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Clouds on Titan over 36 hours between November 4 and November 6, 2022, as seen by JWST (left) and Keck (right)

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JWST has taken pictures of clouds on Saturn’s moon Titan

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Keck Observatory in Hawaii have watched clouds changing shape in the sky of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, which could help us understand its weird atmosphere

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Growing off-world diversity is making space for everyone

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ispace lunar lander

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Japanese firm ispace is racing to put first private lander on the moon

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John McFall

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ESA's new astronauts include former Paralympian runner John McFall

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Artemis I and the moon

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NASA’s flagship Artemis I mission has flown past the moon

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The Eris rocket under construction

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Australia’s first rocket is set to launch into space in April 2023

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The protostar within the dark cloud L1527, shown in this image from NASA?s James Webb Space Telescope Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), is embedded within a cloud of material feeding its growth. Ejections from the star have cleared out cavities above and below it, whose boundaries glow orange and blue in this infrared view. The upper central region displays bubble-like shapes due to stellar ?burps,? or sporadic ejections.

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JWST sees a stunning hourglass of light around a still-forming star

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NASA's Space Launch System rocket taking off from Kennedy Space Center

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NASA’s enormous SLS rocket has launched to space for the first time

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Abell 370 picture

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Astronomers saw a distant supernova less than 6 hours after it blew up

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Light from MACS0647-JD is bent and magnified by the massive gravity of this cluster of galaxies, called MACS0647, causing it to appear in multiple places (highlighted in boxes)

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JWST finds ancient galaxy may actually be two galaxies merging

The James Webb Space Telescope has cast its eye on one of the oldest known galaxies, formed just 400 million years after the big bang, and it might be two galaxies merging

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Astronomers have unveiled the world’s largest digital camera

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The extraordinary JWST is named for James Webb, whose legacy I deplore

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JWST spots smallest galaxy outside our local universe

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Aluminium alloy could boost spacecraft radiation shielding 100-fold

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