Day: January 18, 2023

WASHINGTON — The United States and Japan signed an agreement Jan. 13 to enable further cooperation between the two countries in space exploration, but without announcing any new initiatives. During a brief ceremony at NASA Headquarters attended by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other officials, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed the framework …

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      The observatory’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) provides a different view of the famous pillars, revealing young stars that have not yet cast off their dusty “cloaks.” This is not an ethereal landscape of time-forgotten tombs. Nor are these soot-tinged fingers reaching out. These pillars, flush with gas and dust, enshroud stars that are …

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