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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 18, 2022

Large 'potentially hazardous' asteroid passing by Earth on Tuesday

Astronomers are tracking a large asteroid that is set to make a relatively close pass by the Earth on Tuesday. The asteroid, called 7482 (1994 PC1), is expected to fly by our planet around 4:51 p.m. ET.

January 15, 2022

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover runs into another snag: pebbles

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has run into another snag on its mission to find evidence of ancient microbial life. 

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 15, 2022

Michael Strahan football from Blue Origin space trip gets Hall of Fame display in Canton

A football taken into space by retired NFL star-turned-TV personality Michael Strahan has landed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

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 6, 2022

China to complete major space station in 2022

China has recommitted itself to completing its orbiting space station by the end of the year and says it is planning more than 40 launches for 2022, putting it roughly level with the United States.