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First close-up view of "cotton candy" nebula captured by world's largest cosmic telescope
A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...
Webb telescope offers a look at one of the universe's most chaotic crashes
To understand gravitational lensing and dark matter, James Jee, a professor at Yonsei University, says to think of a pond ...
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A Telescope Collaboration Between Astrophysicists Offers an Unprecedented Opportunity for Discovery
The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...
Three years of science: Ten cosmic surprises from NASA's Webb telescope
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...
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James Webb Space Telescope uses cosmic archeology to reveal history of the Milky Way galaxy
Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...
It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Looks Like a Comet
I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...
NASA identifies newly discovered object as an interstellar comet that will keep a safe distance
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the sky ...
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NASA confirms that mysterious object shooting through the solar system is an 'interstellar visitor' — and it has a new name
Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object.
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Webb telescope uncovers secrets of dark matter in cosmic collision zone
Webb’s new images of the Bullet Cluster reveal the most detailed dark matter map yet, shedding light on cosmic collisions and ...
How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. How does the camera on the James Webb Space ...