James Webb telescope spies record-breaking hoard of stars hiding in a warped ‘dragon’ galaxy
The Dragon Arc galaxy appears like a basic spiral nebula with a long tail of light, which has actually been amplified and misshaped by means of a phenomenon called gravitational…
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James Webb telescope spots more than 100 new asteroids between Jupiter and Mars — and some are heading toward Earth
An artist’s illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope exposing a population of little main-belt asteroids. (Image credit: Ella Maru and Julien de Wit) Astronomers examining archival images from the…
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James Webb telescope uncovers 1st-ever ‘Einstein zig-zag’ hiding in plain sight — and it could help save cosmology
Scientist found the “Einstein zig-zag” phenomenon while examining 6 mirror images of a single gravitationally lensed quasar in the remote universes. ( Image credit: Dux et al. 2024) For the…
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Why buy a telescope on Black Friday?
(Image credit: Getty Images ) Even the easiest of telescopes can be an extremely effective gadget– it can bring the far-off marvels of deep space right into your own home…
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James Webb telescope spots ‘feasting’ black hole eating 40 times faster than should be possible
An illustration of an ancient great void stuffing on the matter around it (Image credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/ J. da Silva/M. Zamani ) While peering into the early universe with the James…
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James Webb telescope finds 1st possible ‘failed stars’ beyond the Milky Way — and they could reveal new secrets of the early universe
The James Webb Space Telescope’s view of the star cluster NGC 602 in the neighboring Small Magellanic Cloud exposes intense young stars(blue)and clouds of dust shaped by excellent radiation. (Image…
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Euclid telescope reveals 1st section of largest-ever 3D map of the universe — and there’s still 99% to go
A map of the Milky Way with the location of Euclid’s very first study marked in yellow. (Image credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA; ESA/Gaia/DPAC; ESA/Planck Collaboration) The very first piece of what…
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A Prime Day telescope deal so good we bought one for ourselves
(Image credit: Celestron) With the Prime Day deals ending this evening, now is the very best time to purchase your very first telescope, and this Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ offer at…
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James Webb telescope watches ancient supernova replay 3 times — and confirms something is seriously wrong in our understanding of the universe
An ancient supernova from the early universe is amplified and duplicated 3 times(circled around dots)through the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Frye(University of Arizona),…
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The James Webb telescope has brought cosmology to a tipping point. Will it soon reveal new physics?
(Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared:( Herschel )ESA/NASA/Caltech, (Spitzer)NASA/JPL/Caltech, (WISE)NASA/JPL/Caltech; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/ STScI/Webb ERO Production Team; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/ J. Major, CC BY ) For the previous couple of years, a…
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