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Webb Telescope Reveals Milky Way’s Ancient Twin Sparkling from Cosmic Dawn

TEHRAN (ANA)- NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a galaxy named Firefly Sparkle, existing just 600 million years post-Big Bang and bearing similar mass to the early Milky Way.

China Successfully Launches New Satellite Group

TEHRAN (ANA)- China sent a new group of satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province.

Astronomers Discover Spheroid Formation Process in Early Universe

TEHRAN (ANA)- An international team of astronomers has discovered the formation process of in situ spheroids in distant starburst galaxies in the early universe.

Astronomers Find Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected in Main Belt

TEHRAN (ANA)- Astronomers have found a way to spot the smallest, 'decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt.

China's Observatories Capture Rare Images of Falling Near-Earth Asteroid

TEHRAN (ANA)- Several observatories in China have captured rare images of a falling near-Earth asteroid, formally designated as 2024 XA1.

China's New-Generation Long March Rockets to Facilitate Manned Lunar, Mars Missions

TEHRAN (ANA)- China's new-generation manned launch vehicle, the Long March-10 carrier rocket, will enhance the country's lunar transfer orbit payload capacity from 8.2 tons to 27 tons, according to Long Lehao, a rocket designer at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).

Discovery of Ancient Hot Water on Mars Indicator of Habitable Past

TEHRAN (ANA)- Australian researchers have discovered the oldest direct evidence of hot water activity on Mars, revealing that the planet may have once been habitable.

China Launches 2 New Satellites

TEHRAN (ANA)- China launched a Long March-2C carrier rocket, placing two satellites into space.

Scientists Uncover New Clues about Alien Life

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers have developed a model indicating that our universe’s conditions for life, influenced by dark energy density, are not ideal, although life remains viable and this suggests a reevaluation of the cosmic factors essential for life.

SpaceX Launches 24 Starlink Internet Satellites into Space

TEHRAN (ANA)- U.S. private space company SpaceX launched 24 Starlink satellites into orbit.

NASA’s X-Ray Explorer Unveils Black Hole’s Hidden Layers

TEHRAN (ANA)- NASA’s IXPE mission has provided new insights into black holes’ coronae, revealing their shape and enhancing our understanding of their structure.

AI-Based Algorithm Helps Find 5 Small Planets with Ultra-Short Orbital Periods

TEHRAN (ANA)- An international research team has created an AI-based algorithm to discover five ultra-short-period planets with diameters smaller than Earth's and orbital periods shorter than one day from the stellar photometry dataset provided by the Kepler telescope.

Scientists Finally Uncover Mysterious Origin of Most Meteorites

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers found that 70% of meteorites originate from three asteroid families formed by recent collisions and they have identified the sources of over 90% of all known meteorites.

Iran Launches 2 New Satellites into Space

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iran successfully launched two home-made ‘Kowsar’ and ‘Hodhod’ satellites, built by the private sector, into the space.

Iran’s Chamran-1 Satellite Performs Orbital Rendezvous Mission

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iran’s home-made Chamran-1 satellite, which was launched into the orbit on September 14 was able to successfully perform the orbital rendezvous mission with the Qa’em-100 launcher body as a space target system.

Black Hole Mergers Hiding Mysterious New Particles

TEHRAN (ANA)- Merging black holes may reveal new particles through gravitational waves, either via ionization or specific orbital changes which offers new strategies to search for ultralight particles.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Returns to Earth

TEHRAN (ANA)- NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts returned to Earth, completing a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

What's Next for Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship Rocket?

TEHRAN (ANA)- Elon Musk wants his new rocket to revolutionise spaceflight, and that rocket, Starship, is now the largest and most powerful spacecraft ever built.

Revolutionary Metal-Fueled Rockets Promise Infinite Space Journeys

TEHRAN (ANA)- Astro engineers at the University of Southampton are developing a groundbreaking propulsion system capable of using any metal as fuel, potentially enabling space exploration to continue indefinitely without the need to return to Earth for refueling.

Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Indigenizes 800 High-Precision Satellite Mapping Receivers

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iranian researchers at a knowledge-based company succeeded in production of 800 satellite mapping receivers with centimeter accuracy.

Official: Iran’s Varamin Site Collects 3 Petabytes of Satellite Data

TEHRAN (ANA)- The head of the Geographical Organization of the Iranian Armed Forces announced the receipt of satellite data by Sepehr site in Varamin near Tehran since 2001.