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New cosmic 'baby pictures' reveal our universe taking its 1st steps towards stars and galaxies

New images of the infant universe captured by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) are the most precise "baby pictures" to date of the cosmos' "first steps" toward forming the first stars and galaxies.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 concludes successful, 14-day mission on the Moon

Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander captures photo of its shadow on the Moon with the volcanic feature, Mons Latreille, visible on the top right side of the lunar surface. Image: Firefly Aerospace. The journey of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar ...

Never-'stuck' Starliner astronauts return to Earth at last with Crew-9 duo in SpaceX Dragon splashdown

The first astronauts to fly on board two different commercial spacecraft during a single mission have returned to Earth, splashing down with two of their International Space Station crewmates. Sunita "Suni" Williams and ...

NASA, SpaceX undock Crew-9 from space station, begin 17-hour journey to Earth

Following the release of 12 hooks keeping it moored to the zenith port of the International Space Station's Harmony module, the Dragon Freedom spacecraft drifts away from the ISS to begin its journey back to Earth. Image: NASA via livestream.

Watch the sun set over the moon in epic video from private Blue Ghost lunar lander

"These are the first high-definition images taken of the sun going down and then going into darkness at the horizon [on the moon]," Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for exploration at NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said during a news ...

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast (video, photos)

About eight minutes later, the rocket's first stage touched down on the SpaceX drone ship "A Shortfall of Gravitas," which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. It was the 19th launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a company mission ...

Best-Yet 'Baby Pictures' of the Universe Unveiled

Two views of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the afterglow of the big bang, as seen by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT). The upper image shows ACT's measurements of CMB temperature augmenting earlier measurements from the Planck satellite, ...

Newfound Exoplanets around Barnard's Star Resolve Long-Standing Astronomical Quest

Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a cautionary tale from planet hunting's prehistory. By Tom Metcalfe edited by Lee Billings. Artist's Illustration of Exoplanets Orbiting ...

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX is preparing to launch a batch of 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit as it and NASA are in the process of returning four people from the International Space Station back to Earth. The Starlink 12-25 mission will launch using a ...

Dolphins welcome SpaceX's Crew-9 astronauts home after splashdown (video)

"Wow! We got a cute little pod of dolphins, not just one or two," SpaceX engineer Kate Tice said during the NASA-SpaceX webcast of Crew-9's entry, descent and landing.