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Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASAs James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen at the launch pad December 23, 2021 at Europes Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST or Webb) is a large infrared telescope with a 21.3 foot (6.5 meter) primary mirror. The observatory will study every phase of cosmic historyfrom within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)

Humanity's space travel plans for 2022

Nicole Karlis
Spiral galaxy (Getty Images)

Humanity's space travel plans for 2021

Nicole Karlis
This illustration highlights the Moon’s Clavius Crater with an illustration depicting water trapped in the lunar soil there, along with an image of NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) that found sunlit lunar water. (NASA/Daniel Rutter)

Exploring a watery moon

Nicole Karlis
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying 60 Starlink satellites on November 11, 2019 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Starlink constellation will eventually consist of thousands of satellites designed to provide world wide high-speed internet service. (Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Why Elon Musk is infuriating astronomers

Nicole Karlis
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A black hole just ate a neutron star

Nicole Karlis
This artist’s impression shows the first interstellar asteroid: 'Oumuamua. (ESO/M. Kornmesser)

Debate rages over 'Oumuamua's origins

Nicole Karlis
Ryugu asteroid (JAXA and partner institutions via AP)

A robot arrives at an unexplored world

Nicole Karlis

Asteroid just misses Earth

Keith A. Spencer
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