner ring are unrelated to the supernova. (CREDIT: Hubble Space Telescope WFPC-3/James Webb Space Telescope NIRSpec/J. Larsson)

37 Years Later, Webb Telescope Discovers Star Created By 1987 SupernovaFebruary 23, 2024

Bits of samples collected from asteroid Ryugu.

Scientists Discover Earth’s ‘Seeds Of Life’ From Nearby Ryugu AsteroidFebruary 23, 2024