This week in science

Webb captures Tarantula Nebula and more: Understand the world through 8 images

Sep. 8, 2022

At the longer wavelengths of light captured by its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), Webb focuses on t...

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team

From above a planet about twice the size of Jupiter, this artist's conception shows the star that pl...

Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF

NASA pushed back its Artemis I launch by nearly a month the week of September 1–7, as scientists completed a ground-breaking planetary model and found the world’s oldest mammal.

The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket sits on its launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cap...

CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images

Here are the biggest science stories of the week, told in 8 stunning images

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