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Indian astronomers spot over 200 new stars in the Pacman Nebula — and 51 of them are yet to reach adulthood
Not every star shines bright in Earth’s sky. In fact, some of them are clearly visible one moment b…
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals a secret star Hubble missed, maybe solving the mystery of a dying star's multi-layered nebula
Webb's new image of the Ring Nebula spots details the Hubble Space Telescope missed, including arcs…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny M…
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New image from one of Earth's largest telescopes shows a 'star factory' nebula in stunning detail
The picture, of the Cone Nebula 2500-light-years away, was snapped by the European Southern Observa…
Marianne Guenot
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Webb telescope's new photo of the Tarantula Nebula caught thousands of never-before-seen baby stars
Astronomers trained three of Webb's high-resolution infrared instruments on the nebula and spotted …
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Side-by-side images from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes show why NASA spent 25 years and $10 billion
NASA's new space observatory can capture details nobody has ever seen: countless galaxies, clouds o…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The James Webb Space Telescope found a molecular building block of life hiding in the Orion Nebula
New images from the Webb Telescope revealed methyl cation, or CH3+ molecule, in a young star system…
Natalie Musumeci,Morgan McFal…
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New photos show the Orion Nebula, a star nursery 1,350 light-years from Earth, in great detail. Scientists have been waiting on them for 5 years.
The Orion Nebula shares a similar environment to that in which our solar system was formed over 4.5…
Dhany Osman
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Stars are being born next to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole in a stunning new image by the world's largest airborne telescope
The world's largest airborne telescope — the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFI…
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Indian scientists spot a galaxy 260 million light-years away that isn't giving birth to any new stars
Galaxies are made up of interstellar gas, cosmic dust, entire solar systems, and stars. Normally,…
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Side-by-side photos of the Orion Nebula show how powerful Webb's infrared cameras are. They spot star-forming clouds and gas cocoons Hubble can't see.
A new image of the Orion Nebula from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals parts of the nebula tha…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Skywatching tips for February — Last month to see Jupiter, Venus at its brightest
February is going to be the last month to spot Jupiter in the sky and it’s also the only bright …
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7 Easter eggs in the images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are totally new to astronomy
An astronomer points out hidden sights in NASA's new images, from previously invisible star cluster…
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured a side view of a galaxy that 'photobombed' a planetary nebula
The telescope, which is 100 times more powerful than Hubble, caught a side view of a far-flung gala…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Spectacular new photo from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows a star being born
The protostar L1527 was spotted spewing an hourglass-shaped beam of material on surrounding cosmic …
Marianne Guenot
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope breaks another record, discovering the smallest star-like object astronomers have ever seen
NASA's Webb telescope was able to spot an object, the smallest of its kind, from 1,000 light years …
Rupendra Brahambhatt
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A stunning image of the Milky Way took 12 years to photograph. It shows the ghost of a supernova.
The photographer J-P Metsavainio spent 1,250 hours collecting images for his Milky Way mosaic, whic…
Aria Bendix
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In its first 100 days, the James Webb telescope peered deep into space, took beauty shots of faraway galaxies and glittering nebulae, and saw a spacecraft slam into an asteroid
Since July, the powerful infrared telescope has sent hundreds of observations back to scientists on…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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NASA shared some interstellar fireworks to bring 2020 to an end. The Orion Nebula looks like a rainbow canvas peppered with dots of light.
NASA shares an "image of the day," every day. Its final image for 2020 depicts the Orion Nebula, mo…
Aylin Woodward
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The Hubble telescope has revealed a 'very dramatic and very weird' fading nebula in deep space
The Hubble Space Telescope captured images of the Stingray Nebula fading and shrinking over the cou…
Susie Neilson
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NASA's James Webb telescope captured the spectacular death throes of a star 2,600 light year away
The image shows a doughnut-shaped structure of glowing gas known as the Ring Nebula in unprecedente…