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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 ...
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 ...
Webb Captures First Direct Image of Alien Planet Carving Cosmic Rings
James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...
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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 ...
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Webb Telescope reveals hidden secrets of bullet cluster and dark matter
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken a closer look at the famous Bullet Cluster—a giant space collision between two ...
Webb telescope offers a look at one of the universe's most chaotic crashes
The Bullet Cluster, named for its distinctive shape, has long been considered a smoking gun for the existence of dark matter ...
The end of the world? Scientists discover that the universe has a self-destruct button that would be devastating
The universe has always seemed like a grand, unstoppable machine. From theories such as the Big Crunch to the long, cold ...
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This week in science: the power of a nap, planet birth and how wildfires affect water
NPR's science podcast Short Wave shares how taking a nap can deliver a eureka moment, a new picture of a planet right after ...
Astronomers solve mystery of strange bright burst in space
Some theories suggest they are produced by “magnetars” – the highly magnetised cores of massive, dead stars – or arise from ...
James Webb telescope discovers its first exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said Wednesday, capturing rare direct images ...
NASA’S James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct image of an exoplanet
NASA’S James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct images of a planet outside of our solar system, which is the first time ...
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Mercury is bright, plus new photos of space
She told co-host Catherine Wheeler about new images of space that were released this week from the Rubin Observatory.  Catherine WheelerMercury is bright, plus new photos of space This image captures ...