New James Webb telescope image may reveal the true identity of ‘little red dots’ — Space photo of the week
This James Webb Space Telescope picture of the spiral nebula Saguaro exposes a brilliant red core connected to mystical’Little Red Dots. ‘ (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Pierluigi Rinaldi…
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Hubble telescope takes one of the most detailed looks at neighboring Andromeda galaxy ever — Space photo of the week
19659002 The Hubble Space Telescope’s in-depth view of 200 million stars in the Andromeda galaxy. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, Benjamin Williams(UWashington), Zhuo Chen( UWashington ), L. Clifton Johnson(Northwestern); Image Processing:…
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New telescope images provide best evidence yet that the bright red star Betelgeuse is actually 2 stars in disguise
Betelgeusethe brilliant reddish star that marks Orion’s shoulder, has actually kept skywatchers business for countless years– and it might have had business of its own the entire time. Astronomers state…
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James Webb telescope zooms in on a black hole that could reveal the truth about ‘little red dots’
A special, X-ray-spewing great void might assist to verify the enigmatic identity of “little red dots,” a curious class of items that are observed primarily in the extremely early universe,…
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James Webb telescope spots ‘stingray’ galaxy system that could solve the mystery of ‘little red dots’
A James Webb Space Telescope view of the lensed galaxy cluster MACS J1149, where the brand-new ‘stingray’things was spotted. (Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, C. Willott (National Research Council…
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NASA telescope uncovers new mystery in supernova first spotted by Chinese astronomers 2,000 years ago — Space photo of the week
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer observed the external rim of the supernova residue highlighted in purple in the inset. (Image credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-NEWTON, IXPE: NASA/MSFC; Optical: NSF/NOIRLab;…
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Understanding telescope magnification: A beginner’s guide to eyepieces, aperture and getting the best views
(Image credit: Jamie Carter) More zoom suggests much better views? That’s the gotten knowledge amongst purchasers of newbie’s telescopes, and it’s simple to see why. Telescope product packaging typically screams…
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James Webb telescope pushed to its limits by new observations of ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4
An illustration of an asteroid near the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 will zoom by the moon at a nail-biting 13,000 miles in 2032, brand-new James Webb Space Telescope observations expose….
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NASA telescope spots first alien ‘astrosphere’ around a sun-like star: Space photo of the week
A young, sun-like star exposes its protective sheath, or’astrosphere’, for the very first time in this Chandra image. (Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Johns Hopkins Univ./ C.M. Lisse et al.; Infrared: NASA/ESA/STIS;…
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NASA telescope spots the building blocks for life spewing out of comet 3I/ATLAS
4 images recorded by NASA’s SPHEREx reveal various parts of comet 3I/ATLAs (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shed the foundation of life as it flew previous Earth in…
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