Webb going through the paces!

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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.

Is this true?

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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.

H in the Cygnus constellation. The habitable zone, also identified as the Goldilocks zone, is the area around a star within which planetary-mass objects with enough atmospheric pressure can sustain liquid water at their surfaces.

Cosmic radiation remains a significant danger to spacefarers.

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

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.