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Scientists spice up old Hubble Telescope image to shine light on spectacular star cluster
By Julian Dossett published
Scientists have released a never-before-seen view of a star cluster, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA's Jonny Kim and 2 cosmonauts arrive at ISS aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft (video)
By Mike Wall published
The Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and his two cosmonaut colleagues arrived at the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (April 8).

Navy SEAL-doctor-astronaut lifts off with cosmonauts on Russian flight to ISS
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A Navy SEAL, medical doctor and NASA astronaut lifted off for an eight-month stay on the International Space Station — and that was just one of the three crewmates on Soyuz MS-27.

Nearby star photobombs portrait of a distant galaxy in new Hubble Telescope image
By Samantha Mathewson published
A bright star located in the Milky Way appears nestled in the distant galaxy NGC 5530 due to a chance alignment along the Hubble Space Telescope's line of sight.

Moon mission patch beamed onto rocket assembly building: Space photo of the day
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
NASA celebrated the release of its Artemis 2 crew patch by projecting the insignia's art onto the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in Florida.

NASA's Perseverance rover watches as 2 Mars dust devils merge into 1 (video)
By Samantha Mathewson published
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a giant dust devil devouring a smaller storm swirling closely behind on the rim of Jezero Crater.

JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 times more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel'
By Larissa G. Capella published
It existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang.

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts reveal moon mission patch to honor 'AII'
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The next astronauts to fly to the moon now have a mission patch to represent their journey. NASA debuted the official Artemis 2 insignia, its first emblem for a moon-bound crew in more than 50 years.

Extreme magnetic fields near our galaxy's black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
New James Webb Space Telescope images of the stellar nursery Sgr C, near the galactic center, reveal why it contains fewer stars than expected.
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