NASA's Webb Space Telescope shows off its most detailed image of Uranus yet, revealing storms and a 21-year-long winter in exquisite detail

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A new image of Uranus taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
The James Webb Space Telescope's new portrait of Uranus show the planet's rings and polar clouds like never before.

NASA, ESA, CSA, Space Telescope Science Institute

Jeff Bezos wants a solar system with a trillion people, a thousand Einsteins and Mozarts, and 37,000 active serial killers

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A question for our times.

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Jeff Bezos says floating at zero gravity felt like a 'return to the womb'

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Jeff Bezos, wearing a cowboy hat, speaking into a microphone about his space flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.
Jeff Bezos speaks about his flight on a Blue Origin rocket.

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This is what happens to space tomatoes that get lost on the International Space Station for 8 months

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Two space-grown tomatoes were found earlier this month eight months after they disappeared on the International Space Station.

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Wind-powered cargo ship takes Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket to launch site

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The US has to win in space if it doesn't want to lose future wars, a top Marine general says

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dantrel Gandy, a Low Altitude Air Defense gunner with Alpha Battery, 2nd LAAD Platoon, Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron – 363 (Reinforced), with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, observes a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launch during Exercise Loobye at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug.

What you think are aurora may actually be a different phenomenon scientists are calling 'Steve'

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A composite image shows a STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) and the Milky Way at Childs Lake, Manitoba, Canada.
This composite image shows a STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) and the Milky Way at Childs Lake, Manitoba, Canada.

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When to watch the spectacular Geminid meteor shower this week. NASA says skies are ideal for viewing it.

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Skywatcher Kenneth Brandon wrote, "This shot is a composite of about 700 frames from a time-lapse I took in Big Sur, CA. I found 61 frames with meteors in them. Then I stacked the frames and created masks for each meteor. "

Kenneth Brandon

NASA's James Webb gave a stunning look at the death throes of a star, capturing details Hubble missed

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A picture shows a cloud of cosmic gas with orange blue and green highlights, showing structure.
JWST captured a new picture of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. The picture was taken in near-infrared and processed to show the invisible light in visible color.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Danny Milisavljevic (Purdue University), Ilse De Looze (UGent), Tea Temim (Princeton University)

A mysterious star from outside the Milky Way has somehow ended up near our galaxy's supermassive black hole

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A picture shows a star near the region where the Sagittarius A* black hole should be. The picture looks like yellow blobs on a dark background, two circles highlight the location of the star and the black hole.
A star called S0-6 (circled in blue), was found near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*, circled in green) at the center of the Milky Way.

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