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Webb finds new hints for planet around closest solar twin ESA · 7 Aug 2025 Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the stellar system closest to our own Sun. At just 4 light-years away from Earth, the Alpha Ce...
Webb reveals structures in planetary nebula, sheds new light on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field NASASpaceflight · 3 Aug 2025 The joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope recently observed the remnants…
Webb scratches under Cat’s Paw Nebula for third anniversary ESA · 10 Jul 2025 To mark its third year of highly productive science, astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to scratch beyond the surface of the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334), a massive, local star-forming region.
Webb finds evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7 ESA · 25 Jun 2025 Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured compelling evidence of a planet with a mass similar to Saturn orbiting the young nearby star TWA 7.
Titan forecast: partly cloudy with a chance of methane showers ESA · 14 May 2025 A science team has combined data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the Keck II telescope to see evidence of cloud convection on Saturn’s moon Titan in the northern hemisphere for the first time. Most o...
Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter’s aurora ESA · 12 May 2025 The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the auroras on our Solar System’s largest planet. The dancing lights observed on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth. Wi...
Webb spots clues of black hole at heart of nearby galaxy M83 ESA · 17 Apr 2025 Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered evidence that suggests the presence of a long-sought supermassive black hole at the heart of the nearby spiral galaxy Messier 83 (M83). This s...
New NASA Rule To Allow ESA, JAXA, or CSA Astronauts Command Private Spaceflights The Launch Pad · 5 Apr 2025 New NASA Rule To Allow ESA, JAXA, or CSA Astronauts Command Private Spaceflights
Webb sees galaxy mysteriously clearing fog of early Universe ESA · 26 Mar 2025 Using the unique infrared sensitivity of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, researchers can examine ancient galaxies to probe secrets of the early Universe. Now, an international team of astronomers has identif...
Webb unmasks true nature of the Cosmic Tornado ESA · 24 Mar 2025 The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a beautiful juxtaposition of the nearby protostellar outflow known as Herbig-Haro 49/50 with a perfectly positioned, more distant spiral galaxy. Due to the close p...
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Speaks at SXSW NASA · 11 Mar 2025 CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, second from left, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, second from right, and Reid Wiseman, right, spoke to a crowd at SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 7, 2025. The crewm...
Webb investigates protoplanetary disk in extreme detail, observes glowing interstellar material NASASpaceflight · 9 Feb 2025 The joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) James Webb Space…
Spire and OroraTech win Canadian Space Agency contract for wildfire detection satellites SpaceNews · 7 Feb 2025 The Canadian Space Agency awarded a contract Feb. 7 to Spire Global, partnered with OroraTech, to develop a constellation of cubesats to monitor wildfires.
Webb investigates a dusty and dynamic disc ESA · 4 Feb 2025 This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month presents HH 30 in unprecedented detail. This target is an edge-on protoplanetary disc that is surrounded by jets and a disc wind, and is located in th...
Media Day with Artemis II Crews NASA · 3 Jan 2025 From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jenni Gibbons, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman participate in a media day ev...
Planet-forming discs lived longer in early Universe ESA · 16 Dec 2024 Our understanding of planet formation in the Universe’s early days is challenged by new data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Webb solved a puzzle by proving a controversial finding made with the NASA/ES...
Webb finds primeval star-forming galaxy that is lightweight ESA · 12 Dec 2024 For the first time, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has detected and ‘weighed’ a galaxy, in the early Universe, that has a mass that is similar to what our Milky Way galaxy’s mass might have been at the same...
Webb finds surprises in Spiderweb protocluster field ESA · 4 Dec 2024 Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers have found new galaxies in the Spiderweb protocluster. Their characteristics reveal that new galaxies are forming in these large cos...
Sombrero Galaxy dazzles in new Webb image ESA · 25 Nov 2024 A new mid-infrared image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features the Sombrero galaxy, also known as Messier 104 (M104). The signature, glowing core seen in visible-light images does not shine, and inste...
First young brown dwarfs found outside the Milky Way? ESA · 23 Oct 2024 An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to detect the first brown dwarf candidates outside the Milky Way in the star cluster NGC 602.
