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Rings around Uranus spotted by James Webb Space Telescope

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April 7, 2023

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Runaway supermassive black hole has starry tail

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This incredible sight, which is like nothing astronomers have spotted before, was identified by the Hubble Space Telescope in a happy accident.

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Rings around Uranus and more spotted by JWST!

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The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing image of Uranus, showing in great detail the ice giant's ring system, its brightest moons and its dynamic atmosphere.

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Eerie ring of red light flashes like a massive UFO

(Valter Binotto)

An enormous, circular halo of eerie red light, which looks like something out of a sci-fi movie, recently flashed in the night sky above Italy. Spoiler alert: Not aliens.

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Spaceflight

Artemis 2 crew hits 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'

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The first astronaut crew set to visit the moon in over 50 years just made a few publicity pit stops on Earth.

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Science & Astronomy

DART probe crash reveals how asteroid Dimorphos formed

(NASA/JHUAPL)

DART's goal was to test our ability to defend Earth from a threatening rock by nudging it out of harm's way. The test was a brilliant success, and it also revealed how the battered asteroid came to be.

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SpaceX

SpaceX launches Intelsat satellite with NASA experiment

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SpaceX launched a commercial communications satellite into orbit with NASA's TEMPO Earth science instrument to study air pollution over North America early Friday.

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Technology

Dawn Aerospace space plane aces rocket-powered flight

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Dawn Aerospace's robotic space plane has flown with a rocket engine for the first time, taking a major step toward the company's goal of building a fully and rapidly reusable craft.

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