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NASA’s next-generation space observatory successfully watched a moving asteroid as the telescope inches towards the end of its six-month commissioning period.

The successful tracking of a nearby object shows that the James Webb Space Telescope can keep a watch on solar system objects as well as the distant galaxies, stars and other faraway objects it is expected to observe in its perhaps 20-year lifespan.

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NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovered an Earth-like planet circling a nearby star within the Goldilocks zone of our galaxy. Kepler-186f is around 500 light-years from Earth.

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Cosmic radiation remains a significant danger to spacefarers.

A new experiment that is set to accompany the Artemis 1 mission will analyze how brewer’s yeast fares against cosmic radiation.

Your Martian Dream Home, Made By Fungi ‘… it was the cheapest building material known.’ — Larry Niven, 1968.

3D Printed Glass Uses Stereolithography Techniques ‘All that with glass…’ — Frank Herbert, 1972.

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Read more about World’s most powerful rocket SLS to return to launchpad for wet dress rehearsal, says NASA on Devdiscourse.

The dust-covered probe will focus on collecting data during its final months on Mars.

Now you can download the universe into the palm of your hand. Scientists have created a realistic simulation of space and it’s available to all.

The Orbital Assembly Corporation plans to begin building the Voyager Station, the first commercial space station with artificial gravity, in 2025.

A theoretical physicist has outlined how mankind could build a giant spinning space settlement in orbit around Ceres. It involves a space elevator.