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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope successfully positioned to look back in time
By John Loeffler published
The James Webb Space Telescope has been successfully deployed and positioned in its orbit, and will soon be ready to look back in time to see the earliest days of the universe.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has reached its destination. Now what?
By Jamie Carter published
It’s taken 30 days and a lot of ‘space origami’ for the James Webb Space Telescope to unfold and reach its destination. Now the science begins.

What’s on the James Webb Space Telescope’s ‘to do’ list?
By Jamie Carter published
From ‘cosmic dawn’ to finding ‘Earth 2.0’ the world’s most advanced space observatory is going to have a busy first year.

Webb deployment, Martian flight delays, and more in this week's science news
By John Loeffler published
Roundup While we wait for Webb to make its insertion burn on Monday, Mars Ingenuity Flight 19 was delayed by bad weather, and orcas can be nice sometimes.

Mars Ingenuity becomes first aircraft ever grounded on another planet due to weather
By John Loeffler published
NASA's Mars Ingenuity drone has suffered a flight delay due to inclement weather, marking another weird historical milestone we didn't see coming.

Did notoriously aggressive orcas just save a humpback whale from certain death?
By John Loeffler published
A drone operator filmed a pod of orcas freeing a helpless humpback whale entangled in a rope. Was it intentional, or were these "jerks of the sea" up to something else?

Elon Musk's Neuralink is one step closer to putting an implant in our brains
By Hamish Hector published
Science Neuralink is looking to hire a clinical trial director, suggesting that it isn't long before human trials begin.

Starlink satellites mar a fifth of asteroid-spotting telescope's critical observations
By John Loeffler published
SpaceX satellites are now streaking across almost 20% of images taken by a major telescope that's watching for near-Earth asteroids.
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