January 20, 2022 James Webb Space Telescope team announces deployment of all mirrors The James Webb Space Telescope hit another milestone this week; NASA announced that the $10 billion observatory's 18 hexagonal mirror segments and its secondary mirror have been fully deployed.
January 15, 2022 What is the wolf moon? The next full moon, known as the "wolf moon," will occur on the evening of Monday, Jan. 17.
January 15, 2022 Citizen scientists find 'Jupiter-like' planet, NASA says NASA announced this week that citizen scientists had spotted a Jupiter-like exoplanet in data from its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
January 14, 2022 Study nixes Mars life in meteorite found in Antarctica A 4 billion-year-old meteorite from Mars that caused a splash here on Earth decades ago contains no evidence of ancient, primitive Martian life after all, scientists reported Thursday.
January 13, 2022 Red supergiant star's death witnessed by astronomers for the first time: report Astronomers have captured the death of a red supergiant star for the first time.
January 8, 2022 James Webb Space Telescope is fully deployed NASA announced Saturday that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been fully deployed.
January 4, 2022 NASA nails James Webb Space Telescope launch NASA aced the most complicated, critical job on its newly launched space telescope Tuesday: unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a tennis court.
January 1, 2022 James Webb Space Telescope unfurls sunshield in major post-launch milestone The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) successfully unfurled its sunshield on Friday, in another milestone for the groundbreaking project.
January 1, 2022 US commits to support International Space Station through 2030 Russia and the U.S. previously committed to working together on the station after 2024, but no clear movement occurred until the end of the year.