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1 Astronaut, Many Cameras and 220 Days of Amazing Images From Space
In photos The details in this photograph include the airglow of the atmosphere dividing Earth from space — yellow-green at an altitude of 75 miles and a faint reddish hue 250 miles above the ...
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Check Out Jupiter's Stunning Auroras, Which Are Hundreds of Times Brighter Than Earth's, in the James Webb Telescope's Latest Images
In May 2024, powerful solar activity triggered jaw-dropping northern lights much farther south than usual, turning the sky ...
Jupiter's auroras put Earth's to shame. NASA's Webb just got a stunning look at them
New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that auroras on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter ...
James Webb Telescope captures auroras on Jupiter: See stunning images, video
The telescope captured the space phenomena, which is hundreds of times brighter than the auroras we see on Earth.
Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century
Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions ...
Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to plummet to Earth this weekend after 53 years
A half-ton spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend.
Spacecraft launched by Soviet Union in 1972 is falling back to Earth
A spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 is due to come crashing back into Earth's atmosphere around May 10 and ...