Station Science Top News: Sept. 27, 2024 NASA · 30 Sep 2024 Researchers found that long-duration spaceflight affected the mechanical properties of eye tissues, including reducing the stiffness of tissue around the eyeball. A better understanding of these changes could help resear...
Webb finds potential missing link to first stars ESA · 25 Sep 2024 Looking deep into the early Universe with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: a galaxy with an odd light signature, which they attribute to its gas outshining its...
T-38 Flyover of Artemis I on Launch Pad NASA · 30 Aug 2024 NASA’s T-38 jets fly in formation above the Space Launch System rocket on Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Aircraft designations and passengers:901: Chris Condon / Astronaut Zena Cardman.902: Astronaut Cand...
NASA Invites Media, Public to Attend Deep Space Food Challenge Finale NASA · 2 Aug 2024 NASA invites the media and public to explore the nexus of space and food innovation at the agency’s Deep Space Food Challenge symposium and winners’ announcement at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in Colum...
Webb images new, cold exoplanet 12 light-years away ESA · 24 Jul 2024 An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth. While there were hints that the planet existed, it had not been...
Vivid Webb portrait of interacting galaxies Penguin and Egg ESA · 12 Jul 2024 A duo of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142 commemorates the second science anniversary of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.
Vivid portrait of interacting galaxies marks Webb’s second anniversary ESA · 12 Jul 2024 A duo of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142 commemorates the second science anniversary of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Their ongoing interaction was set in motion between 25 and 75 million years ago,...
NASA Announces its Artemis II Backup Crew Member for Moon Mission NASA · 3 Jul 2024 NASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as its backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign. Douglas will train alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wisem...
MDA Space Secures $1B Contract from Canadian Space Agency for Lunar Gateway Robotic Arm The Launch Pad · 30 Jun 2024 MDA Space Secures $1B Contract from Canadian Space Agency for Lunar Gateway Robotic Arm
MDA Space receives contract for next phase of lunar Gateway robotic arm development SpaceNews · 28 Jun 2024 MDA Space has received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency worth $1 billion Canadian ($730 million) for the next phase of development of a robotic arm system for the lunar Gateway.
Jupiter’s upper atmosphere surprises astronomers ESA · 25 Jun 2024 Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed the region above Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot to discover a variety of previously unseen features. The region, previously believed to be unremarka...
Webb captures star clusters in Cosmic Gems arc ESA · 24 Jun 2024 An international team of astronomers have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to discover gravitationally bound star clusters when the Universe was 460 million years old. This is the first discovery of star...
Webb snaps first image of aligned jets from newborn stars ESA · 20 Jun 2024 For the first time, a phenomenon astronomers have long hoped to image directly has been captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam). In this stunning image of the Serpens Nebul...
Webb identifies surprising carbon-rich ingredients around young star NASASpaceflight · 17 Jun 2024 Using the joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) James Webb Space Telescope, a team of international scientists studied a disk of cosmic material surrounding an extremely low-mass star....
Webb finds most distant known galaxy ESA · 30 May 2024 Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have found a record-breaking galaxy observed only 290 million years after the Big Bang.
Canada extends MDA Space’s ISS robotics contract to 2030 SpaceNews · 18 Apr 2024 The Canadian Space Agency has awarded MDA Space a contract extension worth around $182 million to continue supporting robotics operations on the International Space Station until 2030.
Using Hubble and Webb, scientists investigate galaxies responsible for the reionization of the universe NASASpaceflight · 5 Mar 2024 Utilizing the infrared-sensitive instruments of the joint NASA, European Space Agency, and Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, as well as observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists recently co...
Webb discovers neutron star within supernova remnant NASASpaceflight · 25 Feb 2024 Using the joint NASA, European Space Agency, and Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has found evidence of a neutron star in the remnants of a recent supernova. T...
Webb discovers that rocky planets can form in more extreme environments NASASpaceflight · 2 Dec 2023 Using the joint NASA, European Space Agency, and Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, a team of scientists has discovered water and other important molecules within the inner, rocky-planet-forming regions of...
Canada Assigns Joshua Kutryk To Starliner-1 Crew The Launch Pad · 23 Nov 2023 The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has selected Joshua Kutryk to serve on the Starliner-1 crew, a upcoming long duration ISS mission.

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